Jump to content

Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 28: Line 28:
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Icelandic men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Icelandic male sprinters]]
[[Category:Icelandic male sprinters]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of Iceland]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of Iceland]]
[[Category:Úrvalsdeild karla Basketball Players]]
[[Category:Úrvalsdeild karla basketball players]]
[[Category:Westfjords]]
[[Category:Westfjords]]



Revision as of 19:37, 18 November 2017

Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson
Personal information
Born25 May 1924 (1924-05-25) (age 100)
Hnífsdalur, Iceland
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportSprint, Basketball, Handball
ClubÍþróttafélag Reykjavíkur

Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson (born 25 May 1924) is an Icelandic former sprinter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Hnífsdalur, Westfjords.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ^ Sigmundur Ó. Steinarsson (10 March 2007). "Fimm prinsar á ferð á gullárum ÍR". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2017.