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.
Frafjord started playing handball at Rapp. At 16, she joined ByÃÂ¥sen HE. Originally, she played as a back but retrained as a pivot at ByÃÂ¥sen.
With ByÃÂ¥sen, she reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2007, but lost to Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.
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.
The following summer, she returned to Norway and joined Larvik HK. Here, she won the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Norwegian championships.
In 2017, she joined Romanian CSM BucureÃÂti. Here, she won the 2018 Romanian championship and Cup. After the 2017-18 season, she retired.
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.
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.
At the 2024 Olympics, she acted as a handball expert for Warner Bros. Discovery.