Kjersti Grini

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Kjersti Grini
Player information
Full name Kjersti Elizabeth Grini
birthday 7th September 1971
place of birth Oslo , Norway
citizenship NorwegianNorwegian Norwegian
height 1.78 m
Playing position Back left
  Back right
Throwing hand right
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000-0000 NorwayNorway Jaren
0000-0000 NorwayNorway Lunner
0000-0000 NorwayNorway Bækkelagets SK
0000-0000 NorwayNorway Kill
0000-1997 NorwayNorway Bækkelagets SK
1997-2000 NorwayNorway Tertnes IL
2000-2003 DenmarkDenmark Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold
2012–2012 NorwayNorway Gjøvik HK
National team
Debut on November 11, 1987
against Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia
  Games (goals)
NorwayNorway Norway 201 (1003)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
2004-2004 DenmarkDenmark Randers HK
2012–? NorwayNorway Gjøvik HK

As of October 4, 2016

Kjersti Elizabeth Grini (born September 7, 1971 in Oslo , Norway ) is a former Norwegian handball player .

Career

Grini started playing handball in 1980. The Norwegian played in her home country with Jaren, Lunner, Bækkelagets SK , Toten and Tertnes IL . In 2000, the right-hander moved to the Danish club Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold , with whom she won the Danish Cup in 2001 and the EHF Cup in 2002. In 2003 she ended her career due to an injury. Since October 2012 she has been playing for the second team at Gjøvik HK. In the 2012/13 season she ran again for the first team of Gjøvik in the Eliteserien.

Grini completed 201 games for the Norwegian national handball team . With a total of 1003 goals, she is Norway's record scorer. With the Norwegian selection, she won the 1999 World Cup and the 2001 Vice World Cup . After the Vice European Championship in 1996 , she triumphed with Norway at the 1998 European Championship . In 2000 she won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games.

The goal- scoring backcourt player was top scorer at the 2000 Olympic Games, the European Championship in 1996 and three times in the Norwegian league. After her active career, she coached the Danish first division team Randers HK . After a break of several years, Grini took over a position in the coaching staff of the Norwegian first division club Gjøvik HK in 2012, where she also worked as a sports director.

Private

In 2013, Kjersti Grini and her partner separated after an eight-year relationship. Grini gave birth to two children together.

Trivia

In 2005, Grini took part in a poker tournament on the European Poker Tour in Baden . She took 23rd place and won around 4000 euros . On March 29, 2012, she won a tournament in Dublin with a 2560 euro prize money.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ handballold.nif.no: Totaloversikt for Grini, Kjersti , accessed on December 26, 2017
  2. ↑ www.nrk.no: Grini slutter i Randers , accessed on October 4, 2016
  3. ↑ Kjersti Grini in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  4. ↑ www.vg.no: Portrait of Kjersti Grini
  5. ↑ www.nettavisen.no: Kjersti Grini gjør comeback i eliteserien
  6. ↑ www.handball.no: Topscore Postenligaen kvinner Gjøvik HK Sesongen 2012/2013
  7. ↑ www.dagbladet.no: Norsk sjokktap mot erkerivalen , accessed on April 23, 2019
  8. ↑ www.databaseolympics.com: Kjersti Grini
  9. ↑ Randers separates prematurely from Morten Arvidsson
  10. ↑ www.tv2.no: Kjersti Grini gjør comeback som trener
  11. ↑ www.vg.no: Slutt mellom Kjersti Grini og forloveden
  12. ↑ Kjersti Grini in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 23, 2017 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Grini, Kjersti
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grini, Kjersti Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian poker player, handball player and trainer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway