Anja Byrial Hansen

Anja Byrial Hansen
Personal information
Born	(1973-11-01) 1 November 1973 (age 52) 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 Women's handball Representing   Denmark Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team competition World Championships 1993 Norway 1995 Austria and Hungary European Championship 1994 Germany Team 1996 Denmark Team

Anja Byrial Hansen (born (1973-11-01)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.

1. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine –databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 25 February 2008)
2. "Women's EHF Euro 1994". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
3. "Anja Byrial Hansen: Jeg fortryder bittert at jeg stoppede" (in Danish). hbold.dk. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
4. 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.