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

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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]

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

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