{"id":14108,"date":"2020-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/jakvaedni-a-aefingum-borgar-sig\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:02:36","slug":"practice-makes-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/jakvaedni-a-aefingum-borgar-sig\/","title":{"rendered":"Positivity in training pays off."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva Steinsd\u00f3ttir, an athletics athlete from FH, was named Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Sportswoman at the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Sports Festival, which took place on 27 December. She is aiming for many national team events in the coming years and says it is important to believe in herself and trust her coach. <\/strong><\/p>\n

After a good year of competition, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds says it was a great honour to be chosen as the sportswoman of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. \u201eIt motivates me a lot for the coming year.\u201c When asked about her goals for 2020 and any potential changes in the pipeline, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva says her goals will be to improve in her events. \u201eIt's exciting to see if I'll achieve my goals now that I have a new coach. Ragnhei\u00f0ur \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir left last year and Trausti Stef\u00e1nsson took over.\u201c<\/p>\n

\"IthrottakonaHFJ2019\"\u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva, together with Anton Sveinn McKee, Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Sportsman of the Year 2019, and R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Photo: Olga Bj\u00f6rt \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir<\/sup><\/p>\n

The siblings encourage each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite her young age, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds has been at the forefront for quite a long time, including being the Icelandic 800m champion in 2013, at just 13 years old. \u201eMy career hasn't always been a continuous upward progression. I injured my foot in the winter of 2017 and spent a while getting back to where I was, but I'm doing well today. I think it's realistic to aim for many national team events in the coming years,\u201c says a optimistic \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds. Athlete Hinrik Sn\u00e6r, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds's twin brother, is also at the top of his game. When asked about their relationship in the sport, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds says it's great to have Hinrik with her at training. \u201eThere's absolutely no sibling rivalry, but rather just competition, and we're very good at encouraging each other.\u201c<\/p>\n

The athletics stadium made a big difference<\/strong><\/p>\n

The facilities at FH have changed a great deal in recent years. What did that change, and how important is it to have good role models? \u201eHaving an athletics stadium is very good. We used to have to drive to Laugardal or train in the handball hall in Krikan. We can do almost everything now that the facilities have changed. It's good to have important role models to look up to, and it's also a great motivation.\u201c Finally, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds wants to give a message to those who see her as a role model: \u201eHave faith in what you do and trust the coach. It's also always worth being positive in training, otherwise it just doesn't work out very well.\u201c<\/p>\n

An interview with the 2019 Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Sportswoman was published in Hafnfir\u00f0ingurinn on 8 January 2020.<\/a> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Eva Steinsd\u00f3ttir, frj\u00e1ls\u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakona \u00far FH, var kj\u00f6rin \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakona Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00e1 \u00cd\u00fer\u00f3ttah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar sem fram f\u00f3r 27. desember. H\u00fan stefnir \u00e1 m\u00f6rg landsli\u00f0sverkefni \u00e1 n\u00e6stu \u00e1rum og segir mikilv\u00e6gt a\u00f0 tr\u00faa \u00e1 sig og treysta \u00fej\u00e1lfaranum.  Eftir gott keppnis\u00e1r \u00fe\u00e1 segir \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds \u00fea\u00f0 hafa veri\u00f0 mikinn hei\u00f0ur a\u00f0 f\u00e1 a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a fyrir valinu sem \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakona […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17134,"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-14108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14108","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=14108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14108"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}