Mia Hermansson-Högdahl is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1994

IHF World Player of the Year

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 by the International Handball Federation

International Handball Federation

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Hermansson-Högdahl has played 222 matches for the Swedish national team, and scored 1100 times. She was voted into the World team in 1987, 1991 and 1994. As a club player she won the Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League

The EHF Women's Champions League is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe, organized annually by the European Handball Federation . It is the most competitive and prestigious tournament for clubs since the champions of the best national leagues participate on it.- Eligibility...

 with Hypo Niederösterreich two times (1993/94, 1994/95).

She is currently (2010) assistant coach for the Norwegian women's handball team

Norway women's national handball team

The Norway women's national handball team is the national team of Norway. It is governed by the Norwegian Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions....

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