Arnór Atlason

Arnór Atlason

Arnór Atlason on August 30th, 2008 at the Schlecker Cup
Player information
birthday	July 23, 1984
place of birth	Reykjavík , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.92 m
Playing position	Back center
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-2004	KA Akureyri
2004-2006	SC Magdeburg Gladiators
2006-2010	FCK Håndbold
2010–2012	AG København
2012-2013	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2013-2016	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
2016-2018	Aalborg Håndbold
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	197 (436)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2018–	Aalborg Håndbold (assistant coach)
As of July 27, 2018

Arnór Atlason (born July 23, 1984 in Reykjavík ) is a former Icelandic handball player .

Career

Arnor Atlason in action

Arnór Atlason initially played for KA Akureyri , with whom he won the Icelandic Championship in 2002 and the Icelandic Cup in 2004. In the 2004 cup final, he scored a total of 13 goals in the 31:23 win against Fram Reykjavík . From 2004 to 2006 he played in the handball Bundesliga for the SC Magdeburg Gladiators . He then moved to Denmark, where he played with FCK Håndbold until 2010 and then with AG København . After AGK had to file for bankruptcy in 2012, he went to SG Flensburg-Handewitt . For the 2013/14 season he moved to the French club Saint-Raphaël Var Handball , where he signed a three-year contract. From the summer of 2016 he played for the Danish first division club Aalborg Håndbold . After the 2017/18 season, Arnór Atlason ended his career and became assistant coach at Aalborg Håndbold. From summer 2020 he will coach the Danish U18 national team.

Arnór Atlason was a member of the Icelandic national team . His playing position is on the center backcourt . At the 2008 Olympic Games , he won the silver medal with Iceland. In summer 2012 he took part in the Olympic Games in London .

successes

• Icelandic champion 2002
• Icelandic Cup Winner 2004
• Danish champion 2008, 2011, 2012, 2017
• Olympic silver 2008
• Danish cup winner 2010
• European championship bronze 2010

Bundesliga record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2004/05	SC Magdeburg	Bundesliga	22nd	34	1	33
2005/06	SC Magdeburg	Bundesliga	19th	20th	0	20th
2012/13	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Bundesliga	17th	37	0	37
	total	Bundesliga	58	91	1	90

Private

Arnór Atlason comes from a sports-loving family. His father Atli Hilmarsson and his sister Þorgerður Anna Atladóttir ran on for the Icelandic national handball team. His brother Davíð Örn Atlason plays high class football.

Web links

• Arnór Atlason in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Arnór Atlason in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Arnór Atlason in the LNH database (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hsi.is: A landslið karla
2. ↑ ^{a b} visir.is: Öll Atlabörnin orðið bikarmeistarar , accessed on July 4, 2020
3. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Flensburg confirms access from Atlason , accessed on August 25, 2012
4. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Flensburg's Arnór Atlason is moving to France at the end of the season , accessed on May 14, 2013
5. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Atlason moves to Denmark , accessed on March 15, 2016
6. ↑ www.mbl.is: Arnór Atla snýr sér að þjálfun , accessed on July 27, 2018
7. ↑ www.handball-world.news: Former HBL professional Arnor Atlason will be junior national coach in Denmark , accessed on March 12, 2020
8. ↑ www.london2012.com: Iceland - Team Rosters , accessed August 1, 2012
9. ↑ HCL newcomer Atladottir: "Didn't have to think long" - Icelander fears for shoulders ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 24, 2014
10. ↑ Þorgerður Anna Atladóttir búin að semja við Val , accessed on July 24, 2014

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 .