Alexander Petersson
Appearance
Alexander Petersson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
Riga, Latvia SSR | 2 July 1980||
Nationality | Icelandic | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
–1998 | Riga | ||
1998–2003 | Grótta/KR | ||
2003–2005 | HSG Düsseldorf | ||
2005–2007 | TV Großwallstadt | ||
2007–2010 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
2010–2012 | Füchse Berlin | ||
2012–2021 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | ||
2021– | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005– | Iceland | 180 | (717) |
Medal record |
Alexander Petersson (born Aleksandrs Pētersons 2 July 1980) is an Icelandic handball player, of Latvian and Baltic German origin, for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the Icelandic national team.[1]
Alexander was voted the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2010 by the Icelandic Sport Press Association.
Early life
Alexander was born in Riga in Latvia SSR in 1980. He emigrated to Iceland at age of 18 in 1998 to play for Grótta/KR. In 2005, he played for the Iceland men's national handball team for the first time.[2]
Individual awards
- All-Star Right back of the World Championship: 2011
References
- ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Alexander Petersson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 December 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
External links
- Alexander Petersson at the European Handball Federation
- Alexander Petersson at Handball-Bundesliga (in German)
- Alexander Petersson at Olympedia
- Alexander Peterssons profile at rhein-neckar-loewen.de
Categories:
- Latvian male handball players
- Icelandic male handball players
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players of Iceland
- Olympic silver medalists for Iceland
- Recipients of the Order of the Falcon
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Icelandic people of Latvian descent
- Icelandic people of German descent
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Riga
- SG Flensburg-Handewitt players
- Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC players
- Rhein-Neckar Löwen players
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate handball players
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Grótta men's handball players
- Icelandic sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs
- Icelandic handball biography stubs