Emma Friis
{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Emma Friis
| image = 2023-05-14 Handball Frauen, EL Final4 2023, Finalspiel, Nykobing Falster Handbold - Ikast Handbold 1DX 2765 by Stepro.jpg
| caption = Friis in 2023
| full_name = Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|10|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Herning, Denmark
| height = 1.60 m
| position = Left wing
| currentclub = CSM București
| clubnumber = 15
| years1 = 2016–2024
| clubs1 = Ikast Håndbold
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = CSM București
| nationalyears1 = 2018–
| nationalteam1 = Denmark
| nationalcaps1 = 79
| nationalgoals1 = 239
| ntupdate = 16 January 2025
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Spain|}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden|}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro|}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland|}}
{{MedalCompetition|IHF Youth World Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Slovakia|}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Youth Olympic Festival}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Tbilisi|}}
}}
Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis (born 31 October 1999){{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/2016-17/player/562001/Emma+Cecilie+Uhrskov+Friis |title=Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis Profile |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=2 March 2017 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401135530/http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/2016-17/player/562001/Emma+Cecilie+Uhrskov+Friis |url-status=dead }} is a Danish handball player for CSM București and the Danish national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcm-haandbold.dk/truppen/emma-friis |title=Du er her: Forside / Emma Friis |publisher=fcm-haandbold.dk |accessdate=2 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2023-11-13-emma-friis-skifter-til-storklub |title=Emma Friis skifter til storklub |date=13 November 2023 |publisher=TV2 Sporten |accessdate=13 February 2024 |language=da}}
She made her debut on the Danish national team on 29 September 2018, against Norway.{{cite web |url=https://dhf.dk/landsholdsinfo/spiller/509775_1 |title=Emma Friis - Statistik - Håndbold.dk |publisher=Danish Handball Federation |language=Danish |accessdate=17 February 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618040343/https://dhf.dk/landsholdsinfo/spiller/509775_1 |url-status=dead }}
In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.{{cite web |url=https://history.eurohandball.com/article/031310/20+rising+stars+to+watch+for+the+future|title=20 rising stars to watch for the future |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=26 September 2018 |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927005521/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/31310 |url-status=dead }}
She represented Denmark at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain{{Cite web |url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/b18ddd17-4cb0-454b-8c86-6624aa5815db/pdf/DEN.PDF |title=Team Roster Denmark |website=ihf.info |date=8 December 2021 |accessdate=8 December 2021}} and at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship at home.
Career
Friis started playing Handball at Herning FH, before joining SINE SønderjyskE.{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120050256/https://www.tthholstebro.dk/nyheder/tth-spiller-udtaget-til-dhf-talenttraening |archive-date=2021-11-20- |title=TTH-spiller udtaget til DHF-talenttræning}} In 2016 she joined FC Midjylland Håndbold's youth team. She made her senior debut for the team in 2016 in the Danish Cup semifinal against Viborg HK. She continued in the club after the name change to Herning-Ikast Håndbold until 2022.{{cite web
|url=http://www.herningikasthaandbold.dk/nyheder/klubben/midtjysk-floejtalent-forlaenger-med-herning-ikast-haandbold |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127193721/http://www.herningikasthaandbold.dk/nyheder/klubben/midtjysk-floejtalent-forlaenger-med-herning-ikast-haandbold |archive-date=2021-01-27 |title=Midtjysk fløjtalent forlænger med Herning-Ikast Håndbold |publisher=Herning-Ikast Håndbold}} With the club she won the Danish Cup in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.bt.dk/haandbold/se-b.t.s-karakterer-norsk-skytte-var-bedst |publisher=bt.dk |title=Se B.T.s karakterer: Norsk skytte var bedst |date=29 December 2019 |accessdate=20 November 2021 |language=DA}} She joined Ikast Håndbold in 2022, where she won the EHF European League beting fellow Danish team Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub in the final, where she was the top scorer of the final with 11 goals.{{cite web| url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2023-05-14-ikast-vinder-europaeisk-finale | title=Ikast vinder europæisk finale| date=14 May 2023|publisher=TV2 Denmark|accessdate=15 May 2023|language=DA}}
In the summer of 2023 she joined Romanian side CSM Bucharest.{{cite web| url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-3-49170.html |publisher=handball-world.news| title=Nach Abschied von Ikast Håndbold - neuer Klub von EM-All-Star Emma Friis bekannt|accessdate=14 November 2023|language=DE}}
She debuted for the Danish national team in September 2018.
Individual awards
- All-Star left wing of the Summer Olympics: 2024{{cite news |url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/paris-2024-womens-all-star-team-revealed |title=Paris 2024 Women's All-Star team revealed |date=10 August 2024 |accessdate=10 August 2024 |publisher=IHF |website=ihf.info}}
- MVP at the 2022–23 EHF European League Final Four
- All-Star Left Wing of the European Championship: 2022,{{cite web |url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/women/2022/news/en/mvp-reistad-leads-ehf-euro-2022-all-star-team/ |title=MVP Reistad leads EHF EURO 2022 All-Star Team |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=20 November 2022}} 2024{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/women-s-ehf-euro-2024-all-star-team-revealed/|title=Women's EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team revealed|publisher=European Handball Federation |access-date=15 December 2024}}
- All-Star Left Wing of the IHF Junior World Championship: 2018
- All-Star Left Wing of the IHF Youth World Championship: 2016
- Youth player of the Year in Damehåndboldligaen: 2018/19{{cite web |url=https://tophaandbold.dk/kaaringer/aarets-kvindelige-talent |title=Årets Kvindelige Talent |website=tophaandbold.dk |accessdate=13 September 2021 |language=Danish}}
- EHF Excellence Awards Best left wing of the season: 2022/23{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/golden-players-make-the-team-of-the-season/ |title=Golden players make the team of the season |website=EHF |accessdate=26 June 2023}}
References
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External links
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- {{International Handball Federation|18389|Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis}}
- {{European Handball Federation|new_id=h4eH7HagpC2-9JWpJUNa0g|name=Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis|id=562001}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/emma-friis_1895152 Emma Friis] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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