Jónas Egilsson (born 12 February 1958) is an Icelandic

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and sports executive.

Athletics career

In the 80s he ran

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at distances of 100 to 400 m as well as

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. He represented the club Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur.

Executive career

Jónas was a long-term president of the

Icelandic Athletic Federation The Icelandic Athletic Federation ( Icelandic '' Frjálsíþróttasamband Íslands'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Iceland. Affiliations * World Athletics * European Athletic Association (EAA) * National Olympic and Spo ...

(Frjálsíþróttasamband Íslands). He first became president in July 1997 and served this function until March 2006. For the second time he was elected president in March 2012. In September 2014 he was replaced by

Einar Vilhjálmsson Einar Vilhjálmsson (born 1 June 1960 in Reykjavík) is a retired male javelin thrower from Iceland, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He set his personal best (86.80 metres) on 30 Augus ...

. In 2003–2007 and again from 2011 he was a member of the European Athletics Council.

References

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