Anja Nielsen (born 12 April 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the

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."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 25 February 2008) She played for

Ikast Bording EH Ikast is a Danish town in the Mid Jutland Region (''Midtjylland''). It is the seat of Ikast-Brande Municipality since 2007. It was the seat of the former Ikast Municipality. Geography The town is situated in the middle of Jutland. The town is ...

for most of her senior career. She was expected to play at the 2001 World Cup in Italy, but missed out due to injury. This injury prompted her club, Ikast Bording, to not extend her contract as they were not sure, she could play for them in practice. She signed for Icelandic side IBV Vestmannaeyjar in

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, where she stayed for a year before returning to Denmark to join Randers HK.https://www.bt.dk/sport/ol-guldvinder-klar-for-randers

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* 1975 births Living people Danish female handball players Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub