Árni Már Árnason (born 9 October 1987, in

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, Iceland) is an Olympic and national record holding freestyle swimmer from

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. He swam for Iceland at the 2008 Olympics. He has swum for Iceland at: *Olympics:

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*Games of the Small States of Europe: 2009 and 2011 *European Junior Championships. At the 2008 Olympics, he set the Icelandic Record in the 50 free at 22.81.(lcm-m)
Íslandsmet: Karlar 50m Braut
(trans: Icelandic Records: Men's 50m Course), published by SSÍ in early 2012; retrieved 2012-03-16. From 2008–12, he has attended college and swam collegiately for the USA's

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.Arnason's bio page
from the Old Dominion University Athletics website (www.odusports.com); retrieved 2012-03-16.

References

1987 births Living people Icelandic male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Iceland Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 20th-century Icelandic people 21st-century Icelandic people {{Iceland-swimming-bio-stub