Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (born 12 December 1960) is a retired

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er from

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 ...

. He was born in

Selfoss Selfoss may refer to: *Selfoss (town), Iceland *UMF Selfoss, a football club based in Selfoss **Selfoss men's football **Selfoss women's football *Selfoss (waterfall), Iceland *Selfoss Airport Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a to ...

, and represented his native country at four consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

, starting in 1984. His personal best is 67.64 metres, thrown on 31 May 1989 in

. Vésteinn competed in five consecutive World Championships, starting in 1983, but never reached the final. He previously coached World and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter, Olympic silver medalist

Joachim B. Olsen Joachim Brøchner Olsen (born 31 May 1977) is a Denmark, Danish former politician and former world class shot putter. He was elected to the Folketing, Danish parliament at the 2011 Danish parliamentary election, 2011 election, representing the L ...

, as well

Daniel Ståhl Daniel Ståhl (born 27 August 1992) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw. Ståhl is the Olympic champion ( 2020 Tokyo) and two-time world champion ( 2019 Doha, 2023 Budapest), setting the new championships record in Budapest. ...

and

Simon Pettersson Simon Pettersson (born 3 January 1994) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships finishing eleventh in the final and the 2018 European Championships finishing fourth in the ...

, the gold and silver medalists, respectively, at the Tokyo Olympics.

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IAAF Profile
1960 births Living people Vesteinn Hafsteinsson Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Doping cases in athletics Vesteinn Hafsteinsson Vesteinn Hafsteinsson Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 4th Class Vesteinn Hafsteinsson 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen {{Iceland-athletics-bio-stub