Hafsteinn Geirsson

Hafsteinn Geirsson
Personal information
Full name	Hafsteinn Ægir Geirsson
Nationality	Iceland
Born	4 August 1980 (age 45); Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sailing career
Class	Dinghy
Club	Siglingaklúbburinn Þytur

Hafsteinn Ægir Geirsson (born 4 August 1980 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic cyclist and retired 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]

Quick facts Personal information, Full name ...

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]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

Hafsteinn Geirsson

Major results

References

External links

Wikiwand - on