Vilhjálmur Einarsson

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Vilhjálmur Einarsson (born on June 5, 1934) is an Icelandic former athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Vilhjálmur grew up in the East-Icelandic fishing village of Reyðarfjörður and is the son of Einar Stefánsson and Sigríður Vilhjálmsdóttir.

In 1956 Vilhjálmur set a new Olympic Record by jumping 16.26 m in triple jump, to be surpassed only by Adhemar da Silva from Brazil. This was the most unexpected result of the Olympics that year. His personal best was 16.70 m set in 1960 in Laugardalsvöllur, Iceland.

Vilhjálmur has also been headmaster of three schools; Héraðsskólinn in Laugarvatn, Reykholtsskóli in Reykholt, and Menntaskólinn in Egilsstaðir, where he currently works as a part-time mathematics teacher. He is also an accomplished painter, specialising in landscape painting.

He attended Dartmouth College.


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