Kjersti Grini

Kjersti Grini
Personal information
Born	(1971-09-09) 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)
Medal record Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney World Women's Handball Championship Gold medal – first place 1999 Denmark/Norway Silver medal – second place 2001 Italy European Women's Handball Championship Bronze medal – third place 1994 Germany Silver medal – second place 1996 Denmark Gold medal – first place 1998 Netherlands

Kjersti Grini (born 9 September 1971) is a Norwegian former handball player and poker player. 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.

Career

She played for the clubs Jaren, Lunner, Bækkelaget, Toten and Ikast. She played 201 games for the Norwegian National team and scored 1003 goals, an all time record.

At the 1996 European Championship she was the tournament topscorer.

She has also worked as a handball expert for TV 2.

Reality TV

In 2022 Grini was a participant of The Farm Celebrity, a reality show on TV 2, where she reached the final week.

In 2023, Grini was a contestant on another reality show; The Traitors on TV 2.

In 2024, she participated in the celebrity game show 99 to Beat Norway, where she finished 8th out of 56 contestants.

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.