Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson

Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson

Player information
birthday	July 12, 1988
place of birth	Reykjavík , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.86 m
Playing position	Back center
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	SG Handball West Vienna
Jersey number	13
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000–2012	HK Kópavogur
2012-2015	TV Emsdetten
2015-2017	ThSV Eisenach
2017–	SG Handball West Vienna
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	34 (30)
As of August 14, 2017

Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson (born July 12, 1988 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic handball player .

Career

Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson played for the Icelandic club HK Kópavogur , with which he became Icelandic champion in 2012. For the 2012/13 season, the 1.86 meter tall backcourt player moved to Germany in the 2nd handball Bundesliga for TV Emsdetten , with whom he was promoted to the 1st division in 2013. From the 2015/16 season he played for the Bundesliga club ThSV Eisenach . Since summer 2017 he has been under contract with the Austrian first division club SG INSIGNIS Handball West Vienna . In his first year in Austria , the Icelander was honored by the Handball League Austria as “Legionnaire of the Year” and best backcourt middle player.

Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson is a member of the Icelandic national team , with which he took part in the 2012 European Championships in Serbia and the Olympic Games in London .

In Iceland, he was voted best player of the season in 2011 and 2012.

HLA balance

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2017/18	SG Handball West Vienna	HLA	31	95	1/1	94
2018/19	SG Handball West Vienna	HLA	24	62	1/1	61
2017-2019	total	HLA	55	157	2/2	155

successes

• 1 × HLA "Legionnaire of the Year" 2017/18

Web links

Commons : Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hsi.is: A landslið karla
2. ↑ ^{a b c} handball-world.com: Emsdetten signs “Best Mittelmann in Iceland” from June 12, 2012, accessed on August 27, 2013
3. ↑ handball-world.com: Eisenach signs Icelandic national players on July 1, 2015, accessed on July 1, 2015
4. ↑ handball-world.com: West Vienna brings Icelandic backcourt players from Eisenach, Feuchtmann goes from March 16, 2017, accessed on March 16, 2017
5. ↑ Dominik Schmid Handball player of the year. hla.at, accessed on June 7, 2018 . 

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 .