Josefin Hermansson

Josefin Hermansson is a Swedish elite bowler, born in 1990, who grew up in Borlänge. As the daughter of two bowlers she was introduced to bowling at seven and joined the local club BK Kullan. She later represented Team Granen Dam and Sundbybergs IK, and in 2013 moved to Gothenburg to join Team X-Calibur BK while studying Japanese at the University of Gothenburg, completing her bachelor's degree in 2017 with an exchange year at Tokyo Gakugei University. She won bronze at the 2008 Junior European Championships, individual gold at the 2014 Swedish Championships and three Swedish team-of-eight titles with Team X-Calibur. After joining the senior national team in 2019 she took silver in the team of five and gold in doubles with Jenny Wegner at the World Bowling Championships for Women in Las Vegas, a result that earned the pair a Radiosportens Jerringpris nomination.