Heidi Andreasen

Heidi Andreasen
Medal record
Representing  Faroe Islands
Swimming (S8)
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney 50m freestyle
2000 Sydney 100m freestyle
2000 Sydney 400m freestyle
2000 Sydney 100m backstroke
2004 Athens 400m freestyle

Heidi Andreasen (born 18 December 1985)[1] is a Faroese swimmer.

She represented the Faroe Islands at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning three silver medals, in the S8 50m freestyle, the S8 100m freestyle, and the S8 400m freestyle, and a bronze in the S8 100m backstroke.[2]

She was the Faroe Islands' sole representative at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where she won the Islands' only medal: a bronze in the S8 400m freestyle, with a time of 5:26,29.[2][3][4]

Andreasen competed again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and was the Faroe Islands' flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[5] She did not win a medal.[6] It was her last participation in the Paralympic Games.[7]

There were no Olympic-sized pools in the Faroe Islands, where Andreasen trained in a 25 metre pool.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Athlete Biography: ANDREASEN Heidi". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  2. 1 2 3 "Paralympic diary: Day eight", BBC, September 25, 2004
  3. ↑ "Final medal standings at Athens Paralympics", People's Daily, September 29, 2004
  4. ↑ Swimming results, Radio Canada
  5. ↑ Official list of flagbearers on the website of the International Paralympic Committee
  6. ↑ "Overall medal tally", official website of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
  7. ↑ "Faroe Islands: all athletes", London 2012
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