Amalie Iuel

Amalie Iuel
Iuel in 2022
Personal information
Full nameAmalie Hammild Iuel[1]
NationalityDanish (until 2015)
Norwegian (from 2015)
Born (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994[1]
Aalborg, Denmark[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryNorway
SportTrack and field
Event
400 metres hurdles
University teamUSC Trojans
(IL Tyrving in Norway)
Achievements and titles
Personal best54.28 (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Norway
World Relays
Gold medal – first place2026 Gaborone4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Birmingham4 × 400 m mixed

Amalie Hammild Iuel (born 17 April 1994) is a Danish-Norwegian hurdler. She represented Norway in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, but was eliminated in the heats.

Biography

Amalie Iuel was born in Denmark to a Danish mother and a Danish-Norwegian father; the family moved to Norway when she was two years old, and she spent most of her childhood there.[2][3] The Iuels left Norway when Amalie was twelve due to the demands of her father's job with Telenor; they first moved to Namibia, and later Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Thailand.[2] Iuel took up track and field as a young girl in Norway, but did not pursue it seriously before her time in Thailand at the International School Bangkok (ISB); her coach there, Ugo Costessi, introduced her to the 400 metres hurdles.[2][3] After high school, she moved to the United States and became a student athlete at the University of Southern California (USC).[2]

Personal life

Iuel has been in a relationship with former alpine skier Aksel Lund Svindal since 2020.[4] The couple had a son, in September 2023.[5] A month later, they announced their engagement.[6]

NCAA

During the 2015 season (her sophomore year at USC) Iuel set both Danish and Norwegian under-23 records in the women's 400 metres hurdles, running 55.92 as a Dane and 56.36 as a Norwegian.[7] She placed seventh at the 2015 NCAA championships with 56.99.[7]

YearCompetitionPositionEventTime
Representing University of Southern California
2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.82
2nd 4 × 400 m 3:23.35
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.03
2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships 10th 400 m hurdles 56.88
8th 4 × 400 m 3:40.61
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.98
3rd pentathlon 4425 points
2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships 7th 400 m hurdles 56.99
2nd 4 × 400 m 3:29.97
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.63
2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships 18th 400 m hurdles 59.74

[8]

Professional

She received Norwegian citizenship and switched her athletic allegiance from Denmark to Norway in June 2015, shortly before the 2015 European U23 Championships where she placed fifth as a Norwegian in her first international championship meet.[7][9] She represented Norway in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, but was eliminated in the first round.[10]

In 2019, she represented Norway at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy and she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 metres hurdles event.[11]

Iuel was a member of the Norwegian team which won the gold medal in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay at the 2026 European Championships alongside Karsten Warholm, Henriette Jæger and Andreas Ofstad Kulseng, with the quartet setting a new championship record time of 3:09.62.[12][13]

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Norway
2026 European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.62
World Relaya Gaborone, Botswana 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.96
2025 World Relays Guangzhou, China 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.35
2022 European Athletics Championships Munich, Germany 5th 400 m hurdles 55.32
World Athletics Championships Eugene, United States 15th 400 m hurdles 54.81
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 21st 400 m hurdles 57.61
2019 2019 World Championships in Athletics Doha, Qatar 10th 400 m hurdles 55.03
European Athletics Team Championships Sandnes, Norway 1st 400 m hurdles 55.80
1st 4 × 400 m 3:33.69
2019 Summer Universiade Naples, Italy 3rd 400 m hurdles 56.13
2018 2018 European Athletics Championships Berlin, Germany 11th 400 m hurdles 55.81
2017 2017 World Championships in Athletics London, England 25th 400 m hurdles 56.42
European Athletics Team Championships Vaasa, Finland 2nd 400 m hurdles 55.68
DQ 4 × 400 m DQ
2016 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 29th 400 m hurdles 56.75
2016 European Championships in Athletics Amsterdam, Netherlands 6th 400 m hurdles 56.24
2015 2015 World Championships in Athletics Beijing, China 26th 400 m hurdles 56.59
2015 European Athletics U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 5th 400 m hurdles 56.36

Domestic Championships

YearCompetitionLocationPositionEventTime
Height
2011 Norwegian Athletics Association
U20 Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Kristiansand, Norway 4th High Jump 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
2012 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Kristiansand, Norway 10th 100 m hurdles 15.40
2nd 400 m hurdles 1:02.52
4th High Jump 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Norwegian Athletics Association
U20 Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Askøy, Norway 6th 100 m hurdles 14.77
1st 400 m hurdles 1:01.47
2nd High Jump 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Athletics Association of Thailand
U20 Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Bangkok, Thailand 2nd 100 m hurdles 14.69
1st 400 m 56.80
1st 400 m hurdles 1:01.63
3rd High Jump 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
2013 Norwegian Athletics Association
U20 Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Overhalla, Norway 1st 400 m hurdles 1:02.96
5th High Jump 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
2017 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Sandnes, Norway 1st 400 m hurdles 56.55
1st 400 m 53.27
2018 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Byrkjelo, Norway 1st 400 m 54.68
2019 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Hamar, Norway 1st 400 m 52.43
1st 400 m hurdles 56.08
2020 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Indoor Track and Field Championships		 Bærum, Norway 1st 400 m 52.25
1st 4 × 200 m 1:39.09
Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Bergen, Norway 1st 400 m hurdles 55.63
2021 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Kristiansand, Norway 1st 400 m 52.67
2022 Norwegian Athletics Association
Senior Outdoor Track and Field Championships		 Stjørdal, Norway 1st 400 m hurdles 56.08

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Amalie Iuel". Olympedia. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hole, Arne (4 May 2015). "Dansk supertalent vil bli norsk". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 Jarlsbo, Øystein (21 August 2015). "Norges VM-håp: Raskere som dansk". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Aksel Lund Svindal og Amalie Iuel er kjærester". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 17 May 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Amalie Iuel og Aksel Lund Svindal er blitt foreldre: – Nyter tiden i babyboblen". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Aksel Lund Svindal og Amalie Iuel har forlovet seg". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 8 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Amalie Iuel at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  8. ↑ Amalie Iuel USC Trojan Track and Field Results TFRRS
  9. ↑ "Amalie Hammild Iuel til finale med nest beste tid". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 11 July 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Heats results
  11. ↑ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "Mixed 4x400m report - Star-studded Norway break championship record". European Athletics. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Historisk EM-gull til Norge – Jæger avgjorde thriller med monsterspurt". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 August 2026.
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