Emma Friis

Emma Friis
Friis in 2023
Personal information
Full name Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis
Born (1999-10-31) 31 October 1999 (age 25)
Herning, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club CSM București
Senior clubs
Years Team
2016–2024
 Ikast Håndbold
2024–
 CSM București
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–
 Denmark 79 (239)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Spain
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
Silver medal – second place 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
IHF Youth World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2016 Slovakia
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tbilisi
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16 January 2025

Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis (born 31 October 1999)[1] is a Danish handball player for CSM București and the Danish national team.[2][3]

She made her debut on the Danish national team on 29 September 2018, against Norway.[4]

In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.[5]

She represented Denmark at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain[6] and at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship at home.

Career

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Friis started playing Handball at Herning FH, before joining SINE SønderjyskE.[7] 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.[8] With the club she won the Danish Cup in 2019.[9] 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.[10]

In the summer of 2023 she joined Romanian side CSM Bucharest.[11]

She debuted for the Danish national team in September 2018.

Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Du er her: Forside / Emma Friis". fcm-haandbold.dk. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Emma Friis skifter til storklub" (in Danish). TV2 Sporten. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Emma Friis - Statistik - Håndbold.dk" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ^ "20 rising stars to watch for the future". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Team Roster Denmark" (PDF). ihf.info. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. ^ TTH-spiller udtaget til DHF-talenttræning at the Wayback Machine (archived 2021-11-20)
  8. ^ "Midtjysk fløjtalent forlænger med Herning-Ikast Håndbold". Herning-Ikast Håndbold. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Se B.T.s karakterer: Norsk skytte var bedst" (in Danish). bt.dk. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Ikast vinder europæisk finale" (in Danish). TV2 Denmark. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Nach Abschied von Ikast Håndbold - neuer Klub von EM-All-Star Emma Friis bekannt" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Paris 2024 Women's All-Star team revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  13. ^ "MVP Reistad leads EHF EURO 2022 All-Star Team". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Women's EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team revealed". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Årets Kvindelige Talent". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Golden players make the team of the season". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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