Ólafur H. Jónsson

Ólafur H. Jónsson

Player information
Full name	Ólafur Hlöðver Jónsson
Nickname	"Ole"
birthday	December 7, 1949
place of birth	Reykjavík , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.91 m
Playing position	Back center
	Circular rotor
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1965-1968	Valur Reykjavík
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1968-1975	Valur Reykjavík
1975-1979	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen
1979-1983	Þróttur Reykjavík
3 / 1984-1984	Valur Reykjavík
1985-1985	Valur Reykjavík (2nd team)
National team
Debut on	November 16, 1968
against	Federal Republic of Germany in Reykjavík
	Games (goals)
Iceland	138 (301)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
1979-1983	Þróttur Reykjavík (player-coach)
As of February 10, 2018

Ólafur Hlöðver Jónsson , known almost exclusively as Ólafur H. Jónsson (born December 7, 1949 in Reykjavík ), is a former Icelandic handball player and coach . He became German champion with TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen . In Germany he was used almost exclusively as a circle runner, while in Iceland he often acted as a middle or left backcourt player .

Career

Jónsson started playing handball at Valur Reykjavík at the age of 15 and became a senior international at the age of 18. In 1971 he missed the championship title with Valur by a 10:12 in the playoff against FH Hafnarfjörður . In 1973, however, the Icelandic Championship and in 1974 the Icelandic Cup could be won. In 1975 he moved to the reigning DHB Cup winner TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen in the Bundesliga , with whom he was able to defend the title in 1976. In the final the SG Dietzenbach was defeated with 13:12. The double prevented the final defeat of the German championship against VfL Gummersbach . The final in the European Cup Winners' Cup at BM Granollers was also lost 24:26 after extra time. In the 1976/77 season the German championship was won with a 21:20 against TV Großwallstadt . At the end of his time at Dankersen, Jónsson was again DHB Cup winner in 1979. He then moved back to Iceland to the second division club Þróttur Reykjavík , where he took over the position of player- coach . In the first season, the team rose and was runner-up behind Víkingur Reykjavík and cup winners the following year . In the final Vikungur was defeated with 21:20. In the European Cup Winners' Cup they only failed in the semifinals to Dukla Prague . Jónsson ended his career in 1983 but was reactivated in March 1984 by Valur Reykjavík for the remainder of the season. In 1985 he still played for the second team.

He made his debut on November 16, 1968 against West Germany in Reykjavík for the Icelandic national team . In total, he completed 138 international matches for the selection, in which he scored 301 goals. He took part in the 1970 and 1974 World Championships and the 1972 Summer Olympics.

successes

• Icelandic champion (1): 1973
  • Icelandic runner-up (4): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980
• German champion (1): 1977
  • German runner-up (1): 1976
• Icelandic Cup Winner (2): 1974, 1981
• DHB Cup Winner (2): 1976 , 1979
• Promotion to the Úrvalsdeild (1): 1980
  • Vice European Cup Winner (1): 1976

Others

His brother Jón Pétur Jónsson was also an Icelandic national handball player. When Ólafur Grün-Weiß left Dankersen in 1979, Jón Pétur moved to the Minden club.

After his handball career, the business graduate successfully played golf .

Web links

• Ólafur H. Jónsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} o. V .: 1976 - A great year for handball! A master, a "runner-up" and cup winner, a climber - and three Olympic participants . In: Mindener Tageblatt , No. 297, December 31, 1976, p. 35.
2. ↑ spiegel.de: Handball club GWD Minden. The fat years are over . June 23, 2010, as of February 10, 2018.
3. ↑ Statistics of the Icelandic handball association (A international men’s games)
4. ^ Köhler, Jürgen: Four new names in the GWD player squad. Jon Petur replaces brother Olafur H. Jonsson / A second Niemeyer . In: Mindener Tageblatt , No. 122, May 28, 1979, p. 17.

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 .