Janni Bach
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Janni Bach | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
Copenhagen, Denmark | 28 April 1966||
Nationality |
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Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
?-? | Roskilde Håndbold | ||
?-? | University of Sydney | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | |
?-? | Australia | 5 | |
1 National team caps and goals correct as of only during the 2000 Summer Olympics |
Janni Bach (born 28 April 1966) is a Danish-born, former Australian female handball player.
Early life
[edit]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 in 1991.[1]
Personal life
[edit]In 1997, her husband Peter—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 and the Australia men's national handball team, respectively.[1] Bach's son, Rasmus, is a professional basketball player.[2]
Career
[edit]Bach was part of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[3][4] playing five matches.[5] On club level she played for Roskilde Håndbold in Denmark, and University of Sydney in Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Danes handed a chance to play at top level". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 September 1999. p. 46. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Keseric, Boba (29 July 2018). "Randers Cimbria sikrer sig den danske guard Rasmus Bach". fullcourt.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 7 September 2022.
- ^ Gordon, H. (2003). The Time of Our Lives: Inside the Sydney Olympics : Australia and the Olympic Games 1994–2002. University of Queensland Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-7022-3412-5. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Australia's First Ever Women's Olympic Handball Team Announced – News". Sportcal. 21 July 2000. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Profile of Janni Bach". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- 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
- Australian handball biography stubs
- Danish handball biography stubs