Patrekur Jóhannesson (born 7 July 1972) is an Icelandic former

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player, who played for the Icelandic national handball team and competed in the

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. After he stopped playing handball professionally he embarked on a coaching career. In November 2011 Patrekur was appointed

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for the Austrian national handball team.

Family

Patrekur is son of the teacher and journalist Margrét Thorlacius and the PE teacher and coach Jóhannes Sæmundsson. His father died of cancer at the age of 42. He is the brother of the

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and former

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Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson (; born 26 June 1968) is an Icelandic historian and politician who served as the sixth president of Iceland from 2016 to 2024. A historian, Guðni was a professor at the University of Iceland before running for pr ...

, and of Jóhannes, who is a

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. His son is a popular rapper in Iceland, called JóiPé.

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* 1972 births Living people Patrekur Johannesson Patrekur Johannesson Patrekur Johannesson Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Patrekur Johannesson Patrekur Johannesson Handball-Bundesliga players Patrekur Johannesson Liga ASOBAL players Patrekur Johannesson Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate handball coaches Handball coaches of international teams Icelandic expatriate handball players in Spain Icelandic expatriate handball players in Denmark CD Bidasoa Irun players {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub