Wilma Nielsen

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Wilma Nielsen
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Personal information
Born (2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 (age 24)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 800 metres, 1500 metres
College team Bradley Braves, Oregon Ducks
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Tallinn 800 m

Wilma Nielsen (born 2 June 2001) is a Swedish middle-distance runner. [1] She won a bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in the 800 metres and currently runs collegiately for the Oregon Ducks. [2] She previously ran for Bradley University and the University of Washington. [3] [4]

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Career

Nielsen has won three national outdoor titles in the 800 meters, at the 2022, 2024 and 2025 Swedish Championships respectively. [5] [6] [7] She also won a national indoor title in the same event in 2023. [8]

She competed for Sweden at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, qualifying for the semi-finals of the women’s 800 metres. [9]

In March 2025, she competed in the 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn. [10] Later that month, she held off the fast finishing British runner Mena Scatchard to win the mile run at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach on 15 March, as the Oregon Ducks won the women’s team title. [11] [12] She was selected to compete for Sweden at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, where she competed in her sixth race in fifteen days on three different continents on 21 March 2025. [13] [14]

Personal bests

References

  1. "Succé för Wilma Nielsen – brons på 800 meter - Friidrottsförbundet". friidrott.se. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. "U23-EM: Sensationellt brons av Wilma Nielsen – tre blågula medaljer – Friidrottaren" . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. "Wilma Nielsen Trains Her Body and Mind to Race into Bradley History". bradley.edu. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. "Wilma Nielsen". gohuskies.com .
  5. Grip, Mikael (7 August 2022). ""Kul att visa att här kommer jag" – Wilma Nielsen efter SM-guldet på 800 meter". Spring (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  6. "Asgede skrällsegrare på 800 m – Nielsen "stark hela vägen"" (in Swedish). Swedish Athletics Association. 30 June 2024. Archived from the original on 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  7. "Kramer putsade SM-rekordet – Nielsen försvarade titeln" (in Swedish). Swedish Athletics Association. 3 August 2025. Archived from the original on 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  8. "ISM-guld på 800 meter för Andreas Kramer och Wilma Nielsen" (in Swedish). Swedish Athletics Association. 18 February 2023. Archived from the original on 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  9. "Women 800m Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  10. "Klaver thrills Dutch crowd with first individual 400m gold at Apeldoorn 2025". Europesn Athletics. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  11. Hansen, Chris (15 March 2025). "How the Oregon women won their 8th national title at NCAA Indoor Track & Field meet". Register Guard. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  12. "Oregon Wins Women's Title At 2025 NCAA Indoor Track And Field Championships". Flotrack. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  13. "This is the Swedish athletics team for the indoor World Championship". Sweden Herald. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  14. "2025 World Indoors Day 1 AM: Nia Akins & Josh Hoey Look Great in a Good Session for Americans". Lets Run. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.