Heiðmar Felixson

Heiðmar Felixson

Player information
Full name	Heiðmar Vilhjálmur Felixson
Nickname	"Heidi"
birthday	4th February 1977
place of birth	Árskógsströmnd , Iceland
citizenship	Icelandic
height	1.90 m
Playing position	Back right
	Right winger
Throwing hand	Left
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
-1995	Þór (Thor)
1995-1997	Ka
1997-1999	Stjarnan
1999-2001	HC Wuppertal
2001-2002	Ka
2002-2004	Bidasoa Irun
2004-2009	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
2009-2010	TuS N-Lübbecke
2010–2012	TS Großburgwedel
2012-2014	TSV Burgdorf
National team
	Games (goals)
Iceland	55 (67)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2012–	TSV Burgdorf
Status: national team January 21, 2014

Heiðmar Vilhjálmur Felixson ([ 'hɛɪ̯ðmar̩ vɪlˈçau̯lmʏr̩' fɛlɪxsɔn ]; * February 4, 1977 in Árskógsströnd , Kálfskinn , Iceland ) is a 1.90 m tall Icelandic handball coach and former national handball player of Iceland, who was mostly used in the right back area.

Career

Heiðmar Felixson started playing handball at the club Þór (Thor). In 1995 he moved to Ka, where he won the Icelandic Cup in 1996. In 1997 he was hired by Stjarnan before joining HC Wuppertal in the German handball league in 1999 . When he was relegated with the men from Bergisches Land in 2001, however, he returned to Iceland, where he was again hired by Ka and won the Icelandic championship in 2002. After only one year he moved again to mainland Europe, this time to Bidasoa Irún in the Spanish ASOBAL league . He stayed there for two years before joining the German regional division TSV Hannover-Burgdorf in 2004 . With this team he rose in 2005 to the 2nd handball Bundesliga . In the 2008/09 season Heiðmar Felixson rose with the Burgdorfern in the handball Bundesliga. He had previously announced his move to TuS N-Lübbecke . There, for private reasons, he dissolved his contract, which ran until 2011, on June 30, 2010 with the approval of the club's management. He then became a player-coach at TS Großburgwedel . As the Lower Saxony champions 2011 (league leader in the league), TS Großburgwedel rose to the 3rd division. From May 2011, Heiðmar Felixson was eligible to play as a football player at SV Ramlingen / Ehlershausen and was successful as a goal scorer.

Heiðmar Felixson has been working as youth coordinator at TSV Burgdorf since the 2012/13 season . He played handball in the second team until June 2014. In the 2013/14 season he temporarily played a few games for the warriors in the 1st Bundesliga. Since the 2014/15 season he has been coaching TSV Burgdorf, which plays in the third division .

Heiðmar Felixson has played 55 international matches for the Icelandic national team .

family

Heiðmar Felixson has four children. On April 3, 2010, he married a German teacher in Burgdorf.

Web links

• Felixson on the website of TuS N-Lübbecke ( Memento from January 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hsi.is: A landslið karla
2. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Heiðmar Felixson leaves Nettelstedt, March 17th, 2010
3. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Felixson takes over the top division as player-coach, June 17, 2010
4. ↑ transfermarkt.de: Heiðmar Felixson
5. ↑ www.zweitewelle.de: Interview with Heidmar "Heidi" Felixson, March 29, 2012 ( Memento from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Heidmar Felixson new coach of the perspective squad ( Memento from August 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

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 .