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{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox handball biography
| name                = Anja Byrial Hansen
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| nationality         = Danish
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|01|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Horsens]], Denmark
| height              = 
| weight              = 
| position            = Line Player
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| youthyears1         = 
| youthclubs1         = Horsens Boldklub
| youthyears2         = 
| youthclubs2         = Horsens Håndboldklub
| years1              = 1991
| clubs1              = [[Ikast fS]]
| years2              = 1992
| clubs2              = [[Horsens Håndboldklub]]
| years3              = 1993–1995
| clubs3              = [[Ikast fS]]
| years4              = 1995–1996
| clubs4              = [[DHG]]
| years5              = 1996
| clubs5              = [[GOG Håndbold]]
| nationalyears1      = 1992–1996
| nationalteam1       = [[Denmark women's national handball team|Denmark]]  
| nationalcaps1       = 88
| nationalgoals1      = 112
| medaltemplates      =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Team handball|handball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Women's Handball Championship|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1993 World Women's Handball Championship|1993 Norway]] | }}
{{MedalBronze |[[1995 World Women's Handball Championship|1995 Austria and Hungary]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Women's Handball Championship|European Championship]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold| [[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994 Germany]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold| [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996 Denmark]]|Team}}
}}
'''Anja Byrial Hansen''' (born {{Birth date|1973|11|01|df=yes}} 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.<ref name=db-ol1996-handball>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN "1996 Summer Olympics &ndash; Atlanta, United States &ndash; Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208105249/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN |date=2007-12-08 }} &ndash; ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 25 February 2008)</ref> She also won [[European Women's Handball Championship|European Championship]] twice, in [[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994]] and [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|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 (footballer)|Per Pedersen]]. A decision she has later admitted to regret.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hbold.dk/2023/07/30/anja-byrial-hansen-jeg-fortryder-bittert-at-jeg-stoppede/ |publisher=hbold.dk | access-date=12 January 2024|date=30 July 2023|title=Anja Byrial Hansen: Jeg fortryder bittert at jeg stoppede|language=da}}</ref>

After her playing career, she has been U-19 coach for [[Virum-Sorgenfri HK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hsfo.dk/sport/anja-byrial-jeg-gik-glip-af-to-ol-guldmedaljer-og-vm-guld|title=Anja Byrial: Jeg gik glip af to OL-guldmedaljer og VM-guld|publisher=[[Horsens Folkeblad]]|access-date=12 January 2024|date=16 May 2020|first=Tommy|last=Poulsen|language=DA}}</ref>

Anja has four kids; Oliver, Nikoline, Victoria, and Tobias and now lives in Copenhagen.

==References==
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/by/anja-byrial-hansen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070308/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/by/anja-byrial-hansen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Anja Byrial Hansen}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Denmark squad 1993 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 1994 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 1995 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Denmark squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Denmark squad 1996 European Women's Handball Championship}}

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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Danish female handball players]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Denmark]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in handball]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Horsens]]
[[Category:Handball players from the Central Denmark Region]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:GOG players]]


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