Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson

Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson

Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson in August 2013
Player information
birthday	17th February 1984
place of birth	Reykjavík , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.94 m
Playing position	Back right
	Right winger
Throwing hand	Left
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2000-2005	Haukar Hafnarfjörður
2005-2007	TBV Lemgo
2007-2010	GOG Svendborg TGI
2010-2010	Faaborg HK
2010–2012	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
2012-2014	Paris Saint-Germain HB
2014-2018	USAM Nîmes
2018-2020	Haukar Hafnarfjörður
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	247 (414)
As of April 21, 2020

Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (born February 17, 1984 in Reykjavík ) is a former Icelandic handball player . His body length is 1.94 m.

Ásgeir, who last played for the Icelandic first division club Haukar Hafnarfjörður and ran for the Icelandic national team (shirt number 6), was mostly used in the right back space , but he could also appear as the right winger.

Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson made his debut for Haukar Hafnarfjörður in the Icelandic first division. There he won the Icelandic championship in 2000, 2003 and 2004. In 2005 he moved abroad for the first time, to TBV Lemgo in the German handball league . There he won the EHF Cup in 2006 , but was never really able to assert himself and especially disappointed as a replacement for the injured Florian Kehrmann . In 2007 he moved on to GOG Svendborg TGI in Denmark. After GOG went bankrupt during the 2009/10 season, he joined the Danish second division team Faaborg HK in 2010. From July 2010 Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson played for the German first division club TSV Hannover-Burgdorf . After his contract with Hanover expired in 2012, he joined the French club Paris HB. With Paris he won the championship in 2013. For the 2014/15 season, the left-hander moved to league rivals USAM Nîmes . In summer 2018 he returned to Haukar Hafnarfjörður. He ended his career after the 2019/20 season.

Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson played 247 international matches for the Icelandic national team. With his country, he also took part in the 2007 World Cup in Germany and the 2008 European Championship in Norway, but failed in the first in the quarter-finals and in the second in the main round. In summer 2012 he took part in the Olympic Games in London . At the 2014 European Championship , he finished fifth.

successes

• Icelandic national team
  • World Championship 2007 : 8th place
  • Olympic Games 2008 : silver
  • European Championship 2010 : bronze
• TBV Lemgo
  • EHF Cup : 2006
• Haukar Hafnarfjörður
  • Masters: 2000, 2003, 2004
• Paris Saint-Germain HB
  • Master: 2013
  • Cup winner: 2014

Web links

Commons : Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson in the database of the European Handball Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hsi.is: A landslið karla
2. ↑ tv2fyn.dk: Tidligere GOG-spiller forlader Faaborg HK
3. ↑ handball-world.com: Robert Gunnarsson says goodbye - to the city of love
4. ↑ www.handball-world.com Hallgrimsson moves to Nîmes on January 29, 2014
5. ↑ www.handball-world.news Former HBL professional Hallgrimsson returns to Iceland on June 30, 2018
6. ↑ www.handball-world.news Former HBL professionals Asgeir Örn Hallgrimsson and Vignir Svavarsson with retirement , accessed on April 21, 2020
7. ↑ www.london2012.com: Iceland - Team Rosters , accessed August 1, 2012

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .