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Handball At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Handball competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held from 9 to 24 August at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium. Medals were awarded for both men's and women's team events. A National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter one men's team and one women's team in the handball competitions. Medal summary Participating teams Men Women References Beijing 2008 Olympic Games [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Beijing National Indoor Stadium - Handball
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Thierry Omeyer
Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976) is a retired French handball goalkeeper. A member of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team: world champion (five times), European champion (three times) and Olympic champion twice. He is widely considered to be one of the best handball goalkeepers of all time, and is the third goalkeeper so far to have been elected best player of the world by the International Handball Federation (the two others being Henning Fritz, in 2004, and Árpád Sterbik, in 2005), what he achieved in 2008. In his former club (THW Kiel), his nickname was ''Die Mauer'' (The Wall). Club career Omeyer started handball at the age of 9 in Cernay (Alsace). In 1994, he joined his first professional club, Sélestat. His save percentage being up to 50%, he caught the attention of the best club in the French championship, Montpellier. Quickly becoming the first choice goalkeeper, he won five championships (from 2002 to 2006) and five n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 8 August 1979) is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in international men's handball in 2018. He won silver with the Icelandic handball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as bronze at the 2010 European Championship. Club career Guðjón started his handball career at a young age with Grótta on Seltjarnarnes. He also played with KA Akureyri and lost the Icelandic championship final in 2001. KA won the championship final the year after he left. After that, he began his professional career in Germany with Essen. In 2005, Gudjón Valur won the European championship with Essen. Later that year, he joined Gummersbach. At Gummersbach, he was joined by the Icelandic national handball coach Alfreð Gíslason, former Icelandic sportsman of the year, who led Gummersbach's training from 2006 un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Petersson
Alexander Petersson (born Aleksandrs Pētersons 2 July 1980) is a Latvian-born Icelandic former handball player. He was a member of the Icelandic national team from 2005 to 2021, appearing in 186 games. Alexander was voted the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2010 by the Icelandic Sport Press Association. He is of Latvian and Baltic German origin. Early life Alexander was born in Riga in Latvia SSR in 1980. He emigrated to Iceland at age of 18 in 1998 to play for Grótta/KR. In 2005, he played for the Iceland men's national handball team for the first time. Individual awards * Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year: 2010 * All-Star Right back of the World Championship: 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ... References External links *Alexander Peterssons pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverre Andreas Jakobsson
Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (born 8 February 1977) is an Icelandic-Norwegian handball manager and former player. With the Icelandic national handball team, he competed at two Olympics, winning the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics. Playing career Sverre started his career with KA at the age of 16 and helped the team win the Icelandic Cup in 1995 and the Icelandic championship in 1997. He won the national championship again in 2006 with Fram. Coaching career Sverre was hired as player-coach for Akureyri Handboltafélag in 2014. In 2017, the club was relegated from the Úrvalsdeild. and shortly after, KA decided to break off from the cooperation and fielded their own team starting from 2017–2018. Þór continued to run its men's team under the Akureyri name and in 2018, the team finished first in 1. deild karla and was promoted back to the Úrvalsdeild along with KA, which finished second. On 28 December 2018, Akureyri fired Sverre from his position as head coach. In 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingimundur Ingimundarson
Ingimundur Ingimundarson (born 29 January 1980) is an Icelandic handball player who played for Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur in the N1-deild. In June 2008 he was able to leave the Norwegian side Elverum Håndball Elverum Håndball is a Norwegian handball club from Elverum, Norway. Currently, Elverum Håndball competes in the Norwegian Premier League Men's Handball, and they have been successful title winners for several years consecutively. The club was ... on free transfer due to a misunderstanding when he agreed to sign a new contract, but never signed it. He then chose to play for GWD Minden from Germany. After coming back to Iceland he joined Fram. After a season at Fram he joined his childhood team, ÍR. He was part of the Icelandic team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also represented Iceland at the 2012 Summer Olympics. References External links Ingimundur Ingimundarsons profileat gwd-minden.de Ingimundarson, Ingimundur Ingimund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson
Ásgeir Örn Hallgrimsson (born 17 February 1984) is an Icelandic former handball player. After starting his career with Haukar, he went on to play several seasons professionally around Europe, including with GOG and TBV Lemgo. He announced his retirement following the 2019–2020 season. Ásgeir played 247 games for the Icelandic national team, scoring 414 goals, and competed with the team at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * * * * 1984 births Living people Asgeir Hallgrimsson Asgeir Hallgrimsson Asgeir Hallgrimsson Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björgvin Páll Gústavsson
Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (born 24 May 1985) is an Icelandic handball player that plays as a goalkeeper. Background Björgvin grew up in Kópavogur. He has two brothers, Axel Birgir, and Margeir Felix, and two sisters, Berglind Sif, and Helga Lind. Björgvin describes himself as sharing a very special bond with Berglind and often talks about how she inspired him. Career Björgvin started showing interest sports interest at the age of nine. Björgvin and his friend Steinþór Þorsteinsson started in handball with HK, a team from Kópavogur, but they transferred to Víkingur; after two years with Víkingur they returned to HK. He participated in the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing as a goalkeeper for the Icelandic national handball team. He played a significant role as goalkeeper, making 75 saves in the tournament and aiding in the teams progression to the finals of the tournament. Iceland was defeated by France with a score of 28-23 in the final, finishing the tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Róbert Gunnarsson
Róbert Gunnarsson (born 22 May 1980) is an Icelandic handball player who plays for Aarhus Håndbold Aarhus Håndbold was a handball club from Aarhus, Denmark. The club was founded in 2001 originally under the name Århus GF, as an extension of the traditional Aarhus clubs AGF, Brabrand IF, VRI and Århus KFUM/YMCA / Hasle. AGF chose later to ... and the Icelandic national team as a line player. He has competed for Iceland at three Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. References 1980 births Living people Robert Gunnarsson Robert Gunnarsson Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Robert Gunnarsson Robert Gunnarsson Recipients of the Order of the Falcon Rhein-Neckar Löwen players VfL Gummersbach players Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hreiðar Guðmundsson
Hreiðar Levy Guðmundsson (born 29 November 1980) is an Icelandic handball player who currently plays for Íþróttafélagið Grótta in Iceland. He was part of the Icelandic team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat .... External links Hreiðar Guðmundssons profileat www.tvemsdetten.com 1980 births Living people Hreidar Gudmundsson Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Hreidar Gudmundsson Hreidar Gudmundsson Recipients of the Order of the Falcon Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Hreidar Gudmundsson {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snorri Guðjónsson
Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson (born 17 October 1981) is a former Icelandic handball player and the current coach of Valur. He also played for the Icelandic national handball team, winning the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the bronze at the 2010 European Championships. Gudjonsson has previously played for TV Grosswallstadt, GWD Minden, Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional handball club founded in 2002, based in Mannheim, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and continentally in EHF European League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP Are ... and GOG. References 1981 births Living people Snorri Gudjonsson Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Snorri Gudjonsson Snorri Gudjonsson Recipients of the Order of the Falcon Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Snorri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logi Geirsson
Logi Eldon Geirsson (born 10 October 1982), born in Reykjavík is a retired Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...ic handballer. His retirement was due to successive shoulder injuries. Raised in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. He's the son of former Icelandic star Geir Hallsteinsson, who also played as a professional handballer during his playing career. He started his playing career with multiple Icelandic champions, FH Hafnarfjörður. After playing with the FH first team for a couple of years, Logi was sold to TBV Lemgo and finally got into the Icelandic national team. However, he did not get many chances for the Icelandic national team until Viggó Sigurðsson took over from Guðmundur Guðmundsson after the 2004 Olympic Games. External links profile of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
