Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handballer)

Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Personal information
Full name Guðmundur Þórður Guðmundsson
Born (1960-12-23) 23 December 1960
Reykjavík, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Club information
Current club Iceland (Manager)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1967–1992 Vikingur Reykjavik
1992–1995 Afturelding Mosfellsbær
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Iceland 236 (358)
Teams managed
1989–1992 Vikingur Reykjavik
1992–1995 Afturelding Mosfellsbær
1995–1999 Fram Reykjavik
1999–2001 TSV Bayer Dormagen
2001–2004 Iceland
2005–2007 Fram Reykjavik
2007 Iceland (assistant)
2008–2012 Iceland
2009–2010 GOG Svendborg
2010–2014 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2014–2017 Denmark
2017–2018 Bahrain
2018- Iceland

Guðmundur Þórður Guðmundsson (born 23 December 1960)[1] is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of the Iceland national team.

He was the head coach of the Iceland national handball team 2001-2004 and again 2008-2012. Under his command the Iceland national team received a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and bronze medal at the 2010 European Championship in Austria.

Guðmundur is ranked with Dagur Sigurðsson his fellow countryman, who is the current national team coach of Japan's Men's team and another, Alfreð Gíslason, coach of THW Kiel amongst the best coaches of our era. He has cited former coach Bogdan Kowalczyk as a major influence.[2]

In October 2013, it was announced that Guðmundur would take over the coaching role of Ulrik Wilbek as Head Coach of Denmark national handball team from 1 July 2014.[3] On August 21, 2016 Guðmundur led his team to the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4] He announced in November 2016 that he would not renew his contract when it expires on 1 July 2017.[5] After his departure from the Denmark team, Guðmundur has been critical of his predecessor Ulrik Wilbek and Wilbek's attempts to undercut Guðmundur's management of the team.[6]

It was reported in April 2017 that he would take over the Bahrain national handball team.[7]

In 2018 he returned to coach the Icelandic national team for the third time. He signed a contract for three years.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Guðmundur Guðmundsson Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "gudmundur-erkender-hidsigt-temperament-jeg-er-nok-verdens-daarligste-taber".
  3. ↑ "Gudmundsson Becomes New Danish Head Coach". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/37150715
  5. ↑ "gudmundur-stopper-som-dansk-landstraener".
  6. ↑ "Guðmundur: Ekki talað við Wilbek síðan á ÓL - Vísir". visir.is. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  7. ↑ ""Þetta er ákveðið ævintýri"". Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  8. ↑ http://www.ruv.is/frett/gudmundur-gerir-3-ara-samning-vid-hsi Guðmundur gerir 3 ára samning við HSÍ

Honours

Player

Víkingur R.[1]
  • Icelandic champion (6): 1979–80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1986-87
  • Icelandic cup: 1982–83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86

Manager

Fram
  • Icelandic champion: 2006
Iceland
Denmark
Bahrain


  1. ↑ http://hsi.is/default.aspx?PageID=a7968904-53c8-11e3-8fd1-005056864800. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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