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Also known as Anja Jul Andersen

Danish handball player

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Anja Andersen is a Danish handball player and coach who represented Denmark in international competition. Born in Odense on February 15, 1969, she is a citizen of the Danish Realm. Standing 178 cm tall, she played for the sports team Ikast Håndbold. Her competitive career included participation in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the World Women's Handball Championship, and the European Women's Handball Championship. Andersen has received the IHF World Player of the Year award.

In addition to her athletic career, Andersen is an author. She has written works including *Mit håb om frihed* and *Drømmen er mit mål*. She speaks Danish.

Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Mit håb om frihed
  • Drømmen er mit mål

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Norway
Active from
1945-10-27
avant-garde jazzcontemporary jazzjazzjazz fusionpost-bop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Anja+Andersen">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,787x

  2. Integrated analysis of multimodal single-cell data

    · 2021 · cited 15,073x

  3. Greengenes, a Chimera-Checked 16S rRNA Gene Database and Workbench Compatible with ARB

    · 2006 · cited 9,513x

  4. 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

    · 2018 · cited 8,299x

  5. The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor

    · 2016 · cited 7,740x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

1989
Viborg HK
2006
Serbia & Montenegro
2011
Oltchim Vâlcea
Born
( 1969-02-15 ) 15 February 1969 (age 57) , Odense , Denmark
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position
Back
Years
Team
1986 1987
Aalborg KFUM
1987 1988
Ikast FS
1989 1993
Bækkelagets SK
1993 1996
TuS Walle Bremen
1996 1999
Bækkelagets SK
1989 1998
Denmark
2000 2008
Slagelse DT
2008 2010
FC Copenhagen
2011 2012
Viborg HK (Men's team)
2013 2015
DHG Odense

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

National team caps and goals correct as of 3 February 2011

Anja Jul Andersen (born 15 February 1969 in Odense, Denmark) is a Danish former team handball player and current coach. She is an Olympic champion, World champion and two times European champion. In 1997, she was named IHF World Player of the Year. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time. She was admitted to the Danish Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. She was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anja Andersen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.