Anja Andersen

About Anja Andersen

Anja Andersen (born February 15, 1969 in Odense, Denmark) is a female former handball player and currently coach.

Coaching Career:

Anja Andersen immediately started coaching the Danish Women's Handball League club Slagelse. She first helped the team reach the top league and later on win the Champions League three times, in 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2006/07. In 2006 she also coached the national team of Serbia.

2008-In 2008, she left Slagelse for FCK Håndbold. In 2010, she left FCK Håndbold because the club dissolved and decided to take a break until to coach a new team.

2011-In February 2011, Anja Andersen became the new coach of Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea. The Romanian club hired her in the attempt of winning the Champions League.In March 2011, after less than two months of coaching she was fired because of poor results, losing two matches from a total of four on the bench of Oltchim in the main round of Champions League

Anja Andersen Achievements

During her active career as a handball player she won numerous tournaments:

1987 World Junior Championship silver medalist

1992 Norwegian League champion with Bækkelaget

1993 World Women's Handball Championship silver medalist

1994 European Women's Handball Championship gold medalist

1995 World Women's Handball Championship bronze medalist

1996 Summer Olympics gold medalist

1996 European Women's Handball Championship gold medalist

1997 World Women's Handball Championship gold medalist

1997 IHF World Player of the Year player (As of 2012 she is still the only Danish female handball player to win this title, and until 1 March 2012, where Mikkel Hansen won the title, she was the only one, male or female.)

Her career as a coach has also yielded results:

2003, 2005 and 2007 winner of the Danish Women's Handball League with Slagelse

2004, 2005, 2007 winner of EHF Women's Champions League with same Slagelse