Jamina Roberts

Jamina Caroline Roberts (born 28 May 1990) is a Swedish handball player for Ikast Håndbold and the Swedish national team.^[2][3] As of 2024 she has the second most caps for the Swedish national team ever, and the most of any active players.

Jamina Roberts
Roberts in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Jamina Caroline Roberts
Born	(1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 35) Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Ikast Håndbold
Number	8
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2009–2014	IK Sävehof
2014–2016	TTH Holstebro
2016–2017	IK Sävehof
2017–2018	Érd HC
2018–2020	Randers HK
2020–2022	IK Sävehof
2022–01/2025	Vipers Kristiansand
01/2025–	Ikast Håndbold
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–	Sweden[1]	254	(679)
Medal record European Championship 2010 Denmark/Norway 2014 Croatia/Hungary

She competed at the 2012, 2016^[4][5] 2020 and 2024 Olympics. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship she reached the final and won a silver medal with the Swedish team.^[6]

Career

Roberts started at Swedish club IK Sävehof, where she won the Swedish championship 6 times, every season between her debut in 2009 and 2014.

In 2014 she switched to Danish club TTH Holstebro. Here she played with her former teammates Linn Blohm and Nathalie Hagman. After two seasons in Denmark, her club was in economic trouble and could not extend her contract, and therefore she returned to her old club, IK Sävehof.^[7]

In 2017 she joined Hungarian side Érd HC for a single season, before joining Danish club Randers HK. In 2020 she returned to Sweden for a third stint at IK Sävehof.

From 2022 to 2025 she was at Norwegian club Vipers Kristiansand, where she won the EHF Champions League 2022/2023. She left following the bankruptcy of the club.^[8] Afterwards she joined Danish side Ikast Håndbold.^[9]

Private Life

Roberts is part Aruban through her father, the bodybuilder James Roberts.^[10] Her younger brother, Kelvin Roberts, is also a handball player.

She has been in a relationship with the fellow Swedish handballer Emil Berggren since 2010. In 2020 they had a daughter together.^[11]

Achievements

• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2023
• EHF-Cup:
  • Winner: 2015
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Winner: 2016
• Carpathian Trophy:
  • Winner: 2015
• Swedish League:
  • Winner: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2022
• Norwegian League:
  • Winner: 2022/2023, 2023/2024
• Norwegian Cup:
  • Winner: 2022/23, 2023/24

Best player in the Norwegian woman handball league 22/23

Individual awards

• All-Star Left back of the Olympic Games: 2020^[12]
• Swedish Female Handballer of the Year: 2022, 2023