{"id":14528,"date":"2020-12-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/ithrotta-og-vidurkenningarhatid-ithrottafolk-arsins-2020-1\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:16:24","slug":"sports-and-recognition-awards-sportspeople-of-the-year-2020-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/ithrotta-og-vidurkenningarhatid-ithrottafolk-arsins-2020-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports and Awards Gala. Sportspeople of the Year 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Town Council and the Sports and Leisure Committee are holding an awards ceremony for sportspeople competing with teams from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Awards for Icelandic champions, cup winners, Nordic champions, world champions and special achievements, along with the selection of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Sportswoman, Sportsman and Sports Team of the Year 2020. Nearly 400 individuals won Icelandic and\/or cup championship titles with a Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur team in 2020, and they are especially congratulated on their achievement. The awards will be made from a fund established by Rio Tinto in Iceland, \u00cdBH and the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, which is intended to support sports activities for under-18s.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-vimeo\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 640\/360\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/i.vimeocdn.com\/video\/1025130478-f1d6ca4db6782bb83f8d5a84105041293aa5ad35b2a58f9b815b7ff1061be564-d_640?region=us)\" ><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/495536835?title=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/495536835\">Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Sports and Awards Gala 2020<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/hafdal\">Hafdal Production<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/event\/571845\">Link to the broadcast on vimeo.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hafnarfjardarbaer\">The broadcast was also streamed from the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Facebook page.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delivery and live entertainment <br \/><\/strong>The 2020 Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Sports and Awards Gala will be held online this year, where the Sportsman and Sportswoman of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur will be recognised, and the Team of the Year will also be chosen. The event will be streamed live on the council's channels. <strong><em>Tuesday, 29 December at 18:00 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Programme of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Sports and Awards Ceremony 2020<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Media personality Bj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir hosts the festival and entertainment, together with the actor trainees Arnar Bj\u00f6rnsson and \u00d3li Gunnar Gunnarsson.<\/li>\n<li>Fun segments from the sporting life of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/li>\n<li>Quiz on the history of sports in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 a New Year's prize for the winner<\/li>\n<li>Awarded from a fund established by Rio Tinto in Iceland, \u00cdBH and the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, intended to support sports activities for under-18s.<\/li>\n<li>Sportswoman of the Year 2020<\/li>\n<li>Sportsman of the Year 2020<\/li>\n<li>Sports Team of the Year 2020<\/li>\n<li>Musical performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Nominations of the year 2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A total of ten nominations have been announced in each category: Sportswoman of the Year 2020 and Sportsman of the Year 2020. Four teams have been nominated as Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Team of the Year 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tilnefningarithrottafolk2020.jpg\" alt=\"Nominations for Ithrottafolk 2020\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 742px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 742\/522;\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tilnefningarithrottalid2020.jpg\" alt=\"Nominations for the 2020 Sports Awards\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 734px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 734\/157;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>We look forward to celebrating the achievements of 2020 with you \u2013 live! <\/strong><br \/>All residents are encouraged to watch and take part on Tuesday, 29th December at 6:00 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rn Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar og \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3tta- og t\u00f3mstundanefnd standa fyrir afhendingu vi\u00f0urkenninga til \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttaf\u00f3lks sem keppa me\u00f0 hafnfirskum li\u00f0um, \u00cdslandsmeistara, h\u00f3pa bikarmeistara, Nor\u00f0urlandameistara, heimsmeistara og s\u00e9rstakra afreka, \u00e1samt vali \u00e1 \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakonu, \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakarli og \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttali\u00f0i Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00e1 \u00e1rinu 2020. H\u00e1tt \u00ed 400 einstaklingar unnu \u00cdslands- og e\u00f0a bikarmeistaratitla me\u00f0 hafnfirsku li\u00f0i \u00e1 \u00e1rinu 2020 og er \u00feeim s\u00e9rstaklega [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18133,"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-14528","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\/14528","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=14528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14528"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}