Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson

Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson
Personal information
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)
Spouse	Theodóra Steffensen
Sport
Sport	Track and field, basketball, handball
Club	Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur

Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson (25 May 1924 – 9 July 2018) was an Icelandic multi-sport athlete who competed in sprinting in the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]^[3] He also won national championships in both handball and basketball with Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur.^[4]

Early life

Finnbjörn was born in Hnífsdalur, Westfjords. At a young age he moved to Ísafjörður an later to Reykjavík with his parents.^[5]

Finnbjörn was best known for his achievements in track and field, especially in sprinting where he won several national and nordic championships.^[6]^[7] He was the flag bearer for Iceland at the 1948 Summer Olympics where he competed in sprinting.^[8] He 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.^[9] In 1954, Finnbjörn won the national championship in basketball with ÍR's basketball team.^[10]

Finnbjörn died on 9 July 2018 at the age of 94.^[8]

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^ "Blés þjóðinni eldmóð í brjóst". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 25 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ "Maggi Bald Þuru kemur "heim" eftir 53 ár". Bæjarins besta (in Icelandic). 29 July 1998. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 4 January 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ Örn Eiðsson (25 May 1994). "Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ Ómar Ragnarsson (1 February 2008). "Gasellu drengirnir". Ský (in Icelandic). pp. 50–55. Retrieved 4 January 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ ^a ^b "Andlát: Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ "Skoppaði tvisvar og lenti í markinu". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 6 May 2003. p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ Sigmundur Ó. Steinarsson (10 March 2007). "Fimm prinsar á ferð á gullárum ÍR". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2017.

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