RÃkharður Hrafnkelsson (born 30 April 1957) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of
Icelandic national team. He won two
national championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
and three
Icelandic Cups with
Valur in the 1980s.
Early life
RÃkharður grew up in
Stykkishólmur
Stykkishólmur () is a town and municipality situated in the western part of Iceland, in the northern part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. It is a center of services and commerce for the area. Most of the people make their living from fishing and ...
, Iceland. He played his first games with
Snæfell at the age of 16
before moving to
ReykjavÃk
ReykjavÃk is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...
and joining
Valur.
Icelandic national team
RÃkharður played 69 games for the
Icelandic national team from 1976 to 1983.
Awards and accomplishments
Titles
*
Icelandic champion:
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
,
1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
*
Icelandic Cup (3): 1979, 1981, 1986
*
1. deild karla (1): 1990
Golf
RÃkharður was the chairman of the Golfklúbburinn Mostri in
Stykkishólmur
Stykkishólmur () is a town and municipality situated in the western part of Iceland, in the northern part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. It is a center of services and commerce for the area. Most of the people make their living from fishing and ...
for 25 years.
References
External links
Úrvalsdeild statistics 1978–1991at kki.is
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1957 births
Living people
Rikhardur Hrafnkelsson
Rikhardur Hrafnkelsson
Rikhardur Hrafnkelsson
Rikhardur Hrafnkelsson
20th-century Icelandic sportsmen