Camilla Andersen

Camilla Røseler Andersen (born 5 July 1973) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a 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 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,^[4] and she has played the 6th most matches on the national team.^[5]

Camilla Andersen
Personal information
Born	(1973-07-05) 5 July 1973 (age 52) Gentofte, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Playmaker
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1985–1991	Virum-Sorgenfri Håndboldklub
1991–1992	FIF
1992–1993	Nordstrand IF
1993–1996	Buxtehuder SV
1996–1997	Bækkelagets SK
1997–2001	FIF
2001–2004	Slagelse FH
2004–2005	FCK Håndbold
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–2000	Denmark	194	(846[1])
Medal record Women's handball Representing  Denmark Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team World Championship 1997 Germany Team 1993 Norway Team 1995 Austria/Hungary Team European Championship 1994 Germany Team 1996 Denmark Team 1998 Netherlands Team
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2013

Both of her parents, Gert Andersen og Toni Røseler as well as her maternal Grandfather, Walter Røseler, were also handball players and played on their respective Danish national teams.^[6]

In 2000, she entered a registered partnership with Norwegian handball player Mia Hundvin, but the couple split three years later.^[7] Sports Illustrated ran a lengthy feature on the two, who are much-discussed celebrities in their countries.^[8]

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.^[9]

Achievements

• Danish Championship:
  • Winner: 2003
  • Silver Medalist: 2004
• Danish Cup:
  • Winner: 1997, 2002
• Norwegian Cup:
  • Winner: 1997
• EHF Champions League
  • Winner: 2004
• EHF Cup:
  • 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
• EHF Hall of Fame in 2023.^[10]
• Damehåndboldligaen topscorer: 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2002-03^[11]