Emma Friis
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Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis (born 31 October 1999)[1] is a Danish handball player for CSM București and the Danish national team.[2][3]
In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Friis started playing Handball at Herning FH, before joining SINE SønderjyskE.[5] 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.[6] With the club she won the Danish Cup in 2019.[7] 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.[8]
In the summer of 2023 she joined Romanian side CSM Bucharest.[9]
National team
[edit | edit source]She made her debut on the Danish national team on 29 September 2018, against Norway.[10]
She represented Denmark at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain[11] and at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship at home, where Denmark won bronze medals on both occasions. At the 2022 European Championship she won silver medals.[12] At the 2024 Olympics she won a bronze medal.[13] Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2024 European Championship, losing to Norway in the final.[14]
At the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship Denmark went out in the quarterfinal to France after winning all matches in the group stages. The Danish team was affected by a lot of players missing the tournament including goalkeepers Sandra Toft and Althea Reinhardt and pivots Sarah Iversen and Rikke Iversen. This was the first time since 2019 that Denmark left a major internatonal tournament without any medals.[15]
Individual awards
[edit | edit source]- All-Star left wing of the Summer Olympics: 2024[16]
- MVP at the 2022–23 EHF European League Final Four
- All-Star Left Wing of the European Championship: 2022,[17] 2024[18]
- 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[19]
- EHF Excellence Awards Best left wing of the season: 2022/23[20]
References
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External links
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- Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis at the International Handball FederationLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Emma Friis at Olympics.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Emma Friis at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Emma Friis on InstagramLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Danish female handball players
- Olympic handball players for Denmark
- Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Herning Municipality
- Handball players from the Central Denmark Region
- Danish expatriate handball players in Romania
- 21st-century Danish sportswomen