Julie Nistad Samsonsen
Norway
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSNOR20504200001 | |
| NOC | Norway | |
| Born | 05 Apr 2000
in  Bergen | |
| Gender | Women |
| Residence | Bergen, NOR | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English, Norwegian, Spanish |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 37.94 | 04 Dec 2021 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:17.09 | 04 Dec 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 2:11.78 | 04 Mar 2018 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 3000m | 4:47.30 | 04 Mar 2017 |  Heerenveen |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
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World Sprint Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
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European Single Distances Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/juliesamsonsen |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Jeremy Wotherspoon [national], CAN; Bjarne Rykkje [national] | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up the sport in 2009 at age nine in Bergen, Norway. | |
| Club / Team | Fana IL: Bergen, NOR | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | She was offered the opportunity to train in skating at school. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Canadian speed skater Jeremy Wotherspoon. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Hero / Idol | Japanese speed skater Nao Kodaira. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Ambitions | To win gold at the Olympic Winter Games and the world championships. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Injuries | Her training was disrupted for six weeks between September and October 2018 due to patellar tendinitis in her knee. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) In 2017 she suffered from osteochondritis dissecans in her knee. The condition involves bone damage underneath the cartilage of a joint due to lack of blood flow. She underwent surgery in mid-2017 and was sidelined until January 2018. (Instagram profile, 04 Jan 2021; Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) |
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| Nicknames | Jules, Jolle (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Don't think, just do it." (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Hobbies | Travelling, sports, hiking, spending time with friends and family. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning the Norwegian junior sprint title in 2019, and finishing third in team sprint at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Baselga di Pine, Italy. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2021/2022 | World Sprint Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2019/2020 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 10 | |||
| 2020/2021 | European Sprint Championships | Overall | 12 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 12 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 14 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 15 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 16 | |||
| 2019/2020 | European Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 18 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 500m | 24 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 500m | 16 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 1000m | 17 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 500m | 35 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 1000m | 51 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 500m | 52 | |||