Pétur Eyþórsson (born 22 July 1978 in
Húsavík
Húsavík () is a town in Norðurþing municipality on the north coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi bay with 2,307 inhabitants. The most famous landmark of the town is the wooden church Húsavíkurkirkja, built in 1907. Húsavík is s ...
) is an Icelandic
glima
Glima is the name that covers several types of Nordic folk wrestling practiced as sport and combat. In one common form of glima, players grip their opponent by the waist and attempt to throw them to the ground using technique rather than force. O ...
, a variation of Scandinavian folk wrestling, champion. He won the glima grettisbelt several times and was voted the best wrestler during the first IGA world championship.
"First Glima world championship"
IGA Association, Denmark, 9 August 2008
Awards
He was the Glima King of Iceland in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
Family
He is the son of Eyþór Pétursson, a famous glima wrestler in the 1980s.
References
External links
International Glima AssociationThe Icelandic Wrestling Federation (Glímusamband Íslands)Glíma! Pathe Pictorial (1932)
(youtube.com)
The Viking Glima Federation
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Petur Eythorsson
1978 births
Living people
Petur Eythorsson