Vésteinn Hafsteinsson
Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (born December 12, 1960 in Selfoss ) is a former Icelandic athlete and four-time Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996).
Career
The discus thrower took part in the Olympic Games four times.
Doping ban 1984
At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , he was disqualified after a drug test positive for nandrolone and then banned for two years. In 1988 and 1996 he dropped out of the qualification. He achieved his best result at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , where he finished eleventh.
In addition, Hafsteinsson started at the world championships in 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993 and 1995, but could not reach the final battle in each case. With his 67.64 m thrown in 1989, he holds the Icelandic national record .
After his active career, he became a coach. So he trained z. For example, the shot putter Joachim Olsen since 2003 .
Web links
- Vésteinn Hafsteinsson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Vésteinn Hafsteinsson in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ London 2012 Olympics: UK Athletics accused of encouraging Brett Morse to work with controversial coach telegraph.co.uk December 6, 2011
- ↑ 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. IAAF Statistics Handbook Moscow 2013 iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com p. 587
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | icelandic athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Selfoss |