Heidi Andreasen

Heidi Andreasen ( born December 18, 1985 in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands ) is a successful swimmer at the Paralympics.

Heidi Andreasen lives in Eiði and began in 1995 at the age of nine years to train. Her legs can since birth down from the knees do not use (classification S8). In the international disability sport she currently holds a leading position. Their first European Cup participation was in 1999 in Braunschweig. The following year, the EM followed in Sheffield. The breakthrough came as a 14 -year-old at the Summer Paralympics in Sydney 2000. All four medals for the Faroe Islands ( participating as a separate nation ) swam Heidi Andreasen: Silver on the 50, 100 and 400 meters freestyle (where she set a European record ) and bronze in the 100m backstroke - all in spite of a previously delivered early hand injury. Since then, Heidi 's home a star.

At the European Championships in 2001 in Stockholm, she won four gold medals. In Medley 200m she set a new world record and improved on its own European record over 400 meters freestyle again. In 2002 she was nominated in the election for world athlete of the year and peaked in the category World Sports person with disabilities to second place behind the Dutch wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer. The award ceremony on 13 May of the year in Monaco was broadcast live on Faroese television. In 2003, she came up with five gold medals around the neck of the Canadian Open in Canada back - not without there set a world record and themselves are improved him in the finals once again to have.

In the summer 2004 Paralympics Heidi Andreasen was the only representative (this same flag bearer ) of their country. On September 24, she won bronze there over 400 meters freestyle behind Lichelle Clark ( Australia) and Jessica Long (USA), who swam a new Paralympic record. The British Open 2006 in Sheffield Heidi Andreasen took part in eight different competitions. Six times they won gold and two silver medals, although she was previously ill and had a fever.

Valid World Records

The following holds world records Heidi Andreasen in class S8 on the long course:

  • 200 -meter freestyle in 2:34:27 min on July 19, 2003 in Edmonton at the Canadian Open
  • 50 meter butterfly in 36.53 s on 6 March 2004 in Esbjerg in the Danish Open
  • Float ( Faroe Islands )
  • Paralympian ( Faroe Islands )
  • Faroese
  • Born in 1985
  • Woman
Disabled sports 2000 Summer Paralympics 2004 Summer Paralympics
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