# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anja-andersen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:54:07.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anja-andersen"
name: "Anja Andersen"
slug: "anja-andersen"
description: "Anja Jul Andersen 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.\nShe was admitted to the Danish Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. She was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024."
tagline: "Danish handball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anja_Andersen_20110907.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1969-02-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.35410533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1733466"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump