Geir Hallsteinsson (born 7 August 1946) is an

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

ic former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. He played 118 games for the Icelandic national handball team, scoring 531 goals. He was named the

Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year The Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year () is an annual award given to the best Icelandic sportsperson of the year. The winner is selected by the Icelandic Association of Sports Journalists. It was first given in 1956 to the triple jumper Vilhjálm ...

in 1968 and in 2016 he was inducted in to the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Hall of Fame.

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* 1946 births Living people Geir Hallsteinsson Geir Hallsteinsson Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub