Camilla Larsen Degn (born 19 December 1997) is a Danish

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 goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player and beach handball player who currently plays for

Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and Euro ...

. She signed for Viborg HK from her childhood club,

Randers HK Randers HK is a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competes in the Danish 1st Division for the 2024/25 season and plays their home matches in Arena Randers. History Randers HK was founded in 1996 as a collaborative effort ...

in 2023 when her former club declared

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. At Viborg Hk she was reunited with her former coach Ole Bitsch. At Randers HK she was the

team captain In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In eithe ...

. In addition to ordinary handball, Degn is also on the Danish National Team in

Beach handball Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...

. In 2023 she was on the team that won the

2023 European Games The 3rd European Games (), also known as the 2023 European Games or Kraków-Małopolska 2023, was an international multi-sport event held from 21 June to 2 July 2023 in Kraków and Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Małopolska, Poland. It was the first ...

. While playing handball she took a degree in nutrition in 2023.Degn's Linkedin
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1997 births Living people Handball players from Randers Danish female handball players European Games medalists in beach handball European Games gold medalists for Denmark Beach handball players at the 2023 European Games Viborg HK players Danish beach handball players 21st-century Danish sportswomen {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub