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Camilla 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 and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She is widely regarded as one of the best players Danish handball has ever seen.
In 2000, she entered a registered partnership with Norwegian handball player Mia Hundvin, but the couple split three years later. 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.
Achievements
- Danish Championship:
- Winner: 2003
- Silver Medalist: 2004
- Danish Cup:
- Winner: 1997, 2002
- Norwegian Championship:
- 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