{"id":14883,"date":"2021-12-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/gudrun-bra-og-robert-isak-eru-ithrottafolk-hafnarfjardar-2021\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:44","slug":"gudrun-bra-and-robert-isak-are-the-hafnarfjordur-sportspeople-of-the-year-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/gudrun-bra-og-robert-isak-eru-ithrottafolk-hafnarfjardar-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Br\u00e1 and R\u00f3bert \u00cdsak are the Athletes of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The selection of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Sportswoman, Sportsman and Sports Team took place online on the Borough of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's channels today. Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's 2021 Team of Excellence is the women's first team in basketball at the Haukar sports club. Golfer Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Br\u00e1 Bj\u00f6rgvinsd\u00f3ttir from Golfkl\u00fabburinn Keili is Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's female athlete, and swimmer R\u00f3bert \u00cdsak J\u00f3nsson from \u00cd\u00fer\u00f3ttaf\u00e9lagi\u00f0 Fj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's male athlete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><strong>300 individuals from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur have won titles this year. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Every year, the Municipality of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur organises an awards ceremony for sportspeople who compete for teams from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Champions of Iceland, cup-winning teams, Nordic champions, world champions and special achievements, along with the selection of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's sportswoman, sportsman and sports team. A virtual ceremony was held on the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's channels today. In 2021, around 300 individuals have won national and\/or cup championship titles with Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur teams, and they are especially congratulated on their achievements. At the ceremony, 8 million was allocated 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<h4><strong>A unique performance in Icelandic sporting history by the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur elite team in 2021<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The women's senior basketball team at Haukar managed to finish second in the Icelandic Championship, became the cup champions and the champions of champions in the autumn. The team also won the first European game an Icelandic women's team has won this autumn, when they beat the Portuguese team Union Sportiva in the EuroCup preliminary round. Haukar won the two-legged aggregate tie against the Portuguese side and progressed to the group stage of the European competition. This performance puts Haukar at the forefront of Icelandic women's basketball, and the achievement is a unique one in the history of Icelandic sport.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Br\u00e1 Bj\u00f6rgvinsd\u00f3ttir is the Athlete of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur 2021 <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/dsc00441-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Signature Standard 00441\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Br\u00e1 is one of the country's leading golfers and has been for many years. She is the 2021 female golfer for the Golf Association of Iceland and Keilir. During the year, she became the Women's Matchplay Champion of Iceland and won the B59 tournament on the top players' tour. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Br\u00e1 is a professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour, where she had full status for the year. She competed in sixteen tournaments this year and earned qualification for the season finale on the European Tour in Spain last November. Her best result this year was 12th place at the Aramco event in England in July and 8th place at the ATS in Saudi Arabia in November. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Br\u00e1 finished 75th on the LET European Tour Order of Merit and is ranked 649th on the women's professional golf world ranking. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Br\u00e1 retains full status on the LET Tour for 2022, which begins in February. She is the fourth Icelandic woman to have earned a tour card.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>R\u00f3bert \u00cdsak J\u00f3nsson is the Athlete of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur 2021<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/dsc00450-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Signature Standard 00450\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swimmer R\u00f3bert \u00cdsak Fjar\u00f0ar is the 2021 sportsman of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and the Disabled Sports Federation. He is a four-time Icelandic champion in the 25m pool in the S14 category and a three-time Icelandic champion in the 50m pool. He also set numerous Icelandic records during the year. He won a silver medal in the 100m butterfly and a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the European Championships in Madeira. At the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, which took place in 2021, he finished 6th in the 100m butterfly and the 200m individual medley.<\/p>\n<h4>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur warmly congratulates the athletes of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur on their achievement of the year 2021!<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 560\/315\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/3yZPS3KxcQI\/maxresdefault.webp)\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3yZPS3KxcQI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" 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>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Val \u00e1 \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakonu, \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakarli og \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttali\u00f0i Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar f\u00f3r fram rafr\u00e6nt \u00e1 mi\u00f0lum Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar \u00ed dag. Afreksli\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar 2021 er meistaraflokkur kvenna \u00ed k\u00f6rfuknattleik hj\u00e1 Knattspyrnuf\u00e9laginu Haukum. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Br\u00e1 Bj\u00f6rgvinsd\u00f3ttir kylfingur fr\u00e1 Golfkl\u00fabbnum Keili er \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakona Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar og R\u00f3bert \u00cdsak J\u00f3nsson sundma\u00f0ur \u00far \u00cd\u00fer\u00f3ttaf\u00e9laginu Fir\u00f0i er \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakarl Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar.\u00a0 300 hafnfirskir einstaklingar hafa unni\u00f0 titla \u00e1 \u00e1rinu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18944,"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-14883","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\/14883","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=14883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14883"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}