Janni Bach (born 28 April 1966) is a Danish-born, former Australian female handball player.

Early life

She played handball from the age of five, made her Denmark junior women's national handball team debut at age 17, and was chosen for the

Denmark women's national handball team The Denmark women's national handball team is the national team of Denmark. It is governed by the Dansk Håndbold Forbund (DHF). In 1997, it became the first Women's Handball team to hold all three major titles simultaneously ...

in 1991.

Personal life

In 1997, her husband

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—also a handball player—was offered a job in Australia, and the family relocated. Within weeks of arriving, both were recruited for the

Australia women's national handball team The Australia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Australia. It is governed by the Australian Handball Federation, and takes part in international handball competitions. Tournaments Olympic Games World Championship ...

and the Australia men's national handball team, respectively. Bach's son, Rasmus, is a professional basketball player.

Career

Bach was part of the team at the

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, playing five matches. On club level she played for

Roskilde Håndbold Roskilde Håndbold is a handball club from Roskilde, Denmark. Currently, Roskilde Håndbold competes in the women's Danish 1st Division. The home arena of the club is Roskilde Hallerne. History Roskilde Håndbold cooperates with Sport & C ...

in Denmark, and

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in Australia.

References

Living people Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 1966 births Australian female handball players Olympic handball players for Australia Handball players from Copenhagen Danish emigrants to Australia Australian people of Danish descent {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub