Wilma Nielsen
Sweden
Personal Bests
Mile
Millrose Games
4:25.78
2/8/2025
1500 Metres
4:07.38
1/25/2025
Mile
4:28.51
8/21/2024
1500 Metres
4:10.24
6/16/2024
800 Metres
European Athletics Championships
2:00.86
6/11/2024
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Wilma Nielsen held on to win the Women's NCAA Indoor Championship Mile. #NCAAIndoors
FloTrack
about 1 month ago
The Ducks keep on rolling with a win in the Mile at the NCAA Indoor Championship. She runs 4:32.40 to hold off the field. #NCAAIndoors Website: http://flosports.link/3p20lTj Subscribe: http://flosports.link/3p4YLQp Get the FloSports iOS app: http://bit.ly/FloTrackiOSApp_9 Follow FloTrack Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FloTrack Twitter: https://twitter.com/flotrack Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/FloTrack
Wilma Nielsen, the Swedish mid-distance phenom from Oregon, joins the show today to discuss her recent breakthroughs in running.
Wilma is fresh off breaking the school record in the mile in January at the Dr. Sander Scorcher indoor meet at the Armory in New York. This six-second PR places her number three all time in the NCAA for the indoor mile and number two on Sweden’s all-time indoor list.
Wilma is a two-time All-American and three-time Swedish National Champion. She won the bronze medal at the European U23 Championships in Estonia where she ran a 2:02.29 in the 800m. Wilma has run collegiately for Bradley University, the University of Washington and now Oregon.
Wilma was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has a twin sister, Julia–who was a package deal with her at Bradley–as well as older siblings Simon and Elisabeth, the latter of who was a Swedish National Championship finalist in the 800m in 2019 and 2020. Needless to say, running was a fixture in the Nielsen household.
Wilma was running fast even in her high school days, logging PRs of 58.19 in the 400m, 2:10.01 in the 800m and 4:31.59 in the 1,500m. Since she started running collegiately, she has lowered those to 57.50 in the 400m, 2:02.26 in the 800m, 4:07.38 in the 1500m and the aforementioned 4:25.89 mile.
In today’s conversation, Wilma dives into her recent 4:25 Mile, her plans to do bigger and better things at the Millrose games, her hopes for her future, how she’s grown as an athlete while at Oregon, what it’s like to have Shalane Flanagan as a coach, and so much more.
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Oregon's Wilma Nielsen Runs 4:25.89 Behind Katelyn Tuohy in Dr. Sander Mile (NCAA #3 All-Time)
CITIUS MAG
3 months ago
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