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Kjersti Grini

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Kjersti Grini is a Norwegian women's handball player, born Kjersti Elizabeth Grini on 7 September 1971 in Oslo. She is listed at 178 cm and 72 kg. Olympedia records her club affiliations as Bækkelagets SK of Oslo and Ikast-Bording of Ikast in Denmark. She played for the Norwegian national team at two Summer Olympics. At the 1996 Games in Atlanta the Norwegian women finished fourth, just outside the medals, and at the 2000 Games in Sydney the team took the bronze medal, which gives her one Olympic medal in total. Her career is a clear example of the strength of Norwegian women's handball in the late 1990s and around the turn of the century.

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1971 1
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1. Kjersti Grini (Olympedia)
  • Biographical data, Born
    Born 7 September 1971 in Oslo, Oslo (NOR)
  • Biographical data, NOC
    NOC Norway
  • Plays: Handball, Results, Handball, Women
    Handball, Women
  • Competed In: 1996 Summer Olympics, Results, 1996 Summer Olympics
    1996 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Results, 2000 Summer Olympics
    2000 Summer Olympics
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