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Olympic Gold Winner 2000

Towanda! Camilla brings home the gold When it really matters, the amazone warrior awakens in Camilla and she takes care of turning the defeat into victory! The Hungarians were leading and already saw themselves collecting gold, when Anette Hoffmann and Camilla exploded and in the last few minutes brought the Olympic gold back to Denmark, where it belongs. "But why does she need to have TWO gold medals", Mia complained afterwards; "I also want one!". Now the Norwegian has a bronze version to bring to the Frederiksberg apartment - and she just may be allowed to borrow the gold one for a few seconds.

Camilla, Mette Vestergaard and Mia, all playing for FIF were celebrated by the mayor of Frederiksberg together with family memebers (and - the press!!). Who said I'm quitting?, Camilla said to them. She has not yet decided wether to continue or not. Let us hope that she makes the right decision - for herself, her family and for all us handball lovers. See a nice picture from the town hall with the three FIF players and the proud mayor.

Camilla's last tournament?

This may be the last we get to see of Camilla Andersen on the national team. She will consider wether to continue or not after the Olympics. The pressure of the press and the high expectations of her also in FIF has drained her strength and motivation to play. Coach Jan Pytlick has tried to cheer her up and prepare her for the international press in Sydney. He finds, that she feels a bit better now but she will have to show all her motivation and strength for the "win-or-die" match against France. And that she seems to have, the team needs revenge for the lost World Championship quarterfinals. And then she really dislikes the way France plays handball and thus she would just love to send them out with a big kick.

Private life exposed

Camilla and Mia are getting seriously fed up with the endless interest of the press about their private life. Again and again they must see themselves on the front pages of the tabloids, also during the Olympics. One "theme" was the removal and reinsertation of details in Mia's and Camillas Olympic profiles (see the news for more details). The other the "grand meeting" on the court between Denmark and Norway - a match written about for months in advance and voices questionning their objectivity and professionalism during the match, resulting in Camilla being a nervous wreck during the match, making it the worst she has ever played and leading to a Danish defeat. Furthermore, during the match Sports Illustrated was there to prepare for at big article about this first married couple to meet in an Olympic match. (Please contact me if you want to know details about that article as copy-rights forbid me to bring it here.)

Recently all the tabloids took a comment from an interview in the magazine Tjeck and exposed it in big headlines: Camilla and Mia wants to have a baby (well, some day at least). Here are some extracts from that (in)famous Tjeck article (watch the photos of a styled Camilla on their site if they have not removed the article), where Camilla tries to be as honest and open as possible in order to stop all the talking - hah! and see where that took her.

Dream team 2000

You can see my (poor but Photoshop glazed) photos from the last of Anja's Dream Team matches in Roskilde on May 17th - there should be a few where you can vaguely spot Camilla! The text is in Danish, unfortunately (I can translate, though, if anybody requires it).

In Abenraa, the couple chose to do a surprising little sapphic happening, as the players made their various little intros.

Second best player of the year

Camilla did not manage to be elected the Female Player of the Year but only came second. Just wait.. next year...! Ausra Fridrikas (Austria) won and Cecilie Leganger (keeper, Norway) was third.

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