Kjersti Grini (born 9 September 1971) is a Norwegian former

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player and

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player. She is the most scoring player on the Norwegian national team ever. She was part of the squad that won the first Norwegian

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as well as the first Norwegian team to win the

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. She played for the clubs Jaren,

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, Bækkelaget,

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and

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. 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. 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; ''

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'' on TV 2. 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 Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim (born 7 July 1970) is a Norwegian former handball player. She played in the clubs Nordstrand IF and Bækkelagets SK. She has played in 296 games for the Norwegian National team, scoring 844 goals. Between 1993 and 20 ...

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

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1971 births Living people People from Gran, Norway Norwegian female handball players Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark Olympic handball players for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players from Innlandet {{Norway-handball-bio-stub