Camilla Andersen

{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1973)}}

{{Use dmy dates | date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Camilla Andersen

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|07|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gentofte, Denmark

| nationality = Danish

| height = {{height|m=1.69|precision=0}}

| position = Playmaker

| years1 = 1985–1991

| clubs1 = Virum-Sorgenfri Håndboldklub

| years2 = 1991–1992

| clubs2 = FIF

| years3 = 1992–1993

| clubs3 = Nordstrand IF

| years4 = 1993–1996

| clubs4 = Buxtehuder SV

| years5 = 1996–1997

| clubs5 = Bækkelagets SK

| years6 = 1997–2001

| clubs6 = FIF

| years7 = 2001–2004

| clubs7 = Slagelse FH

| years8 = 2004–2005

| clubs8 = FCK Håndbold

| nationalyears1 = 1992–2000

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 194

| nationalgoals1 = 846[http://www.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/ehfeuro/downloads/EChW2012/DEN.pdf Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102002449/http://www.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/ehfeuro/downloads/EChW2012/DEN.pdf |date=2013-11-02 }}

| ntupdate = 1 July 2013

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's handball}}

{{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | Team }}

{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 1997 Germany | Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 1993 Norway | Team }}

{{MedalBronze | 1995 Austria/Hungary | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 1994 Germany | Team }}

{{MedalGold | 1996 Denmark | Team }}

{{MedalSilver | 1998 Netherlands | Team }}

}}

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[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208105249/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN |date=2007-12-08 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003620/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN |date=2008-04-07 }} 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,{{cite web|url=https://www.888sport.dk/blog/rekordholdere-p%C3%A5-det-danske-dame-og-herrelandholdet-i-h%C3%A5ndbold| title =Seks rekordholdere på det danske dame- og herrelandshold|language=da| publisher =888sport}} and she has played the 6th most matches on the national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.haslund.info/haandbold/20_dame/30_diverse_ranglister/rangliste_kampe.asp| title=KVINDE A-LANDSKAMPE RANGLISTE 1947 - 2023|language=da| publisher =Håndbold Info}}

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.{{cite news |title=Han var en hård hund |url=http://www.fyens.dk/article/1283807:Foedselsdag--Han-var-en-haard-hund |work=Fyens Stiftstidende |date=18 June 2009 |accessdate=5 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610194459/http://www.fyens.dk/article/1283807:Foedselsdag--Han-var-en-haard-hund |archive-date=10 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}

In 2000, she entered a registered partnership with Norwegian handball player Mia Hundvin, but the couple split three years later.[https://www.si.com/vault/2000/10/02/289196/in-love-and-war-team-handball-stars-camilla-andersen-and-mia-hundvin-are-the-first-spouses-ever-to-oppose-each-other-in-the-games 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.{{citation |author=Gary Smith |title=In Love And War: Team handball stars Camilla Andersen and Mia Hundvin are the first spouses ever to oppose each other in the Games |date=October 2, 2000 |accessdate=December 10, 2012 |url=https://www.si.com/vault/2000/10/02/289196/in-love-and-war-team-handball-stars-camilla-andersen-and-mia-hundvin-are-the-first-spouses-ever-to-oppose-each-other-in-the-games |periodical=Sports Illustrated }}

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.[http://www.sporten.dk/haandbold/camilla-i-hall-of-fame Camilla i Hall of Fame - Håndbold]