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D.O.B.: 15/2 1969
Height: 178 cm
Job: Trainer for Slagelse, 1. division in Denmark
Previous clubs: IF Stjernen, IF Jarl, Ikast, Aalborg KFUM, Arden, Viborg,
TuS Walle Bremen (Germany), Bækkelaget (Norway)
Started to play: 5 years old (Both parents on national teams and coaches)
Retired as an active player august 1999 due to irregular heartbeat. First tried to be an assisting trainer for Bækkelaget, then took over the Danish team Slagelse with the aim of leading it all the way to the top (bying new players from all over the world).

Position: Left back but could also play centre or right wing. The defence position only slowly developed, as she disliked getting hit or wrestling too much.

Y-national team: 30 matches
National team debut: 25/10 1989
National team matches: 133
Goals for national team: 725

anja dreamteam

Results:
Silver Y-WC 1987,
Silver WC 93,
Gold EC 94,
Bronze WC 1995,
Gold at the Olympics in 1996,
Gold EC 1996,
Gold WC 1997
(see the results overview for more details of the championships)

League team championships:
Norwegian Champion with Bækkelaget 1992, German Championship with TuS Walle Bremen 1994, 95 and 96, Norwegian Championship Bækkelaget 1999. With Slagelse 2003, 2004.

Europa Cup Championships:
Europa Cup with Walle Bremen 1994, Europa Cup with Bækkelaget 1998 and 1999.
Anja special throw
Nominations:
Nominated for World-Team 1993
Came second as world handballer 1994
Nominated for European-Team 1995
Nominated for All-Star Team 1996 in the Olympics
Europe's Best player 1996
Chosen as the world's best handballer in 1997/98 by the International Handball Federation/World Handball Magazine.

As trainer for Slagelse: The Danish Championship 2003, winning the EHF Cup title 2003.

Other Projects:
Dream team tour every summer (see images from a match in Roskilde)
Annual Summer handball schools for young children in Denmark and Norway

Biggest experience: to miss the decisive penalty shot in the Olympic final in Atlanta 96 (and then to help Denmark to victory in the prolonged time that followed)


"Anja has given women's handball tremendous impetus." (World Handball Magazine 1/98)

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drawing of Anja goal

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