Camilla Andersen

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Camilla Andersen
Personal information
Born (1973-07-05) 5 July 1973
Gentofte, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionPlaymaker
Club information
Current clubRetired
Number73
Senior clubs
1985-1991
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1996
1996-1997
1997-2001
2001-2004
2004-2005		Virum Sorgenfri
FIF
Nordstrand IF
Buxtehuder SV
Bækkelagets SK
FIF
Slagelse FH
FCK Håndbold
National team 1
1992-2000Denmark194 (846)[1]
Medal record
Women's handball
Competitor for  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Gold 1997 Germany Team
Silver 1993 Norway Team
Bronze 1995 Austria/Hungary Team
European Championship
Gold 1994 Germany Team
Gold 1996 Denmark Team
Silver 1998 Netherlands Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 1 July 2013

Camilla Andersen (born 5 July 1973) is a Danish team handball player, Olympic champion and World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta[2] and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[3] She is World champion from 1997, and two times European champion, from 1994 and 1996.

In 2000 she entered a registered partnership with Danish handball player Mia Hundvin, but the couple split three years later.[4] Sports Illustrated ran a lengthy feature on the two, who are much-discussed celebrities in their countries.[5]

Achievements

Individual awards

  • All-Star Playmaker of European Championship: 1994, 1998
  • All-Star Playmaker of World Championship: 1997
  • Player of the Year in Denmark: 2003

References

  1. ↑ Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship
  2. ↑ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
  3. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008)
  4. ↑ In Love And War: Team handball stars Camilla Andersen and Mia Hundvin are the first spouses ever to oppose each other in the Games
  5. ↑ Gary Smith (October 2, 2000), "In Love And War: Team handball stars Camilla Andersen and Mia Hundvin are the first spouses ever to oppose each other in the Games", Sports Illustrated, retrieved December 10, 2012 
Denmark squad – 1996 Summer Olympics (1st Title)
Denmark
Denmark squad – 2000 Summer Olympics (2nd Title)
Denmark
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