Jamina Caroline Roberts (born 28 May 1990) is a Swedish professional handball player for Vipers Kristiansand and the Swedish national team.[2][3] As of 2024 she has the second most caps for the Swedish national team ever, and the most of any active players.
| Jamina Roberts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Roberts in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jamina Caroline Roberts | ||
| Born |
28 May 1990 Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2009–2014 | IK Sävehof | ||
2014–2016 | TTH Holstebro | ||
2016–2017 | IK Sävehof | ||
2017–2018 | Érd HC | ||
2018–2020 | Randers HK | ||
2020–2022 | IK Sävehof | ||
2022– | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010– | Sweden[1] | 242 | (634) |
Medal record | |||
She competed at the 2012, 2016[4][5] 2020 and 2024 Olympics. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship she reached the final and won a silver medal with the Swedish team.[6]
Roberts is part Aruban through her father, the body builder James Roberts.[7] Her younger brother, Kelvin Roberts, is also a handball player.
Privately she is together with the Swedish handballer Emil Berggren since 2010. In 2020 they had a daughter together.[8]
Career
editRoberts started at Swedish club IK Sävehof, where she won the Swedish championship 6 times, every season between her debut in 2009 and 2014.
In 2014 she switched to Danish club TTH Holstebro. Here she played with her former teammates Linn Blohm and Nathalie Hagman. After two seasons in Denmark, her club was in economic trouble and could not extend her contract, and therefore she returned to her old club, IK Sävehof.[9]
In 2017 she joined Hungarian side Érd HC for a single season, before joining Danish club Randers HK. In 2020 she returned to Sweden for a third stint at IK Sävehof.
Since 2022 she has been at Norwegian club Vipers Kristiansand, where she won the EHF Champions League 2022/2023.
Achievements
edit- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2023
- EHF-Cup:
- Winner: 2015
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winner: 2016
- Carpathian Trophy:
- Winner: 2015
- Swedish League:
- Winner: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2022
- Norwegian League:
- Winner: 2022/2023, 2023/2024
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2022/23, 2023/24
Individual awards
editReferences
edit- ^ "Svenska Handbollslandslaget, spelarpresentationer, 8 Jamina Roberts" (in Swedish). Svenska Handbollslandslaget (Swedish national handball team). 10 October 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ Jamina Roberts. nbcolympics.com Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jamina Roberts". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010, Finals. NOR 25–20 SWE" (PDF). sportresult.com. European Handball Federation. 19 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ EM-stjärnan: "Han frågade om jag hade glömt tvätta mig..." Aftonbladet (in Swedish)
- ^ "Stjärnans osannolika comeback". 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Klubblös...och hemlös". 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Women's All-Star Team". IHF. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links
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- Jamina Roberts at the European Handball Federation
- Jamina Roberts at Olympics.com
- Jamina Roberts at Olympedia
- Jamina Roberts at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
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