Marit Malm Frafjord
| Marit Malm Frafjord | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Frafjord in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
25 November 1985 Tromsø, Norway | ||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2001–2002 | Rapp SK | ||
2002–2010 | Byåsen HE | ||
2010–2014 | Viborg HK | ||
2014–2017 | Larvik HK | ||
2017–2018 | CSM București | ||
2018–2022 | Team Esbjerg | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2021 | Norway | 223 | (424) |
Marit Malm Frafjord (born 25 November 1985) is a former Norwegian handball player[1][2] who was part of the Norwegian team that won gold medals at both the 2011 World Championship and the 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics.
Career
Byåsen
Frafjord started playing handball at Rapp. At 16, she joined Byåsen HE. Originally, she played as a back but was reschooled as a pivot at Byåsen.[3]
With Byåsen, she reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2007, but lost to Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.
Viborg HK
In 2010, she joined Danish side Viborg HK. Here, she won the 2014 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, beating Russian Zvezda Zvenigorod in the final.[4] Same season, she also won the Danish Championship.
Larvik HK
The following summer, she returned to Norway and joined Larvik HK.[5] Here, she won the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Norwegian championships.
CSM Bucharest
In 2017, she joined Romanian CSM București.[6] Here, she won the 2018 Romanian championship and Cup. After the 2017-18 season, she retired.[7]
Team Esbjerg
In December 2018, she did however unretire to join Danish side Team Esbjerg.[8] With Esbjerg, she won the 2019 and 2020 Danish championships and the 2021 Danish cup. In the 2021-22, she ultimately retired and became part of the Team Esbjerg management.[9][10]
National team
With the Norwegian national team, she won the European Women's Handball Championship 5 times; in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, and in 2020.
At the 2007 World Championship, she won silver medals. A year later she won gold medals at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2009 World Championship, she won bronze medals.
At the 2011 World Championship, she won gold medals, and a year later, she defended her olympic title, when Norway won the gold at the 2012 Olympics.[11]
She also represented Norway at the 2016 Olympics and the 2021 Olympics. At the latter tournament, she won bronze medals.
Post playing career
At the 2024 Olympics, she acted as a handball expert for Warner Bros. Discovery.[12]
Achievements
- Champions League:
- Bronze Medalist: 2015, 2018
- Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winner: 2014
- Finalist: 2007, 2012
- Summer Olympics:
- Winner: 2008, 2012
- Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2011
- Silver Medalist: 2007
- Bronze Medalist: 2009
- European Championship:
- Winner: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2020
- Silver Medalist: 2012
- EHF Cup:
- Finalist: 2019
- Norwegian Championship:
- Winner: 2014/2015, 2015/2016
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2007, 2014, 2015
- Finalist: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Individual awards
- All-Star Team Best Line Player of the EHF Champions League: 2017
- 2020-21 Danish League all star team[13]
References
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "Spillere" (in Norwegian). Larvik HK official website. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ www.nrk.no: Marit Malm Frafjord
- ^ "Trods flyproblemer: Viborg triumferer i Cup Winners' Cup". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via Ritzau.
- ^ "Larvik henter Viborg-streg" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
- ^ "CSM Bukarest rüstet doppelt auf" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Puțină consolare: CSM București se adună, găsește ritmul în atac, trece de Rostov și termină pe locul trei acest FINAL4" (in Romanian). lead.ro. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Norsk profil genoptager håndboldkarrieren i dansk topklub". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Marit Malm Frafjord nåede næsten alt – nu er det snart slut" (in Danish). Team Esbjerg. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Marit Frafjord er tilbage i Team Esbjerg – nu i ny rolle" (in Danish). Team Esbjerg. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Marit Malm Frafjord". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Marit Malm Frafjord blir håndballekspert for Warner Bros. Discovery" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Kvindeligaen - All-Star". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
External links
Media related to Marit Malm Frafjord at Wikimedia Commons
- Marit Malm Frafjord at the International Handball Federation
- Marit Malm Frafjord at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- Marit Malm Frafjord at the Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Marit Malm Frafjord at Olympics.com
- Marit Malm Frafjord at Olympedia