Bjarni Friðriksson (born 29 May 1956) is a retired

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...

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ka. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's half heavyweight (95 kg) category, together with

Günther Neureuther Günther Neureuther (born 6 August 1955 in Steingaden) is a German former judoka who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters ...

of West Germany. He remains the most successful Icelandic judoka to date. He also competed at the

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, 1988 and the

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on JudoInside.com 1956 births Living people

Bjarni Fridriksson Bjarni is an Icelandic male given name and may refer to: *Bjarni Ármannsson resigned as CEO of Glitnir (formerly Íslandsbanki) in May 2007 *Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson (born 1982), footballer (defender) from Iceland * Bjarni Benediktsson (born ...

Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 21st-century Icelandic people 20th-century Icelandic people {{Iceland-Olympic-medalist-stub