Kaja Kamp Nielsen (born 29 April 1994) is a Danish

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 for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team. She was selected as part of the Danish 35-player squad for the

2020 European Women's Handball Championship The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held from 3 to 20 December 2020. The games were played in Herning and Kolding, Denmark. Originally, this tournament would be held with 2 host countries: Norway and Denmark. However, lacking som ...

. At the 2023 World Cup she was initially not part of the team, but after

Kathrine Heindahl Kathrine Brothmann Heindahl (born 26 March 1992) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team. She made her debut on the Danish national team on 24 September 2010, against Turkey. On 10 February 2020, it was announ ...

was injured in the semifinal, Kamp was called up and played in the 3rd place playoff match. Kamp started playing handball at the age of 12 in Visse IF. In 2010 she transferred to

Aalborg DH Aalborg Damehåndbold is a former team handball club for women from Aalborg, Denmark. History Aalborg DH was promoted to the top league in Denmark in 2002–2003. The club finished second in the top league once, and obtained third place in 2005 ...

. After the club went bankrupt in 2013, she switched to Vendsyssel Håndbold. In addition to ordinary handball, Kamp has also played for the Danish national team in Beach handball, where she became a European champion in 2019.

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1994 births Living people Danish female handball players People from Rebild Municipality Handball players from the North Jutland Region Beach handball players {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub