Anja Byrial Hansen (born 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 also won European Championship twice, in 1994 and 1996. Married to football player Per Pedersen, Anja has four kids; Oliver, Nikoline, Victoria, and Tobias and now lives in Copenhagen. References 1973 births Living people Danish female handball players Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball People from Horsens Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region