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Amalie Iuel
Sport
Track & Field
Country
Norway
USC Affiliation
Lettered 2014-17
Olympic Experience
'16, '21 (S)
USC:
· Iuel was a 9-time All-American while at USC
· She ranks 5th on USC’s all-time 400m H list, T-4th on its HJ list, 3rd in the heptathlon and 2nd in the indoor pentathlon
· Iuel came to USC as a walk-on without a clear event, though she liked the hurdles...after a tryout she was grouped with the jumpers and then the heptathlon…and won the Pac-12 Heptathlon as a freshman in just her second multi-event competition…also won Pac-12 Heptathlon in 2016
· 2017 NCAA Championships…3rd in the 400m H & 2nd in the 4x400m relay with set the USC record with a time of 3:23.35; Ran on 5 of USC’s top 10 4x400m relays
· 2016 NCAA Championships…10th in the 400m H, 8th in the 4x400m relay
· 2016 Pac-12 Field Athlete of the Year
· 2015 NCAA Championships…7th in the 400m H, 2nd in the 4x400m relay
· 2014 NCAA Championships…18th in the 400m H
NORWAY:
· Set the Norway records in the 400m H (54.72) and in the 400m (51.81), both since surpassed
· 2024 Norwegian Championships won the 400m hurdles title
· 2024 European Athletics Championships semifinalist in the 400m hurdles
· 2022 World Championships semifinalist in the 400m hurdles
· 2022 Norwegian Championships won the 400m hurdles and finalist in the 400m
· 2022 European Athletics Championships finalist in the 400m hurdles
· 2021 Olympics (2020 Tokyo) semifinalist in the 400m hurdles
· 2021 Norwegian Championships 400m champion
· 2020 Norwegian Championships 400m hurdles champion
· 2019 Summer Universiade (Italy)…3rd in the 400m
· 2016 Rio Olympics…29th in the 400m H
· 2016 European Championships….6th in the 400m hurdles
· 2015 European U23 Championships…5th in the 400m H
· 2015 set the Danish and Norwegian U23 record in the 400m H…officially received her Norwegian citizenship and switched allegiance to compete for Norway in June.
PROFESSIONAL:
· 2021 Diamond League (Oslo)…4th I the 400m H
· 2020 Diamond League (Stockholm)….3rd in the 400m H
· 2020 Diamond League (Wanda)…2nd in 300m H
· 2019 Diamond League (Oslo)…5th in the 400m H
· 2019 Diamond League (Lausanne)…5th in the 400m H
· 2018 Diamond League (Oslo)….6th in the 400m H
PERSONAL:
· Her parents are Lars Christian and Tinna Iuel…Amalie was born in Denmark and raised in Norway, with stops in Namibia, Pakistan, Dubai and Thailand as her father’s job in the telecommunications industry required the family to move around.
· Amalie graduated high school from the International School in Bangkok
· Amalie had a son in September of 2023 with former alpine skier Aksel Lond Svindal