Camilla Herrem
Camilla Herrem (born 8 October 1986) is a Norwegian handball player for Sola HK and the Norwegian national team.
Her international achievements include one Olympic gold medal, three World Championship gold medals, and five gold medals at the European Championship. She became the most successful player in World Championships history with three gold, one silver and one bronze medal by winning the 2021 World Championship.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Achievements
- 3 Individual awards
- 4 Personal life
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Career
Camilla Herrem started to play handball at Sola HK, and made her debut in the Norwegian Championship at the age of 16. She first played at international level in the Cup Winners' Cup in 2005.
She moved to the Norwegian Championship silver medalist Byåsen in 2006, wherein she was able to participate each year in the Champions League qualifications. She joined the Romanian champion HCM Baia Mare in the 2014–2015 season, where she reached the Champions League quarterfinals. She moved to the Danish club Team Tvis Holstebro for 1 year, and won the Cup Winners' Cup in 2016. She played in HC Vardar in the 2016–2017 season. The Macedonian team reached the Champions League final, and Camilla was chosen as the best left wing of the Champions League season. At the end of the season, she transferred back to Norway, to her first professional club, Sola HK.
She made her debut for the Norwegian national team against Sweden on 5 April 2006. Camilla has been participating in world tournaments since the 2008 European Championship. She also played in the national team at the 2012 Olympic Games, where they won the gold medal. She was also selected for the All-Star team(s) of the 2009 World Championship, the 2016 European Championship, the 2019 World Championship, and the 2020 European Championship.
Camilla Herrem was selected for the World Handball Team of 2011-2020 Decade's best left winger on handball-planet.com vote.
Achievements
- Olympic Games:
- Winner: 2012
- Bronze Medalist: 2016, 2020
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2011, 2015, 2021
- Silver Medalist: 2017
- Bronze Medalist: 2009
- European Championship:
- Winner: 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020
- Silver Medalist: 2012
- EHF Champions League:
- Finalist: 2016/2017
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winner: 2015/2016
- Finalist: 2006/2007
- Semifinalist: 2013/2014
- Norwegian League
- Silver Medalist: 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014
- Bronze Medalist: 2008/2009, 2010/2011, 2020/2021, 2021/2022
- Norwegian Championship First Division (Level 2):
- Winner: 2018/2019
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2007
- Finalist: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2020
- Romanian Cup:
- Winner: 2014/2015
- Romanian Super Cup:
- Winner: 2014
- Baia Mare Champions Trophy
- Winner: 2014
- Macedonian Championship:
- Winner: 2016/2017
- Macedonian Cup:
- Winner: 2016/2017
Individual awards
- World Handball Team of 2011–2020 Decade's best left winger
- All-Star Left Wing of the World Championship: 2009, 2019
- All-Star Left Wing of the European Championship: 2016, 2020
- All-Star Left Wing of the EHF Champions League: 2016/2017
- Handball-Planet.com All-Star Left Wing of the Year: 2017, 2019, 2020
- All-Star Left Wing of REMA 1000-ligaen: 2019/2020, 2020/2021
- Team of the Tournament Left Wing of the Baia Mare Champions Trophy: 2014
Personal life
Since July 2013, she is married to Norwegian handballer, Steffen Stegavik. On 22 December 2017, Herrem announced that she is pregnant, and that the couple are expecting their first child in July 2018. On 7 July 2018, Herrem gave birth to a son called Theo.
Camilla uten filter *led autobiographic book published in 2020.
References
External links
- Camilla Herrem at European Handball Federation
- Camilla Herrem at Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian)
- Camilla Herrem at Olympics.com
- Camilla Herrem at Olympedia