{"id":448648,"date":"2020-10-07T07:29:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T14:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=448648"},"modified":"2020-10-07T10:23:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:23:10","slug":"mie-nielsen-retires-at-24-after-career-encompassing-olympic-world-and-european-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mie-nielsen-retires-at-24-after-career-encompassing-olympic-world-and-european-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mie Nielsen Retires At 24 After Career Encompassing Olympic, World And European Medals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic 4x100m relay bronze medallist and backstroke specialist Mie Nielsen<\/strong> has announced her retirement, nine years after gracing her first senior international podium.<\/p>\n

The Danish swimmer – who won Olympic, world and European medals – won her first senior medals aged 15 at the 2011 European Short-Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland, with a four-strong haul including gold in the women’s 4x50m medley relay.<\/p>\n

That came months after she had taken 50 and 100 backstroke gold as well as 100 free silver and 4x100m medley relay bronze at the European Junior Championships in Belgrade, Serbia while still 14.<\/p>\n

That summer she had also competed at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai where she finished 18th in the 50 back in 28.84, 0.05 off the semis.<\/p>\n

Nielsen, who turned 24 less than a fortnight ago,\u00a0will not be competing at her third Olympics in Tokyo next year after announcing her intention to step away from the sport.<\/p>\n

She said in a post on social media:<\/p>\n

“From today I\u2019m officially retired from swimming. First I want to say a huge thank you to all the people who has been there for me, my coaches, teammates, sponsors, friends and mostly my family \u2764\ufe0f I\u2019m so thankful for every new friend I have made and memories swimming has giving me. Now an whole another life await me and I can\u2019t wait to starts this new chapter ?
\nGood luck to everyone who is still training for the Olympic ?
\n?\u00a0@eventmedia.dk”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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