Heidi Andreasen
Faroese swimmer (born 1985)
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Heidi Andreasen (born 18 December 1985)[1] is a Faroese swimmer.
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| Born | December 18, 1985 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 was again her nation's only competitor at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and 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]
