Alexander Petersson
| Alexander Petersson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
2 July 1980 Riga, Latvia SSR | ||
| Nationality | Latvian/Icelandic | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
| Number | 40 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–1998 | Riga | ||
1998–2003 | Grótta/KR | ||
2003–2005 | HSG Düsseldorf | ||
2005–2007 | TV Großwallstadt | ||
2007–2010 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
2010–2012 | Füchse Berlin | ||
2012–2021 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | ||
2021 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
2021– | MT Melsungen | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005– | Iceland | 180 | (717) |
Medal record | |||
Alexander Petersson (born Aleksandrs Pētersons 2 July 1980) is a Latvian-born Icelandic handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Icelandic national team.[1]
Alexander was voted the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2010 by the Icelandic Sport Press Association. He is of Latvian and Baltic German origin.
Early life[]
Alexander was born in Riga in Latvia SSR in 1980. He emigrated to Iceland at age of 18 in 1998 to play for Grótta/KR. In 2005, he played for the Iceland men's national handball team for the first time.[2]
Individual awards[]
- All-Star Right back of the World Championship: 2011
References[]
- ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Alexander Petersson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 December 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
External links[]
- Alexander Petersson at European Handball Federation
- Alexander Petersson at Handball-Bundesliga (in German)
- Alexander Petersson at Olympedia
- Alexander Peterssons profile at rhein-neckar-loewen.de
|  | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
  | This article about an Icelandic Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
  | This biographical article related to Icelandic team handball is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- Latvian male handball players
- Icelandic male handball players
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players of Iceland
- Olympic silver medalists for Iceland
- Recipients of the Order of the Falcon
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Icelandic people of Latvian descent
- Icelandic people of German descent
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Riga
- SG Flensburg-Handewitt players
- Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC players
- Rhein-Neckar Löwen players
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate handball players
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Grótta men's handball players
- Icelandic sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs
- Icelandic handball biography stubs