Wilma Nielsen
{{short description|Swedish athlete}}
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| name = Wilma Nielsen
| image = Wilma Nielsen.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|06|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden
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| sport = Track and field
| event = 800 metres, 1500 metres
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| collegeteam = Bradley Braves, Oregon Ducks
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{SWE}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Tallinn|800 m}}
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Wilma Nielsen (born 2 June 2001) is a Swedish middle-distance runner.{{Cite web|url=https://www.friidrott.se/tavling-landslag/nyhetsarkiv-tavling-landslag/succe-for-wilma-nielsen-brons-pa-800-meter/|title=Succé för Wilma Nielsen – brons på 800 meter - Friidrottsförbundet|website=friidrott.se|accessdate=22 March 2024}} She won a bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in the 800 metres and currently runs collegiately for the Oregon Ducks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.friidrottaren.com/u23-em-sensationellt-brons-av-wilma-nielsen-tre-blagula-medaljer/|title=U23-EM: Sensationellt brons av Wilma Nielsen – tre blågula medaljer – Friidrottaren|accessdate=22 March 2024}} She previously ran for Bradley University.{{cite web | url=https://www.bradley.edu/heres-the-latest/story.dot?id=e2ea47496fee9c9982c095a6c8e523a0 | title=Wilma Nielsen Trains Her Body and Mind to Race into Bradley History | work=bradley.edu | accessdate=25 January 2025}}
Career
She competed for Sweden at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, qualifying for the semi-finals of the women’s 800 metres.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5667/women-800m-results-european-athletics-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=16 March 2025|title= Women 800m Results - European Athletics Championships 2024|date=12 June 2024}}
In March 2025, she competed in the 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/klaver-thrills-dutch-crowd-with-first-individual-400m-gold-at-apeldoorn-2025|website=Europesn Athletics|accessdate=16 March 2025|title= Klaver thrills Dutch crowd with first individual 400m gold at Apeldoorn 2025|date=8 March 2025}} Later that month, she held off the fast finishing British runner Mena Scatchard to win the mile run at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach on 15 March, as the Oregon Ducks won the women’s team title.{{cite web|url= https://eu.registerguard.com/story/sports/college/track-field/2025/03/15/oregon-women-win-ncaa-indoor-track-field-championship-title/82452893007/|website=Register Guard|accessdate=16 March 2025|title= How the Oregon women won their 8th national title at NCAA Indoor Track & Field meet|first=Chris|last=Hansen|date=15 March 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13922880-oregon-wins-womens-title-at-2025-ncaa-indoor-track-and-field-championships|website=Flotrack|accessdate=16 March 2025|title= Oregon Wins Women's Title At 2025 NCAA Indoor Track And Field Championships|date=15 March 2025}} She was selected to compete for Sweden at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, where she competed in her sixth race in fifteen days on three different continents on 21 March 2025.{{cite web|url= https://swedenherald.com/article/this-is-the-swedish-athletics-team-for-the-indoor-world-championship-1|website=Sweden Herald|accessdate=16 March 2025|title= This is the Swedish athletics team for the indoor World Championship|date=13 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/03/2025-world-indoors-day-1-am-nia-akins-josh-hoey-look-great-in-a-good-session-for-americans/|website=Lets Run|date=21 March 2025|accessdate=21 March 2025|title= 2025 World Indoors Day 1 AM: Nia Akins & Josh Hoey Look Great in a Good Session for Americans}}
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 2:00.86 (Rome 2024)
- 1500 metres – 4:07.38{{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} (New York 2025)
- Mile – 4:25.89{{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} (New York 2025)
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Category:Swedish female middle-distance runners