Björgvin Björgvinsson (ski racer)

Björgvin Björgvinsson
nation	Iceland
birthday	11th January 1980 (age 40)
place of birth	Dalvík , Iceland
size	178 cm
Weight	88 kg
Career
discipline	Slalom, giant slalom
society	Skíðafélag Dalvíkur
status	resigned
End of career	March 2013
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut February 5, 2000  Overall World Cup 137th (2008/09, 2009/10)  Downhill World Cup 56th (2009/10)

Björgvin Björgvinsson (born January 11, 1980 in Dalvík ) is a former Icelandic ski racer .

biography

Björgvin Björgvinsson was like Kristinn Björnsson , the most successful Icelandic skier to date, mainly slalom runner . However, compared to his compatriot, Björgvin's successes were more modest. Since his youth he started in a few hundred races, but only in lower-rated competitions such as FIS races or national championships did he achieve victories or top places. In the European Cup he achieved four placements among the top ten - all of them in indoor races in the ski halls of Landgraaf and Amnéville . After his World Cup debut in Todtnau in 2000, Björgvin competed in most of the European World Cup slaloms since the 2004/05 season . He qualified for the second round and won World Cup points twice: On January 6, 2009, he finished 25th in the slalom in Zagreb , and exactly one year later again in Zagreb 24th.

Björgvin Björgvinsson took part in Alpine World Championships four times ( St. Anton am Arlberg 2001 , St. Moritz 2003 , Bormio 2005 and Åre 2007 ), where he competed in giant slalom as well as in slalom . His best World Championship result is 28th place in the slalom in Bormio. He was a member of the Icelandic Olympic team in Salt Lake City in 2002 and in Turin in 2006 . In 2002 he was eliminated twice in two attempts, in 2006 he finally achieved a good Olympic result with 22nd place in the slalom.

In April 2013 Björgvin resigned from top-class sport.

successes

Olympic games

• Turin 2006 : 22nd slalom
• Vancouver 2010 : 43rd giant slalom

World championships

• St. Moritz 2003 : 35th slalom
• Bormio 2005 : 28th slalom

World cup

• 2 placements among the best 30

Continental Cups

• 4 top 10 placements in the European Cup
• 9 wins in the Australian New Zealand Cup

Junior World Championships

• Megève 1998 : 12th giant slalom, 57th Super-G
• Pra Loup 1999 : 28th Super-G
• Québec 2000 : 23rd giant slalom

More Achievements

• 16 Icelandic championship titles (giant slalom 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, slalom 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011)
• 36 victories in FIS races

Web links

• Björgvin Björgvinsson (ski racer) in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Björgvin Björgvinsson (ski racer) in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Björgvin Björgvinsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait of Björgvin Björgvinsson (Dalvík Ski Club) (Icelandic)

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 .