Kjersti Grini
| Kjersti Grini | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
9 September 1971 Oslo, Norway | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Jaren | |||
| Lunner | |||
| Bækkelagets SK | |||
| Toten | |||
| Bækkelagets SK | |||
1997-2000 | Tertnes IL | ||
2000-2003 | Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold | ||
2012 | Gjøvik HK | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–2001 | Norway | 201 | (1003) |
Kjersti Grini (born 9 September 1971) is a Norwegian former handball player and poker player.[1] She is the most scoring player on the Norwegian national team ever. She was part of the squad that won the first Norwegian European Women's Handball Championship in 1998 as well as the first Norwegian team to win the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship in 1999.
She played for the clubs Jaren, Lunner, Bækkelaget, Toten and Ikast. She played 201 games for the Norwegian National team and scored 1003 goals,[2] an all time record.
In 2022 Grini was a participant of The Farm Celebrity, a reality show on TV 2, where she reached the final week.[3] In 2023, Grini was a contestant on another reality show; The Traitors on TV 2.[4] In 2025 she participated in The Croft Celebrity, a side show to The Farm Celebrity, where the winner got a spot on The Farm. After winning The Croft, she made it to the final week of The Farm and at the end was crowned the winner in the final against former team mate Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim.[5]
She has also worked as a handball expert for TV 2.
References
[edit]- ^ "European Handball Federation - from handball star to poker ace / Article".
- ^ "Totaloversikt for Grini, Kjersti" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
- ^ "Heine Totland var klar favoritt: – J*vla glad for at dette er over" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Dette er de nye «Forræder»-deltakerne" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Vant «Farmen kjendis» 2025: – Skikkelig deilig" (in Norwegian). VG. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
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