Andrea Nygård Vie

Andrea Nygård Vie
Personal information
Born (2006-07-04) 4 July 2006
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
Steeplechase, Cross country running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Norway
European U20 Championships
2025 Tampere 3000 m s'chase
European Youth Olympic Festival
2023 Maribor 2000m s'chase

Andrea Nygård Vie (born 4 July 2006) is a Norwegian steeplechase and cross country runner. She won the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships.[1]

Career

From Fløksand in Vestland, Vie placed fifth in the 2000m steeplechase at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships and trained as a member of Aks 77 athletics club.[2][3]

Vie later became a member of IL Norna-Salhus.[4] She placed second in the 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia.[5] She was selected to compete for Norway at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[6]

Vie placed second over 3000 metres at the 2025 Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025.[7][8] Vie ran a personal best for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 9:51.72 in Gothenburg on 26 July 2025.[9] She won the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland in August 2025 in 9:57.19.[10][11][12]

Vie won the women's U20 race at the Nordic Cross Country Championships in Kastrup, Denmark, on 9 November 2025, leading a Norwegian 1-2 with Venus Abraham Teffera, with Norway also winning the team title.[13]

Personal life

Vie was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in May 2025.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Andrea Nygård Vie". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Andrea fekk stipend: – Veldig gøy – og litt overraskande!". Strillen.no. 23 Jan 2023. Retrieved 10 Nov 2025.
  3. ^ "Fekk årets idrettsstipend". Strillen.no. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 10 Nov 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Norwegian great talent received a shock message months before the European Championship gold medal: – I won't let the disease stop me". nrk.no. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  5. ^ "17th European Youth Olympic Festival". World Athletics. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Klare for U20-VM: – Det er vilt". Strillen.no. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 10 Nov 2025.
  7. ^ "Norwegian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 Feb 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Andrea tok NM-sølv". Strillen.no. 24 Feb 2025. Retrieved 10 Nov 2025.
  9. ^ "Tampere women's track preview". European Athletics. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Six medals for Norway in the European Championship U20". Friidrett.no. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Records, Doubles, and Rising Stars Shine at the European U20 Championships in Tampere". Watch Athletics. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  12. ^ "Andrea Nygård Vie is European champion in the 3000 meter steeplechase". Kondis.no. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 Nov 2025.
  13. ^ Mills, Steven (9 Nov 2025). "Fjeld Halvorsen graduates to senior gold at Nordic Cross Country Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2025.