Heidi Andreasen

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

Heidi Andreasen
Medal record
Representing  Faroe Islands
Swimming (S8)
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 50m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 100m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 400m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 100m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 400m freestyle

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. Archived from the original on 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  2. "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 Archived 2008-09-09 at the Wayback Machine on the website of the International Paralympic Committee
  6. "Overall medal tally" Archived 2008-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
  7. "Faroe Islands: all athletes" Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, London 2012


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