Mia Hermansson-Högdahl

Mia Hermansson-Högdahl
Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (2015)
Personal information
Born (1965-05-06) 6 May 1965 (age 59)
Göteborg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Senior clubs
Years Team
–1985
 HP Warta
1985–1987
 Tyresö HF
1987–1992
 Byåsen IL
1992–1996
 Hypo Niederösterreich
1996–1999
 Byåsen IL
1999–2000
 Valencia
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1998
 Sweden 225 (1 153)

Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (born 6 May 1965) is a Swedish team handball player. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1994[1] by the International Handball Federation.

Hermansson-Högdahl has played 222 matches for the Swedish national team, and scored 1100 times.[2] She was voted into the World team in 1987, 1991 and 1994. As a club player she won the Women's EHF Champions League with Hypo Niederösterreich two times (1993/94, 1994/95).

She is the assistant coach of the Norwegian women's handball team since 2010.

Her daughter, Moa Högdahl is also a professional handballer, playing for Viborg HK and the Norwegian national handball team.

References

  1. ^ "Previous World Handball Players" Archived 1 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine International Handball Federation (Retrieved on 14 December 2007)
  2. ^ "Mia Hermansson Högdahl ansatt i NHF"Norges Håndballforbund – (Retrieved on 16 December 2007) Archived 26 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Awards
Suspended
Title last held by
Jasna Kolar-Merdan 		IHF World Player of the Year – Women
1994 		Succeeded by