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Aron Pálmarsson
Personal information
Born (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 (age 34)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club MVM Veszprém KC
Number 14
Medal record
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Austria
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Aron.

Aron Pálmarsson (born 19 July 1990) is an Icelandic handball player, currently playing for MVM Veszprém KC. He also plays for the Icelandic national handball team and played a big part for the team as they earned a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic games and the bronze medal at the 2010 European handball championship in Austria.[1]

He gained attention while playing for the team FH Hafnarfjörður before he transferred to THW Kiel.

On 29 December 2012 Aron won the award "Best athlete of the year 2012".

Honours

FH Hafnarfjörður

Aron played his first game for FH only aged 15 years old against ÍBV in March 2006. FH won the game 30–28 and the young player managed to score one goal.

In the season 2007/08 Aron was one of the key players when FH won the 1.deild and won promotion to úrvalsdeild. Aron scored 130 goals in 22 games.

The 2008/09 season was very successful for Aron. Aron scored 115 goals in 16 games. FH finished 5th in the league. He was voted the most promising player, the best offensive player and was selected in the team of the season. He was also selected in the Iceland national handball team.

After Aron was bought to Kiel FH awarded him with their Golden award for his successful career with FH.

THW Kiel

International

Individual

  • Selected Rookie of the year in Bundesliga 2010
  • Selected in 2012 Olympic Games All Star Team
  • Selected athlete of the year in Iceland 2012
  • Awarded FH Gold Badge

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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