Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis (born 31 October 1999) is a Danish professional
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
player who plays for
Ikast Håndbold
Ikast Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club based in Ikast. They have competed in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's primary handball league, since 1991.
History
The club was founded as ''Ikast FS Håndboldafdeling'' on 20 June 1970 as a mer ...
and the
Danish national team. At the end of the 2023/2024 season, Emma Friis will switch to Romanian side
CSM București
Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest.
Departments
Active branches:
*Sport of athletics, Athletics
*Basketball
*Dancesport
*Handball
*Jud ...
.
She made her debut on the Danish national team on 29 September 2018, against
Norway
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.
In September 2018, she was included by
EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.
She represented Denmark at the
2021 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021. On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championsh ...
in Spain.
Individual awards
* MVP at the
2022–23 EHF European League
The 2022–23 EHF European League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the EHF Cup to the EHF European League.
Füchse B ...
Final Four
* All-Star Left Wing of the
European Championship:
2022
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* All-Star Left Wing of the
IHF Junior World Championship:
2018
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* All-Star Left Wing of the
IHF Youth World Championship:
2016
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* Youth player of the Year in
Damehåndboldligaen
The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league is ...
: 2018/19
*
EHF Excellence Awards
The EHF Excellence Awards is an annual handball awards ceremony held by the European Handball Federation. It was first held in 2023 in Vienna, Austria. The best players of the season on each position both on the men's and women's side are awarded, ...
Best left wing of the season: 2022/23
References
External links
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1999 births
Living people
21st-century Danish women
People from Herning Municipality
Danish female handball players
Handball players from the Central Denmark Region
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