Amalie Iuel

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Amalie Iuel
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Iuel in 2022
Personal information
Full nameAmalie Hammild Iuel [1]
NationalityDanish (until 2015)
Norwegian (from 2015)
Born (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 30) [1]
Aalborg, Denmark [1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb) [1]
Sport
CountryNorway
Sport Track and field
Event 400 metres hurdles
University team USC Trojans
(IL Tyrving in Norway)
Achievements and titles
Personal best54.72 s (2019)

Amalie Hammild Iuel (born 17 April 1994) is a Danish-Norwegian hurdler. She represented Norway in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, but was eliminated in the heats.

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Biography

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]

Personal life

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

NCAA

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]

YearCompetitionPositionEventTime
Representing University of Southern California
2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.82
2nd 4x400 m 3:23.35
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships 1st 4x400 m relay 3:27.03
2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships 10th 400 m hurdles 56.88
8th 4x400 m 3:40.61
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships 4th 4x400 m relay 3:29.98
3rd pentathlon 4425 points
2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships 7th 400 m hurdles 56.99
2nd 4x400 m 3:29.97
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships 3rd 4x400 m relay 3:29.63
2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships 18th 400 m hurdles 59.74

[8]

Professional

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]

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2022 European Athletics Championships Munich, Germany5th 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 5th400 m hurdles56.36

Domestic Championships

YearCompetitionLocationPositionEventTime
Height
2011 Norwegian Athletics Association
U20 Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Kristiansand, Norway 4thHigh Jump1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
2012 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Kristiansand, Norway10th100 m hurdles15.40
2nd400 m hurdles1:02.52
4thHigh Jump1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Norwegian Athletics Association
U20 Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Askøy, Norway6th100 m hurdles14.77
1st400 m hurdles1:01.47
2ndHigh Jump1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Athletics Association of Thailand
U20 Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Bangkok, Thailand 2nd100 m hurdles14.69
1st400 m56.80
1st400 m hurdles1:01.63
3rdHigh Jump1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
2013 Norwegian Athletics Association
U20 Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Overhalla, Norway1st400 m hurdles1:02.96
5thHigh Jump1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
2017 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Sandnes, Norway1st400 m hurdles56.55
1st400 m53.27
2018 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Byrkjelo, Norway1st400 m54.68
2019 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Hamar, Norway1st400 m52.43
1st400 m hurdles56.08
2020 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Indoor Track and Field Championships
Bærum, Norway1st400 m52.25
1st4 x 200 m1:39.09
Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Bergen, Norway1st400 m hurdles55.63
2021 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Kristiansand, Norway1st400 m52.67
2022 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Stjørdal, Norway1st400 m hurdles56.08

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