Mia Hermansson-Högdahl
Swedish handball player and coach
Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (born 6 May 1965) is a Swedish handball player and handball coach. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1994 by the International Handball Federation. She is seen as one of the best Swedish players of all time.
Hermansson-Högdahl has played 222 matches for the Sweden national team, and scored 1100 times. giving her the distinction of being the current highest scoring Sweden national team player. She was voted into the World team in 1987, 1991 and 1994. As a club player she won the Women's EHF Champions League twice (1993/94, 1994/95), with Hypo Niederösterreich.
As Swedish handballer of the year for three times (1984/85, 1986/87 and 1993/94), she held the distinction of highest number of times until Isabelle Gulldén matched her in 2018. She was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.
Playing career
Mia Hermansson-Högdahl began playing handball at HP Warta when she was 10 years old, as a goalkeeper.
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