Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson

Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson
Personal information
Born 25 May 1924 (1924-05-25)
Hnífsdalur, Kingdom of Iceland
Died 9 July 2018(2018-07-09) (aged 94)
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Sprint, Basketball, Handball
Club Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur

Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson (25 May 1924 – 9 July 2018) was an Icelandic sprinter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Hnífsdalur, Westfjords.[1][2][3]

Finnbjörn also competed in Handball and basketball. He won the Icelandic national championship in handball in 1946 with Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur after scoring the winning goal in ÍR's 20-19 victory against Haukar. In 1954, Finnbjörn won the national championship in basketball with ÍR´s basketball team.[4] Finnbjörn died on 9 July 2018 at the age of 94.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Örn Eiðsson (25 May 1994). "Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. ↑ ""Finnbjörn var frábær"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 10 March 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Sigmundur Ó. Steinarsson (10 March 2007). "Fimm prinsar á ferð á gullárum ÍR". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Andlát: Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.



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