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

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

player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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"1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"
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in Sydney."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. In 2000, she entered a registered partnership with Norwegian handball player Mia Hundvin, 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 National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark's Hall of Fame as the 27th member.Camilla i Hall of Fame - Håndbold
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Achievements

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

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

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

Norwegian Championship Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

: **''Winner'': 1997 *

EHF Champions League The Men's 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 me ...

**''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. Previ ...

: **''Winner'': 2003 * EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''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

References

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