Sigurður Valur Sveinsson (born 5 March 1959) is an

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

ic 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 who competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

and in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

. He played for the German clubs TuS Nettelstedt 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 ...

in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

, and OSC Dortmund in the 2. Bundesliga. In the 1984/85 season with TBV Lemgo he was the

top scorer with 191 goals, and in 1989/90 he was the top scorer in the 2. Bundesliga with OSC Dortmund. In the 1990/91 season he played for

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

in Spain.

References

1959 births Living people Sigurdur Sveinsson Sigurdur Sveinsson Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Sigurdur Sveinsson Sigurdur Sveinsson Icelandic expatriate handball players in Germany Icelandic expatriate handball players in Spain Expatriate handball players in Sweden 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub