FRAFJORD Marit Malm

Date of Birth: 25 Nov 1985

Age: 35

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.82/5'11''

Place of birth: TROMSO

Birth Country:

Norway

Place of residence : DENMARK

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women NOR Norway	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #04 NOR Norway 39 KOR Republic of Korea 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #11 ANG Angola 21 NOR Norway 30	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #16 MNE Montenegro 23 NOR Norway 35	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #24 NOR Norway 29 NED Netherlands 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #30 NOR Norway 37 JPN Japan 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Quarterfinal #31 NOR Norway 26 HUN Hungary 22	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Semifinal #35 NOR Norway 26 ROC ROC 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Bronze Medal Match #37 NOR Norway 36 SWE Sweden 19	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2012	London, GBR
1	Women	2008	Beijing, CHN
3	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2011	Brazil
2	Women	2007	France
3	Women	2009	People's Republic of China

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2020	Denmark
1	Women	2016	Sweden

Occupation:

Environmental Studies - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NOR

Languages spoken:

English, Norwegian

Team Esbjerg [Denmark] since 2018/19

Jesper Jensen [club], DEN; Thorir Hergeirsson [national], ISL

Position style:

Pivot (topphandball.no, 10 Feb 2016)

2005 for Norway (handball.no, 18 Dec 2011)

She struggled with a number of injuries between 2012 and 2015. (tv2.no, 21 Jul 2016)

National league:

Dame Handbold Ligaen [DEN] (hbold.dk, 24 Mar 2021)

She began playing handball at age six in Rapp, Norway. (vhk.dk, 13 Nov 2011; nrk.no, 05 Aug 2008)

To win her third Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (aftenposten.no, 20 Dec 2020)

Winning gold at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012, and gold at the European championship in 2010 and 2016. (aftenposten.no, 20 Dec 2020)

Norwegian handball players Frank Loke and Bjarte Myrhol. (olympiatoppen.no, 22 Dec 2013)

She chews chewing gum during her warm up before matches. (teamesbjerg.dk, 01 Jan 2021)

She was named in the All-Star Team [as pivot] for the 2016/17 Champions League season. (eurohandball.com, 05 May 2017)

General Interest

General
INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENTS AND RETURNS
She announced her first retirement from international competition in 2015 after struggling with injuries and not having represented Norway since 2012. She returned to the national team ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In May 2018 she announced her intention to retire from handball, but returned to the sport in December that year to join Danish club Team Esbjerg. She did, however, take a break from international competition between 2018 and May 2020. "I have been lucky to play for the Norwegian national team under fantastic coaches and with very good players. I'm proud of the medals and the championships, but I appreciate all the people I've met. The medals may be even more exciting as I get older, but it is all about people I have met who have given me what I value most. I enjoy playing handball again [speaking in 2020]. It went well with Esbjerg and earlier this year I talked to Thorir [Norway head coach]. If they think that I can help, then I am willing to contribute and hope that I can do it." (tv2.no, 15 Jun 2016; aftenposten.no, 11 May 2015; vg.no, 19 May 2020)

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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