Marit Malm Frafjord

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.

Marit Malm Frafjord
Frafjord in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 39) 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)
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team World Championship 2011 Brazil 2007 France 2009 China European Championship 2006 Sweden 2008 Macedonia 2010 Denmark/Norway 2016 Sweden 2020 Denmark 2012 Serbia

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]