Anja_Nielsen

Anja Nielsen

Anja Nielsen

Danish handball player (born 1975)

Anja Nielsen (born 12 April 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1][2]

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She played for Ikast Bording EH for most of her senior career. She was expected to play at the 2001 World Cup in Italy, but missed out due to injury.[3] This injury prompted her club, Ikast Bording, to not extend her contract as they were not sure, she could play for them in practice.[4] She signed for Icelandic side IBV Vestmannaeyjar in 2003, where she stayed for a year before returning to Denmark to join Randers HK.[5]


References

  1. [1]
    "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 25 February 2008)
  2. [2]
    "Anja Nielsen". olympedia.org. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. [3]
    https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/ECE3330585/H%C3%A5ndbold-Anja-Nielsens-VM-dr%C3%B8mme-knust/
  4. [4]
    https://www.bt.dk/sport/anja-nielsen-i-klemme
  5. [5]
    https://www.bt.dk/sport/ol-guldvinder-klar-for-randers


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