Mie Østergaard Nielsen (born 25 September 1996) is a Danish former competitive
swimmer who holds the
Danish record in several backstroke events.
Career
Nielsen won her first international senior medals at the
2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships
The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011. The event featured competition in a short course (25m) pool.
The event was held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final f ...
, where she won four medals and was named newcomer of the championship.
She made her Olympics debut at the
2012 games where she was taking part in the 100 and 200 m backstroke and the 4×100 m relays in freestyle and medley.
Nielsen missed the
2013 World Aquatics Championships with a knee injury, but won the bronze medal in the
100 m backstroke at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. T ...
in
Kazan
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, Russia.
At the
2016 European Aquatics Championships in London, she successfully defended her title in the
100 m backstroke, breaking the
Championships record and
national record with a time of 58.73.
At the
2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won a bronze medal as a part of the
4 × 100 m medley relay alongside
Rikke Møller Pedersen
Rikke Møller Pedersen (born 9 January 1989) is a Danish competitive swimmer specialising in breaststroke and from 2013 to 2021 world record holder in the 200 m breaststroke (2:19.11). ,
Jeanette Ottesen
Jeanette Ottesen (born 30 December 1987) is a Danish competitive swimmer who participated at the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. In total she has won 50 international medals.
Records
She currently holds the Danish record in the ...
and
Pernille Blume
Pernille Blume (born 14 May 1994) is a former Danish swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle events. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she was the gold medalist in the women's 50 metre freestyle and won a br ...
. Here they also broke the European record with a time of 3:55.01.
In October 2020 Nielsen announced her retirement from competitive swimming, citing continued shoulder problems and the uncertainty regarding the proponed
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
.
Personal life
She is the daughter of
Benny Nielsen, who won silver in the
200 m butterfly at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
and
Lone Jensen, who participated in the
1978 World Aquatics Championships
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.
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Olympic swimmers of Denmark
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
World record holders in swimming
Sportspeople from Aalborg
Danish female backstroke swimmers
Danish female freestyle swimmers
Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming