Heidi Andreasen

Heidi Andreasen is a Faroese swimmer.

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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3688682.stm "Paralympic diary: Day eight"] , BBC, September 25, 2004] [ [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Sports/Results/paralympics_events.html?game_id=2000PG&sport_id=20 Swimming results at the 2000 Paralympics] , website of the International Paralympic Committee]

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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3688682.stm "Paralympic diary: Day eight"] , BBC, September 25, 2004] [ [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200409/29/eng20040929_158665.html "Final medal standings at Athens Paralympics"] , "People's Daily", September 29, 2004] [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/athenes/paralympiques/resultats/resultats.asp?sport=24&strSport=Natation%20paralympique Swimming results] , Radio Canada]

Andreasen competed again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and was the Faroe Islands' flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony. [ [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Press_Releases/Flagbearers_List_Opening_Ceremony_Final_5_Sept1.pdf Official list of flagbearers] on the website of the International Paralympic Committee] She did not win a medal. [ [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml "Overall medal tally"] , official website of the 2008 Summer Paralympics]

There is no Olympic-sized pool in the Faroe Islands, where Andreasen trains in a 25 metre pool. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3688682.stm "Paralympic diary: Day eight"] , BBC, September 25, 2004]

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