{"id":14091,"date":"2019-12-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/ithrottafolk-arsins-i-hafnarfirdi-1\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:02:33","slug":"sportspeople-of-the-year-in-hafnarfjordur-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/ithrottafolk-arsins-i-hafnarfirdi-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletes of the Year in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2019 Sportspeople of the Year in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur were chosen today at the annual Sports and Awards Gala. \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva Steinsd\u00f3ttir, an athletics athlete from Fimleikaf\u00e9lag Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, is the 2019 female athlete of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, and Anton Sveinn McKee, a swimmer from Sundf\u00e9lag Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, is the 2019 male athlete of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. The 2019 Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Achievement Team is the women's and men's first teams of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Swimming Club, who during the year became <\/em>Men's and women's cup champions in the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Swimming Association of Iceland. A large number of the swimmers on the team became multiple Icelandic champions and took part in numerous international competitions with good results.<\/em><\/p>\n

Over 300 awards and 20 million kr\u00f3na<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Town Council and the Sports and Leisure Committee today held an awards ceremony for athletes competing with teams from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, for Icelandic champions, cup winners, Nordic champions, world champions and special achievements, as well as the selection of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's sportswoman, sportsman and sports team of the year 2019. Over 300 individuals who won Icelandic championship titles with Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur teams in 2019 were recognised at the ceremony, along with awards for cup winners and those who achieved international titles. At the ceremony, Rio Tinto in Iceland, \u00cdBH and the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur awarded 20 million kr\u00f3na from a fund intended to support sports activities for under-18s.<\/p>\n

Athlete Thordis Eva Steinsdottir is the 2019 Sportswoman of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva Steinarsd\u00f3ttir is an athletics athlete from Fimleikaf\u00e9lag Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar. She is a member of the national athletics team and became a multiple-time Icelandic champion and cup winner with the FH team this year. At the Small Nations Games in Montenegro, she won the 400m and the 4x400m relay, becoming the Nordic U20 Champion in the 4x400m relay with a new Icelandic record. \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva was part of the Icelandic relay team that set a national indoor record in the 4\u00d7200 m relay and achieved good results at international competitions during the year.<\/p>\n

Swimmer Anton Sveinn McKee is Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Sportsman of the Year 2019.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Anton Sveinn, a swimmer from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Swimming Club and the Swimming Association of Iceland, became a multiple Icelandic champion during the year. He won four gold medals at the Small Nations Games in Montenegro and set two Icelandic records. At the World Championships in July, he achieved the Olympic qualifying standard in the 200m breaststroke in a 50m pool and broke three Icelandic records. At the European Championships in December, he set seven Icelandic records in the 25m pool, one Nordic record and equalled another. Anton Sveinn reached the final in all three of his individual events, achieving a best result of 4th place in the 200m breaststroke, as well as setting one national record in the relay with the Icelandic men's relay team. <\/p>\n

The Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Town Council and the Sports and Leisure Committee today held an awards ceremony for athletes competing with teams from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, for Icelandic champions, cup winners, Nordic champions, world champions and special achievements, as well as the selection of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's sportswoman, sportsman and sports team of the year 2019. Over 300 individuals who won Icelandic championship titles with Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur teams in 2019 were recognised at the ceremony, along with awards for cup winners and those who achieved international titles. At the ceremony, Rio Tinto in Iceland, \u00cdBH and the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur awarded 20 million kr\u00f3na from a fund intended to support sports activities for under-18s. <\/p>\n

Athlete Thordis Eva Steinsdottir is the 2019 Sportswoman of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva Steinarsd\u00f3ttir is an athletics athlete from Fimleikaf\u00e9lag Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar. She is a member of the national athletics team and became a multiple-time Icelandic champion and cup winner with the FH team this year. At the Small Nations Games in Montenegro, she won the 400m and the 4x400m relay, becoming the Nordic U20 Champion in the 4x400m relay with a new Icelandic record. \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva was part of the Icelandic relay team that set a national indoor record in the 4\u00d7200 m relay and achieved good results at international competitions during the year.<\/p>\n

Swimmer Anton Sveinn McKee is Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Sportsman of the Year 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anton Sveinn, a swimmer from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Swimming Club and the Swimming Association of Iceland, became a multiple Icelandic champion during the year. He won four gold medals at the Small Nations Games in Montenegro and set two Icelandic records. At the World Championships in July, he achieved the Olympic qualifying standard in the 200m breaststroke in a 50m pool and broke three Icelandic records. At the European Championships in December, he set seven Icelandic records in the 25m pool, one Nordic record and equalled another. Anton Sveinn reached the final in all three of his individual events, achieving a best of 4th place in the 200m breaststroke, as well as setting one national record in the relay with the Icelandic men's relay team. <\/p>\n

We sincerely congratulate all our fantastic athletes on their 2019 titles and accolades! May the future continue to smile upon you and your careers! <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00cd\u00fer\u00f3ttaf\u00f3lk \u00e1rsins 2019 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i var vali\u00f0 \u00ed dag \u00e1 \u00e1rlegri \u00cd\u00fer\u00f3tta- og vi\u00f0urkenningarh\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0. \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva Steinsd\u00f3ttir, frj\u00e1ls\u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakona \u00far Fimleikaf\u00e9lagi Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, er \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakona Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar 2019 og Anton Sveinn McKee, sundkarl \u00far Sundf\u00e9lagi Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, er \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakarl Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar 2019. Afreksli\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00e1ri\u00f0 2019 er meistaraflokkur kvenna og karla hj\u00e1 Sundf\u00e9lagi Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar sem \u00e1 \u00e1rinu ur\u00f0u bikarmeistarar b\u00e6\u00f0i karla […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14091"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}