Geir Sveinsson
Personal information
Born (1964-01-27) 27 January 1964 (age 59)
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Pivot
Senior clubs
Years Team
1980–1989
 Valur
1989–1991
 BM Granollers
1991–1995
 CBM Alzira Avidesa
1995–1997
 Montpellier Handball
1997–1999
 HC Wuppertal
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1999
 Iceland 340 (502)
Teams managed
1999–2003
 Valur
2010–2011
 Grótta
2011–2012
 Iceland U21
2012–2014
 A1 Bregenz
2014–2015
 SC Magdeburg
2016–2018
 Iceland
2019
 Akureyri Handboltafélag
2019-2020
 HSG Nordhorn-Lingen

Geir Sveinsson (born 27 January 1964) is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

He was hired as the head coach of Akureyri Handboltafélag in January 2019.[3] In August the same year, he was hired as the head coach of HSG Nordhorn-Lingen.[4]

In 2022, he was hired as the mayor of Hveragerði.[5]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Geir Sveinsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. ^ 2018 European Championship roster
  3. ^ Andri Yrkill Valsson (26 June 2019). "Geir ekki verið ráðinn – „Þessi frétt er bara röng"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (19 August 2019). "Geir Sveinsson ráðinn þjálfari Nordhorn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ Bjarki Sigurðsson (14 July 2022). "Geir Sveinsson nýr bæjarstjóri í Hveragerði". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2022.


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