Anja Byrial Hansen (born 1 November 1973 in Horsens, Midtjylland) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] She also won European Championship twice, in 1994 and 1996.
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| Born |
1 November 1973 Horsens, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Line Player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Horsens Boldklub | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Horsens Håndboldklub | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | Ikast fS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992 | Horsens Håndboldklub | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993-1995 | Ikast fS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995-1996 | DHG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | GOG Håndbold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992-1996 | Denmark | 88 | (112) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She ended her career prematurely at the age of 23 in order to move to Great Britain with her at the time partner, the football player, Per Pedersen. A decision she has later admitted to regret.[2]
After her playing career, she has been U-19 trainer for Virum Sorgenfri.[3]
Anja has four kids; Oliver, Nikoline, Victoria, and Tobias and now lives in Copenhagen.
References
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anja Byrial Hansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 25 February 2008)
- ^ https://hbold.dk/2023/07/30/anja-byrial-hansen-jeg-fortryder-bittert-at-jeg-stoppede/ | access-date=12. januar 2024
- ^ https://hsfo.dk/sport/anja-byrial-jeg-gik-glip-af-to-ol-guldmedaljer-og-vm-guld | access-date=12. januar 2024
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