Bjarni Fritzson (born 12 September 1980) is an
Icelandic handball
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player who in 2008 played for
Saint-Raphaël, Var
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Immediately to the west of Saint-Raphaël lies a larger and older town, Fréjus; together they form an urban agglomeration known ...
handball in
France
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. He was a reserve player on the men's handball team for
Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Iceland sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. With their silver medal in men's handball, they obtained their fourth olympic medal and their first team medal.
Medalists
Athletics
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, where he won a silver medal. He also represented Iceland at the
2011 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Sweden from 13 to 30 January 2011. All matches were played in Malmö, Lund, Kristianstad, Gothenburg, Skövde, Jönköping, L ...
.
IHF.info World Championship 2011 Rosters
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References
1980 births
Living people
Recipients of the Order of the Falcon
Bjarni Fritzson
Bjarni Fritzson
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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