Þórir Ólafsson
Þórir Ólafsson at the Sparkassen-Cup 2013 |
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Player information | |
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birthday | November 28, 1979 |
place of birth | Selfoss , Iceland |
citizenship | Icelandic |
height | 1.89 m |
Playing position | Right winger |
Throwing hand | Left |
Clubs as active | |
from ... to | society |
1999-2002 | UMF Selfoss |
2002-2005 | Haukar Hafnarfjörður |
2005-2011 | TuS N-Lübbecke |
2011-2014 | KS Kielce |
2014-2015 | UMF Stjarnan |
2015–? | UMF Selfoss |
National team | |
Debut on | January 19, 2001 |
against | United States |
Games (goals) | |
Iceland | 112 (277) |
Clubs as coaches | |
from ... to | society |
2014-2015 | UMF Stjarnan (Assistant Trainer) |
? - | UMF Selfoss (Assistant Trainer) |
As of June 1, 2019 |
Þórir Ólafsson (born November 28, 1979 in Selfoss ) is a former Icelandic handball player .
Career
The 1.85 meter tall and 78 kilogram right winger played for UMF Selfoss between 1999 and 2002 and then for Haukar Hafnarfjörður . With Haukar he won the Icelandic championship in 2003, 2004 and 2005. From 2005 he was under contract with the German Bundesliga club TuS N-Lübbecke . From 2011 he played for the Polish top club KS Kielce , with whom he won the championship and the cup in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Þórir Ólafsson ran for UMF Stjarnan in the 2014/15 season , where he also worked as an assistant coach. He then returned to UMF Selfoss. He now works as an assistant trainer at Selfoss.
Þórir Ólafsson was in the squad of the Icelandic national team 112 times , scoring 277 goals. With the Icelandic selection, he took part in the 2006 European Championship , the 2011 World Championship , the 2012 European Championship , the 2013 World Championship and the 2014 European Championship .
Web links
- Þórir Ólafsson in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ mbl.is: Íslendingar héldu Bandaríkjamönnum í 10 mörkum , accessed on June 1, 2019
- ↑ hsi.is: A landslið karla , accessed on June 1, 2019
- ↑ www.selfoss.net: Þórir Ólafsson accessed on June 1, 2019
- ↑ a b c www.selfoss.net: Þórir kominn heim á Selfoss accessed on June 1, 2019
- ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de opponents team TuS N-Lübbecke 2010/11 , accessed on June 1, 2019
- ↑ Thorir Olafsson leaves TuS N-Lübbecke , handball-world.com on June 7, 2011
- ↑ www.handball-planet.com Thorir Olafsson goes home from August 7, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2014
- ↑ www.mbl.is: Þórir: Mikið breyst á níu árum accessed on June 1, 2019
- ↑ www.selfoss.net: Gríðarlega erfitt Verkefni Gegn sterku liði accessed on June 1, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Þórir Ólafsson |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thorir Ólafsson |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic handball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Selfoss |