Mie Østergaard Nielsen

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Mie Ø. Nielsen
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Personal information
Full name Mie Østergaard Nielsen
National team  Denmark
Born (1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 (age 28)
Aalborg, Denmark
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012)[1]
Weight 67 kg (148 lb) (2012)[1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Club Aalborg Swimming Club[1]
Coach Eyleifur Jóhannesson

Mie Østergaard Nielsen (born 25 September 1996) is a Danish 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, where she won four medals and was named newcomer of the championship.[2]

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.[1]

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 in Kazan, Russia.[3]

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.[3]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Benny Nielsen, who won silver in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics and Lone Jensen, who participated in the 1978 World Aquatics Championships.[1]

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