Camilla Marie Gjersem (born 6 January 1994) is a Norwegian former figure skater. She is a two-time Skate Copenhagen champion (2016, 2017), the 2016 Reykjavik International champion, the 2014 Warsaw Cup silver medalist, the 2018 Ice Star bronze medalist, and a five-time Norwegian national champion (2012–2014, 2018, 2019). She competed in the final segment at the 2015 European Championships.
Personal life Camilla Marie Gjersem was born together with a twin sister, Anne Line, on 6 January 1994 in Hønefoss, Norway. Their mother, Perlina Bangug, is a Filipina from Ilagan, Isabela, and their father, Petter Gjersem, a Norwegian from Raufoss. Camilla Gjersem is a law student at the University of Oslo.
Career Gjersem began skating in 2002. She received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment in 2010. Training mainly in Asker, she was coached by Kaja Hanevold until the end of the 2010–11 season and then by Berit Steigendal.
Gjersem made her senior international debut at the 2011 Ice Challenge and her ISU Championship debut at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England.
She was selected ahead of her sister to compete at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. There she qualified for the final after placing 22nd in the short program. In the free skate she was 20th, and placed 21st overall.
In 2015, Gjersem was a favorite to win her fourth Norwegian national champion, but finished second to her sister Anne Line by a margin of 0.58 points. She was the Norwegian record holder for the ladies' short program (53.01), set at the 2015 Norwegian National Championships on January 18, 2015.
Gjersem sustained a knee injury in April 2016. She sat out most of the 2016–17 season, but competed at Skate Copenhagen in April 2017.
She retired from competition on May 7, 2019.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2018–2019 Cinema Italiano Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Music 2017–2018 Paint It Black 2016–2017 Fever Spider-Man 2015–2016 The Havana Slide 2014–2015 Piano Concerto No. 2 2013–2014 Come Together 2012–2013 Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto 2011–2012 The Feeling Begins 2010–2011 Porgy and Bess
Competitive highlights CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 Europeans 34th 21st 33rd Finlandia 9th 13th 21st Golden Spin 12th Ice Challenge 16th Nebelhorn 9th Tallinn Trophy 14th Volvo Cup 4th Bavarian Open 14th Coupe Printemps 6th Crystal Skate 9th Cup of Tyrol 12th Denkova-Staviski 5th 8th Gardena Trophy 6th Ice Challenge 17th Ice Star 3rd Challenge Cup 7th 11th Nordics 7th 5th 7th 6th 8th 10th NRW Trophy 18th 9th 8th Ondrej Nepela 13th Reykjavik IG 1st Skate Copenhagen 1st 1st Tallinn Trophy 5th Triglav Trophy 7th Volvo Open Cup 10th 12th Warsaw Cup 9th 2nd Universiade 11th International: Junior Junior Worlds 34th Austria 28th 15th 22nd France 15th Estonia 20th Cup of Nice 9th Nordics 12th 8th Skate Celje 5th Triglav Trophy 2nd Warsaw Cup 10th 2nd 3rd National Norwegian Champ. 2nd J 2nd J 1st J 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd WD 1st 1st
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