Marit Malm Frafjord

Marit Malm Frafjord (born 25 November 1985) is a former Norwegian handball player 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 retrained as a pivot at Byåsen.

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. Same season, she also won the Danish Championship.

Larvik HK The following summer, she returned to Norway and joined Larvik HK. Here, she won the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Norwegian championships.

CSM Bucharest In 2017, she joined Romanian CSM București. Here, she won the 2018 Romanian championship and Cup. After the 2017-18 season, she retired.

Team Esbjerg In December 2018, she did however unretire to join Danish side Team Esbjerg. With Esbjerg, she won the 2019 and 2020 Danish championships and the 2021 Danish cup. In the 2021-22 season, she ultimately retired and became part of the Team Esbjerg management.

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.

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.

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 Danish Championship Winner: 2019, 2020 Danish Cup Winner: 2021

Individual awards All-Star Team Best Line Player of the EHF Champions League: 2017 2020-21 Danish League all star team