IUEL Amalie

Norway

Athletics

Date of Birth: 17 Apr 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

Denmark

Place of residence : OSLO

Residence Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 400m Hurdles

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m Hurdles
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (56.75)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	400m Hurdles
2019	Doha, QAT	-	SF (55.03)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (52.55)	Heats (56.42)
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	Heats (56.59)

European Championships

Year	Location	400m Hurdles
2018	Berlin, GER	SF (55.81)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m Hurdles
2021	1 x 4th
2020	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th
2019	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2018	1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2020	400m Hurdles	Stockholm, SWE	55.92
4	2021	400m Hurdles	Oslo, NOR	55.04
5	2020	400m Hurdles	Rome, ITA	55.27
5	2019	400m Hurdles	Oslo, NOR	55.80
6	2019	400m Hurdles	Lausanne, SUI	55.48
6	2018	400m Hurdles	Oslo, NOR	55.26

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Hobbies:

Playing the guitar, singing, watching TV, cooking. (dagbladet.no, 19 May 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Human Biology - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Norwegian

Club name:

IL Tyrving [Baerum, NOR]

Coach:

Leif Olav Alnes [personal], NOR

Injuries:

She suffered multiple leg and back injuries during her time competing at the University of Southern California in the United States of America from 2013 to 2017. (norwegianamerican.com, 19 May 2017)

In 2016, while competing for the University of Southern California at the Pac-12 Conference Championships, she had to withdraw from the tournament after two events due to an elbow injury. (norwegianamerican.com, 19 May 2017)

Start:

She took up athletics at age nine in Baerum, Norway. She was introduced to the 400m hurdles at age 17, at the International School of Bangkok in Thailand. (vg.no, 21 Aug 2015; norwegianamerican.com, 19 May 2017)

Reason:

Her parents signed her up to train at the IL Tyrving club in Baerum, Norway, because she was energetic as a child. "My parents threw me into it. I treated everything like a competition. They must have thought I was really annoying because of all of my energy." She was initially selected as a high jumper when she joined the athletics team at the University of Southern California in the United States of America, and had to persuade the coaches to let her try out for the hurdles. (vg.no, 21 Aug 2015; dailytrojan.com, 04 Apr 2016)

Ambition:

After retiring from competition she hopes to become a coach in the sport. "I want to continue in the sports world after my athletic career. Being a coach is something I think could be really cool." (dagbladet.no, 06 May 2019)

Hero:

Swedish heptathlete Carolina Kluft. (dailytrojan.com, 04 Apr 2016)

Philosophy:

"I'm very competitive. I don't like getting beat. Even the smallest things I take way too seriously. I always feel the need to be the best, even though it takes a long, long while to get there." (dailytrojan.com, 04 Apr 2016)

Award:

While competing at the University of Southern California in the United States of America, in 2016 she was named Pac-12 Conference Field Athlete of the Year. (usctrojans.com, 31 Dec 2017)

General Interest

General
HERITAGE
She was born in Denmark to a Danish mother and a Danish-Norwegian father, and the family moved to Norway when she was age two. At age 12, the family moved again and she then spent time living in Namibia, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and finally Thailand, where she attended high school until 2013. In 2015 she received Norwegian citizenship having previously been a Danish national. "I definitely felt a stronger connection to Norway. I felt like it would almost be wrong to put on a Danish uniform if I felt that strength of connection to Norway. So it was really important to me. I had to stay true to myself and stay true to Norway. I wanted to participate at the world championships and Olympic Games for the country which I can describe as my home." (vg.no, 21 Aug 2015; scanmine-multisite.com, 26 Jun 2015; aftenposten.no, 04 May 2015; dailynews.com, 29 Apr 2017)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After graduating from the University of Southern California in the United States of America, in 2018 she began studying at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo, Norway. (Facebook profile, 24 Jun 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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