Alexander Petersson (born Aleksandrs Pētersons 2 July 1980) is a Latvian-born Icelandic former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

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 The Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year ( is, Íþróttamaður ársins) is an annual award given to the best Icelandic sportsperson of the year. The winner is selected by the Icelandic Association of Sports Journalists. It was first given in 1956 to ...

in 2010 by the Icelandic Sport Press Association. He is of Latvian and Baltic German origin.

Early life

Alexander was born in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the ...

Latvia SSR The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR), also known as Soviet Latvia or simply Latvia, was a federated republic within the Soviet Union, and formally one of its 16 (later 15) constituent republics. The Latvian Soviet Socialist Rep ...

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 ) , Association = Icelandic Handball Association(''Handknattleikssamband Íslands'') , Coach = Guðmundur Guðmundsson , Assistant coach = Ágúst Þór JóhannssonGunnar Magnússon , Captain = Aro ...

for the first time.

Individual awards

: 2010 * All-Star Right back of the World Championship:

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References

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Alexander Peterssons profile
at rhein-neckar-loewen.de Latvian male handball players Alexander Petersson Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Alexander Petersson Alexander Petersson Recipients of the Order of the Falcon 1980 births Living people Olympic medalists in handball Alexander Petersson Alexander Petersson Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Riga SG Flensburg-Handewitt players Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Alexander Petersson Grótta men's handball players {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub