Camilla Gjersem | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Camilla Marie Gjersem |
Country represented | Norway |
Born |
Hønefoss, Norway |
6 January 1994
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 |
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.
Camilla Marie Gjersem was born together with a twin sister, Anne Line, on 6 January 1994 in Hønefoss, Norway. Their mother, Perlina Bangug, is a Filipina from Ilagan, Isabela, and their father, Petter Gjersem, a Norwegian from Raufoss. Camilla Gjersem is a law student at the University of Oslo.
Gjersem began skating in 2002. 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.
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 , Sweden. 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 is the current Norwegian record holder for the ladies' short program (53.01), set at the 2015 Norwegian National Championships on January 18, 2015.