Ólafur Stefánsson
Icelandic handball player (born 1973) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ólafur Indriði Stefánsson (born 3 July 1973) is an Icelandic former handball player who, for many years was the captain of the Iceland men's national handball team but announced his international retirement after the 2012 London Olympics. His position was right back. At his peak he was considered to be one of the very best handball players in the world.
Ólafur Stefánsson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Ólafur Indriði Stefánsson | ||
Born |
(1973-07-03) 3 July 1973 (age 50) Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | HC Erlangen (assistant coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1984–1992 | Valur | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
1992–1996 | Valur | ||
1996–1998 | LTV Wuppertal | ||
1998–2003 | SC Magdeburg | ||
2003–2009 | BM Ciudad Real | ||
2009–2011 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | ||
2011–2012 | AG København | ||
2012–2013 | Lekhwiya | ||
2015 | KIF Kolding[1] | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–2013 | Iceland | 318 | (1511) |
Teams managed | |||
2013 | Valur | ||
2015–2016 | Iceland (assistant) | ||
2022– | Erlangen (assistant) | ||
Medal record |
As a player for his national team, his goal tally of 1570 is third only to the Hungarian Péter Kovács and Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson. He is also one of the most enduring handball players of all times, being a senior field player since 1992.
He was voted Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2009. He won silver with the Icelandic handball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as bronze at the 2010 European Championship.