Camilla Marie Gjersem (born 6 January 1994) is a Norwegian former

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. She is a two-time Skate Copenhagen champion (2016, 2017), the 2016 Reykjavik International champion, the 2014

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silver medalist, the 2018

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bronze medalist, and a five-time Norwegian national champion (2012–2014, 2018, 2019). She competed in the final segment at the 2015 European Championships.

Personal life

Camilla Marie Gjersem was born together with a twin sister,

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, on 6 January 1994 in

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, Norway. Their mother, Perlina Bangug, is a

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from

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, Isabela, and their father, Petter Gjersem, a

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from

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. Camilla Gjersem is a law student at the

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Career

Gjersem began skating in 2002. She received her first

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assignment in 2010. Training mainly in

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, she was coached by

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until the end of the 2010–11 season and then by Berit Steigendal. Gjersem made her senior international debut at the 2011

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and her ISU Championship debut at the 2012 European Championships in

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, England. She was selected ahead of her sister to compete at the 2015 European Championships in

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, Sweden. There she qualified for the final after placing 22nd in the short program. In the free skate she was 20th, and placed 21st overall. In 2015, Gjersem was a favorite to win her fourth Norwegian national champion, but finished second to her sister

by a margin of 0.58 points. She was the Norwegian record holder for the ladies' short program (53.01), set at the 2015 Norwegian National Championships on January 18, 2015. Gjersem sustained a knee injury in April 2016. She sat out most of the 2016–17 season, but competed at Skate Copenhagen in April 2017. She retired from competition on May 7, 2019.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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