Josefin Hermansson

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Josefin Hermansson
Born1990
Nationality Swedish
OccupationBowler

Josefin Hermansson (born 1990) is a Swedish elite bowler.

Josefin Hermansson grew up in Borlänge (Sweden). As the daughter of two bowlers, Hermansson was introduced to bowling at the age of seven and joined the local bowling club BK Kullan. Later in her career, Hermansson played representing clubs such as Team Granen Dam (formerly known as Team Vasa BK [1] ) and Sundbybergs IK. In 2013, however, Hermansson was looking for an opportunity to advance both her bowling and academic career. With this in mind, she moved to Gothenburg to join Team X-Calibur BK and to enroll at Gothenburg University majoring in Japanese. [2] Since completing her bachelor's degree in Japanese in 2017 (including an exchange year at Tokyo Gakugei University), Hermansson has solely been focusing on bowling.

Hermansson has a number of merits. She won a bronze medal in the Junior European Championships in 2008 and an individual gold medal in the Swedish Championships in 2014. Apart from these medals, she has also, together with Team X-Calibur, won the Swedish national championships three times in the category team of eight (year 2014, 2015 and 2018). In spring 2019 Hermansson joined the ladies senior national team. [3] Later that year, she accompanied the Swedish national team to compete in the World Bowling Championships for Women in Las Vegas, and returned home with one silver medal in the category team of five and one gold medal in doubles (partner Jenny Wegner). [4] [5] The gold medal in doubles also got the duo nominated for the Swedish Radio's prize Radiosportens Jerringpris 2019, [6] a Swedish national award honouring the best sport performance of the year.

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