Camilla Røseler Andersen (born 5 July 1973) is a former Danish

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the

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"1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) and at the

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."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) She is widely regarded as one of the best players Danish handball has ever seen. With 846 goals she has scored the most goals in the Danish Women's national team ever, and she has played the 6th most matches on the national team. Both of her parents,

Gert Andersen Gert Andersen (born June 18, 1939 in Copenhagen) is a former Danish handball player, playing on the Danish national team. He played on the national team at the world championships in both 1964 and 1970. He played more than 530 matches for the c ...

Toni Røseler Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name used in several European countries as well as among individuals with ancestry from these countries outside Europe. In Spanish language, Spanish, Italian language, Italian, Croatian language, Croatian an ...

as well as her maternal Grandfather, Walter Røseler, were also handball players and played on their respective Danish national teams. In 2000, she entered a

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with Norwegian handball player

Mia Hundvin Mia Terese Hundvin (born 7 March 1977) is a Norwegian former handball player. Career Hundvin played 72 matches for Norway's national handball team in addition to playing for professional clubs. She was part of national teams that won the Europe ...

, but the couple split three years later. ''

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'' ran a lengthy feature on the two, who are much-discussed celebrities in their countries. After retiring from sports, Camilla Andersen's civil career started as a student in the travel industry of the defunct company, ''Reisegalleriet''. Later she started her travel agency Travel Sense specializing in sports trips. In 2012, she was admitted to the

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's Hall of Fame as the 27th member.

Achievements

* Danish Championship: **''Winner'': 2003 **''Silver Medalist'': 2004 *

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

: **''Winner'': 1997, 2002 *

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

: **''Winner'': 1997 *

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

**''Winner'': 2004 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

: **''Winner'': 2003 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...

: **''Winner'': 1994

Individual awards

* All-Star Playmaker of European Championship: 1994, 1998 * All-Star Playmaker of World Championship: 1997 * Player of the Year in Denmark: 2003 * EHF Hall of Fame in 2023. *

Damehåndboldligaen The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

topscorer: 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2002-03

References

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