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.
| Mia Hermansson-Högdahl | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (2015) | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
6 May 1965 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) |
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
edit- ^ "Previous World Handball Players" Archived 1 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine International Handball Federation (Retrieved on 14 December 2007)
- ^ "Mia Hermansson Högdahl ansatt i NHF"Norges Håndballforbund – (Retrieved on 16 December 2007) Archived 26 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
