Heidi Andreasen

Heidi Andreasen (born 18 December 1985)^[1] is a Faroese swimmer.

Heidi Andreasen

Personal information
Born	(1985-12-18) December 18, 1985 (age 39) Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Representing  Faroe Islands Swimming (S8) Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney 50m freestyle 2000 Sydney 100m freestyle 2000 Sydney 400m freestyle 2000 Sydney 100m backstroke 2004 Athens 400m freestyle

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.^[2]

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.^[2][3][4]

Andreasen competed again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and was the Faroe Islands' flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.^[5] She did not win a medal.^[6] It was her last participation in the Paralympic Games.^[7]

There were no Olympic-sized pools in the Faroe Islands, where Andreasen trained in a 25-metre pool.^[2]