Anja Byrial Hansen
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| Born |
1 November 1973 Horsens, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Line Player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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– | Horsens Boldklub | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | Horsens Håndboldklub | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | Ikast fS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992 | Horsens Håndboldklub | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Ikast fS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | DHG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | GOG Håndbold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1996 | Denmark | 88 | (112) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anja Byrial Hansen (born 1 November 1973 in Horsens, Midtjylland) is a Danish former 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[2] and 1996.
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.[3]
After her playing career, she has been U-19 coach for Virum-Sorgenfri HK.[4]
Anja has four kids; Oliver, Nikoline, Victoria, and Tobias and now lives in Copenhagen.
References
- 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)
- ^ "Women's EHF Euro 1994". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "Anja Byrial Hansen: Jeg fortryder bittert at jeg stoppede" (in Danish). hbold.dk. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Poulsen, Tommy (16 May 2020). "Anja Byrial: Jeg gik glip af to OL-guldmedaljer og VM-guld" (in Danish). Horsens Folkeblad. Retrieved 12 January 2024.