Amalie Iuel

Amalie Iuel was born in Denmark to a Danish mother and a Danish-Norwegian father; the family moved to Norway when she was two years old, and she spent most of her childhood there.[2][3] The Iuels left Norway when Amalie was twelve due to the demands of her father's job with Telenor; they first moved to Namibia, and later Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Thailand.[2] Iuel took up track and field as a young girl in Norway, but did not pursue it seriously before her time in Thailand at the International School Bangkok (ISB); her coach there, Ugo Costessi, introduced her to the 400 metres hurdles.[2][3] After high school, she moved to the United States and became a student athlete at the University of Southern California (USC).[2]

Iuel has been in a relationship with former alpine skier Aksel Lund Svindal since 2020. [4] The couple welcomed their first child, a son, in September 2023. [5] A month later, they announced their engagement. [6]

During the 2015 season (her sophomore year at USC) Iuel set both Danish and Norwegian under-23 records in the women's 400 metres hurdles, running 55.92 as a Dane and 56.36 as a Norwegian.[7] She placed seventh at the 2015 NCAA championships with 56.99.[7]

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She received Norwegian citizenship and switched her athletic allegiance from Denmark to Norway in June 2015, shortly before the 2015 European U23 Championships where she placed fifth as a Norwegian in her first international championship meet.[7][9] She represented Norway in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, but was eliminated in the first round.[10]

In 2019, she represented Norway at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy and she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 metres hurdles event.[11]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Norway
2022	European Athletics Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	400 m hurdles	55.32
	World Athletics Championships	Eugene, United States	15th	400 m hurdles	54.81
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	21st	400 m hurdles	57.61
2019	2019 World Championships in Athletics	Doha, Qatar	10th	400 m hurdles	55.03
	European Athletics Team Championships	Sandnes, Norway	1st	400 m hurdles	55.80
			1st	4x400 m	3:33.69
	2019 Summer Universiade	Naples, Italy	3rd	400 m hurdles	56.13
2018	2018 European Athletics Championships	Berlin, Germany	11th	400 m hurdles	55.81
2017	2017 World Championships in Athletics	London, England	25th	400 m hurdles	56.42
	European Athletics Team Championships	Vaasa, Finland	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.68
			DQ	4x400 m	DQ
2016	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	29th	400 m hurdles	56.75
	2016 European Championships in Athletics	Amsterdam, Netherlands	6th	400 m hurdles	56.24
2015	2015 World Championships in Athletics	Beijing, China	26th	400 m hurdles	56.59
	2015 European Athletics U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	5th	400 m hurdles	56.36

• Amalie Iuel at World Athletics
• Amalie Iuel at European Athletics
• Amalie Iuel profile at TFRRS
• Amalie Iuel at Olympics.com
• Amalie Iuel at Olympedia
• Amalie Iuel at Team Norway (in Norwegian)