Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson
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Ásgeir Örn Hallgrimsson (born 17 February 1984) is an Icelandic former
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...
player. After starting his career with
Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Association football, Football, Haukar Handball, Handball, Basketball, Haukar RC, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The clu ...
, he went on to play several seasons professionally around Europe, including with GOG and
TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo is a handball club from Lemgo, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The ascent to one of the best German handball clubs was slow but steady. In the year the Bundesliga was founded, the club was still in the O ...
. 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 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, and
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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* * * 1984 births Living people Asgeir Hallgrimsson 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 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Order of the Falcon Asgeir Hallgrimsson Handball-Bundesliga players Icelandic expatriate handball players in Germany Asgeir Hallgrimsson Asgeir Hallgrimsson Asgeir Hallgrimsson Paris Saint-Germain Handball players USAM Nîmes Gard players GOG players {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub