Nanna Herborg Leifsdóttir (born 2 June 1963 in

Akureyri Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital R ...

) is an Icelandic former

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. She competed at the

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in Sarajevo, coming 38th in the giant slalom with a time of 2:34:84 but failing to finish the slalom. She was the youngest member of Iceland's team and carried the flag at the opening ceremony. Nanna Herborg's husband is former

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Friðrik Friðriksson and their daughter is

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player Fanndís Friðriksdóttir.

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1963 births Living people Nanna Leifsdottir Nanna Leifsdottir Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Nanna Leifsdottir {{Iceland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub