Ólafur Rafnsson

Ólafur Eðvarð Rafnsson (born April 7, 1963 - June 19, 2013 in Geneva ) was an Icelandic sports official and basketball player . Most recently, he was President of the continental basketball association FIBA Europe and Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of his home country.

Ólafur Eðvarð Rafnsson won 1988 as a basketball player with the Icelandic club Haukar Hafnarfjörður its first and at the time of his death only national championship. He also ran a total of seven times for the Icelandic national team. After graduating from the University of Iceland in 1990, he became a lawyer and was chairman of the Icelandic National Basketball Federation from 1996 to 2006. In 2006 he was elected to the 25-member council of the continental basketball association FIBA ​​Europe. He also took over the chairmanship of the National Olympic Committee of Iceland. In 2010 he was elected President of the European continental association FIBA ​​Europe for a four-year term. Ólafur Eðvarð Rafnsson died unexpectedly at the age of 50 during a stay in Geneva on the occasion of the opening of the new headquarters of the world association FIBA . He left behind his wife Gerður and three children.

Web links

• To Obituary: Olafur Rafnsson - Obituary on the FIBA ​​Europa website of June 20, 2013 ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A-landslið karla: Leikjafjöldi leikmanna , accessed on June 17, 2016
2. ↑ ÍSÍ 100 ára | ÍSÍ. (No longer available online.) ISI.is, archived from the original on May 29, 2013 ; Retrieved June 28, 2013 (Icelandic). 
3. ^ Rafnsson Elected FIBA ​​Europe President. FIBA Europa , May 15, 2010, accessed June 28, 2013 . 
4. ^ President Rafnsson Passes Away. FIBA Europa , June 19, 2013, accessed on June 28, 2013 (media info). 

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 .