Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson

Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson
nation	Iceland
birthday	April 7, 1930
place of birth	Siglufjörður ,  Iceland
date of death	January 20, 2003
Place of death	Hafnarfjordur ,  Iceland
Career
society	Skíðafélag Siglufjarðar

Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson (born April 7, 1930 in Siglufjörður ; † January 20, 2003 in Hafnarfjörður ) was an Icelandic ski jumper .

Career

Skarphéðinn was born as the third of four children of Guðmundur Skarphéðinsson and his wife Ebba Guðrún Brynhildur Flóventsdóttir in Siglufjörður in northern Iceland. Between 1948 and 1964 he took part in the Icelandic ski jumping championships. In 1953, 1958, 1960 and 1962 the member of Skíðafélag Siglufjarðar was able to win the national championship title. He took part in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley as the third Icelandic ski jumper after Jónas Þórarinn Ásgeirsson (1948) and Ari Friðbjörn Guðmundsson (1952); with two jumps of 64 m each, he landed from the normal hill with 155.7 points on the 43rd place among 45 participants.

Skarphéðinn worked for a credit institute since 1950 and was an active social democrat . In May 1993, he suddenly fell ill and had to retire. Skarphéðinn died at the age of 72 in the Hrafnista nursing home in Hafnarfjörður in southwest Iceland. He had been married to Esther Önnu Jóhannsdóttir since 1951 and had seven children with her.

successes

• Icelandic ski jumping champion: 1953, 1958, 1960, 1962

Web links

• Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson , in: Morgunblaðið of January 30, 2003 (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 .