Anja Byrial Hansen (born (1973-11-01)1 November 1973 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.

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.

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

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