Mia Emmenegger
| Mia Emmenegger | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Mia Emmenegger | ||
| Born |
17 January 2005 Wolhusen, Switzerland | ||
| Nationality | Swiss | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Team Esbjerg | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2021–2024 | Spono Eagles | ||
2024–01/2025 | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
01/2025– | Team Esbjerg | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Switzerland | 51 | (243) |
Mia Emmenegger (born 17 January 2005) is a Swiss female handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Swiss national team.[1]
International
[edit]Emmenegger made her official debut on the Swiss national team on 6 October 2021, against Russia.[2] She represented Switzerland for the first time at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship in Slovenia, Montenegro and North Macedonia,[3][4] where she scored 17 goals in 3 matches.[5] This was the first time Switzerland played at a major international tournament, and they were eliminated in the preliminary rounds.
She was also a part of the national team for the EC that Switzerland co-host with Austria and Hungary in 2024.[6]
Club
[edit]On 12 March 2024 it was announced that Emmenegger had signed a two-years contract with Vipers Kristiansand.[7] She left less than a year later, when the club went bankrupt in January 2025.[8] She then joined Danish side Team Esbjerg. In her first season in Denmark, Esbjerg reached the final of the 2024-25 Danish Championship, but lost to Odense Håndbold. A year after she won the Danish Championship, when they beat Odense in three matches.[9]
Achievements
[edit]- SPAR Premium League
- Bronze Medalist: 2022
- EHF Champions League
- Bronze Medalist: 2024-25
- Danish Championship:
- Individual awards
- EHF Excellence Awards Rookie of the season: 2024/25[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mia Emmenegger - Career & Statistics". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ↑ "Mia Emmenegger - Handball Suisse" (in French). handball.ch. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ↑ "Aufgebot bekannt – diese 18 Spielerinnen fahren an die EM" (in German). handball.ch. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ↑ "Team Roster Switzerland". eurohandball.com. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ↑ "2022 EC - Player's statistics". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ↑ "Der Kader steht: Diese 18 Frauen spielen für die Schweiz an der Heim-EM!". Swiss Handball Association. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ↑ "Mia Emmenegger spiller i rosa fra 2024/25!" (in Norwegian). vipers.no. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ↑ "Norsk storklub går konkurs - igen" [Norwegian top club in bankrupt - again] (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ↑ "Esbjerg vinder DM-guld – kører Odense over" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Reistad and Gidsel revealed as EHF Excellence Awards 2025 MVPs". EHF. 27 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Mia Emmenegger at the International Handball Federation (archived)
- Mia Emmenegger at the European Handball Federation
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- 2005 births
- Living people
- Swiss women's handball players
- 21st-century Swiss sportswomen
- People from Wolhusen
- Sportspeople from the canton of Lucerne
- Swiss expatriate handball players
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate handball players in Norway
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate handball players in Denmark
- Team Esbjerg players