Anja Nielsen
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Born
12 April 1975
Kolding, Denmark
Kolding, Denmark
Nationality
Danish
Height
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position
Right wing
| Anja Nielsen | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
12 April 1975 Kolding, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Kolding IF | ||||||||||||||||
1995–1999 | Ikast-Bording | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2003 | Ikast-Bording | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | IBV Vestmannaeyjar | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Randers HK | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Denmark | 45 | (78) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anja Nielsen (born 12 April 1975) is a Danish former 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]
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]
