Kjersti Grini

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Kjersti Grini (born 9 September 1971) is a Norwegian former handball player and poker player. She is Norway’s all-time top scorer for the women's national team, with 201 appearances and 1,003 goals. Grini played as a left back, stood 178 cm tall, and played for clubs including Jaren, Lunner, Bækkelagets SK, Toten, Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold, and Gjøvik HK. She helped Norway win its first European Championship in 1998 and its first World Championship in 1999, and she was the top scorer at the 1996 European Championship. She also won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games. After retiring, she worked as a handball expert for TV 2.

Grini later became known for her appearances on Norwegian reality shows. In 2022 she reached the final week of The Farm Celebrity on TV 2, in 2023 she competed on The Traitors, and in 2024 she finished 8th in 99 to Beat. In 2025 she won The Croft Celebrity, a side show to The Farm Celebrity, and then won The Farmen Kjendis, defeating Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim in the final.