Camilla Gjersem

Camilla Gjersem
Personal information
Full name Camilla Marie Gjersem
Country represented Norway
Born (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994
Hønefoss, Norway
Home town Asker, Norway
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Coach Berit Steigendal
Former coach Kaja Hanevold
Choreographer Kaja Hanevold, Michael Huth
Skating club Asker FSC
Training locations Asker
Oberstdorf
Began skating 2002
World standing 105 (As of 18 February 2018)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 139.35
2014 CS Volvo Open Cup
Short program 47.43
2014 CS Volvo Open Cup
Free skate 91.92
2014 CS Volvo Open Cup

Camilla Marie Gjersem (born 6 January 1994) is a Norwegian figure skater. She is a three-time Norwegian national champion (2012–2014) and competed in the free skate at the 2015 European Championships.[2]

Personal life

Camilla Marie Gjersem was born together with a twin sister, Anne Line, on 6 January 1994 in Hønefoss, Norway.[3][4] Their mother, Perlina Bangug, is a Filipina from Ilagan, Isabela,[5] and their father, Petter Gjersem, a Norwegian from Raufoss.[6] Camilla Gjersem is a law student at the University of Oslo.[7]

Career

Gjersem began skating in 2002.[4] She received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment in 2010. Training mainly in Asker, she was coached by Kaja Hanevold until the end of the 2010–11 season and then by Berit Steigendal.[8][9]

Gjersem made her senior international debut at the 2011 Ice Challenge and her ISU Championship debut at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England.

She was selected ahead of her sister to compete at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.[10] There she qualified for the final after placing 22nd in the short program. In the free skate she was 20th, and placed 21st overall.

In 2015, Gjersem was a favorite to win her fourth Norwegian national champion, but finished second to her sister Anne Line by a margin of 0.58 points. She was the Norwegian record holder for the ladies' short program (53.01), set at the 2015 Norwegian National Championships on January 18, 2015.[11][12]

Gjersem sustained a knee injury in April 2016.[13] She sat out most of the 2016–17 season, but competed at Skate Copenhagen in April 2017.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–16
[4]
2014–15
[14]
  • The Havana Slide
    by Vanessa-Mae
2013–14
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
2012–13
[15]
  • Come Together
    by The Beatles
2011–12
[9]
  • Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto
    performed by Vanessa-Mae
2010–11
[8]
  • The Feeling Begins
    by Peter Gabriel

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[2]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Europeans34th21st
CS Finlandia9th13th21st
CS Golden Spin12th
CS Ice Challenge16th
CS Nebelhorn9th
CS Tallinn Trophy14th
CS Volvo Cup4th
Bavarian Open14th
Coupe du Printemps6th
Crystal Skate9th
Cup of Tyrol12th
Denkova-Staviski Cup5th
Egna Spring Trophy6th
Ice Challenge17th
Int. Challenge Cup7th
Nordics7th5th7th6th8th
NRW Trophy18th9th8th
Ondrej Nepela13th
Reykjavik1st
Skate Copenhagen1st1st
Tallinn Trophy5th
Triglav Trophy7th
Volvo Open Cup10th
Warsaw Cup9th2nd
International: Junior and novice[2]
Junior Worlds34th
JGP Austria28th15th22nd
JGP France15th
JGP Estonia20th
Cup of Nice9th
Nordics12th8th
Skate Celje5th
Triglav Trophy2nd
Warsaw Cup10th2nd3rd
International: Novice
Int. Challenge Cup2nd
Nordics6th
Warsaw Cup16th
National[2]
Norwegian Champ.2nd J2nd J1st J1st1st1st2nd2ndWD
J = Junior level; P = Preliminary round; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ↑
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Competition Results: Camilla GJERSEM". International Skating Union.
  3. ↑ Moore, Emmeline (20 February 2014). "Norway's Gjersem follows in Henie footsteps". Agence France-Presse. Google. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Camilla GJERSEM: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Ingles, Macel (16 February 2014). "Fil-Norwegian figure skater goes for historic win in Sochi". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tvillinger i knallhard uttakskamp" [Twins in tough battle] (in Norwegian). Oppland Arbeiderblad. Norwegian News Agency. 8 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dobbel Gjersem - Biografi" (in Norwegian).
  8. 1 2 "Camilla GJERSEM: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Camilla GJERSEM: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Anne Line Gjersem danket ut av tvillingsøsteren Camilla" [Anne Line Gjersem ousted by twin sister Camilla] (in Norwegian). Oppland Arbeiderblad. Norwegian News Agency. 8 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Camilla var favoritt til å bli Norges mester, men ble slått ut av tvillingssøsteren" [Camilla was favorite to win Norwegian National Championship, but got beaten by her twin sister] (in Norwegian). Oppland Arbeiderblad. Norwegian News Agency. 18 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Best av alle med ny rekord" [Best of all with new record] (in Norwegian). Budstikka. Norwegian News Agency. 17 January 2015.
  13. ↑ Jarlsbo, Øystein (19 December 2016). "Tvillingskade for Norges historiske OL-håp". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian).
  14. ↑ "Camilla GJERSEM: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Camilla GJERSEM: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013.

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