Hafsteinn Geirsson

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Hafsteinn Geirsson
Personal information
Full nameHafsteinn Ægir Geirsson
Nationality Iceland
Born (1980-08-04) 4 August 1980 (age 41)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubSiglingaklúbburinn Þytur

Hafsteinn Ægir Geirsson (born 4 August 1980 in Reykjavík) is a retired Icelandic sailor, who specialized in the Laser class.[1] He represented his nation Iceland in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for Þytur Sailing Regatta (Icelandic: Siglingaklúbburinn Þytur).[2]

Hafsteinn made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed forty-second in the Laser class with a net grade of 355, after having decided to pull himself out in the last race due to yachting malfunction.[3][4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Hafsteinn qualified for his second Icelandic team, as a 24-year-old, in the Laser class by granting a tripartite invitation from the International Sailing Federation.[5][6] Sailing through the race series with a similar effort from the previous Olympics, Geirsson recorded a satisfying grade of 344 net points to upgrade his position to fortieth in a fleet of forty-two sailors.[7][8]

Hafsteinn is also a cyclist. He has won several Icelandic competitions[9] and the Faroese Kring Føroyar (Tour of Faroe Islands) which he has won four times, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.[10]

Major results[]

2005
1st Overall Tour of Faroe Islands
2006
1st Overall Tour of Faroe Islands
2007
1st Overall Tour of Faroe Islands
2008
1st JerseyIceland.svg Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour of Faroe Islands
2009
1st JerseyIceland.svg Road race, National Road Championships
2010
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2011
1st JerseyIceland.svg Road race, National Road Championships
2012
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2013
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2014
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2017
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
3rd Time trial
2018
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd National Cyclo-Cross Championships
2019
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2020
1st JerseyIceland.svg Road race, National Road Championships

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hafsteinn Geirsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Átta hafnfirskir íþróttamenn styrktir" [Eight Hafnarfirði athletes named] (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 11 October 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Sydney 2000: Sailing – Men's Laser Class" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 131. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Hafsteini Ægir Geirsson fékk ekki byr" [Hafsteinn Ægir Geirsson got no breeze] (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 21 September 2000. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Er tilbúinn að ýta úr vör í Aþenu" [Geirsson is ready to launch in Athens] (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Hafsteinn á Ólympíuleikana" [Hafsteinn goes to Olympics] (in Icelandic). Vísir. 29 June 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Sailing: Mixed Laser Class". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Hafsteinn Ægir í 40. sæti" [Hafsteinn Ægir finished fortieth] (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Úrslit fyrir árið 2007 (Results for 2007)". hfr.is. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Frábær sigur hjá Haffa" (in Icelandic). Brokey.is. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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