Camilla Røseler Andersen (born 5 July 1973) is a Danish former 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"1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) and at the 2000 Summer Olympics 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. 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 and Toni Røseler 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 registered partnership with Norwegian handball player Mia Hundvin, but the couple split three years later.In Love And War: Team handball stars Camilla Andersen and Mia Hundvin are the first spouses ever to oppose each other in the Games Sports Illustrated 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
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. Damehåndboldligaen topscorer: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002-03
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