Einar Vilhjálmsson (born 1 June 1960 in

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

) is a retired male

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er from

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, who represented his native country at three consecutive

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, starting in 1984. He set his personal best (86.80 metres) on 30 August 1992 in his native town Reykjavík. His father

Vilhjálmur Einarsson Vilhjálmur Einarsson (5 June 1934 – 28 December 2019) was an Icelandic track and field athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Vilhjálmur grew up in the East-Icelandic fishing villag ...

finished in second place in the men's

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at the

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. In September 2014, he was elected president of the Icelandic Athletic Federation (Frjálsíþróttasamband Íslands).

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1960 births Living people Einar Vilhjalmsson Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Einar Vilhjalmsson Einar Vilhjalmsson Texas Longhorns men's track and field athletes NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen {{Iceland-athletics-bio-stub