Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handball)

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Guðmundur.
Guðmundur Þórður Guðmundsson
Personal information
BornDecember 23, 1960
NationalityIcelandic
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight77 kg
Club information
Current clubDenmark Denmark
Senior clubs
1967-1992
1992-1995		Iceland Vikingur Reykjavik
Iceland Afturelding Mosfellsbær
National team
 Iceland Iceland236 (358)
Teams managed
1989-1992
1992-1995
1995-1999
1999-2001
2001-2004
2005-2007
2008-2012
2009-2010
2010-2014
2014-		Iceland Vikingur Reykjavik
Iceland Afturelding Mosfellsbær
Iceland Fram Reykjavik
Germany TSV Bayer Dormagen
Iceland Iceland
Iceland Fram Reykjavik
Iceland Iceland
Denmark GOG Svendborg
Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Denmark Denmark

Guðmundur Þórður Guðmundsson (born 23 December 1960)[1] is a former handball player and current coach. He was the head coach of the Iceland national handball team. Under his command the Icelandic national team received a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and bronze medal at the 2010 European handball championship in Austria. In October 2013, it was announced that Gudmundsson will take over the coaching role of Ulrik Wilbek as Head Coach of Denmark national handball team from 1 July 2014.[2] Gudmundsson is ranked with Dagur Sigurðsson his fellow countryman, who is the current national team coach of Germany's Mens team and another, Alfreð Gíslason, coach of THW Kiel amongst the best coaches of our era.

References

  1. ↑ "Guðmundur Guðmundsson Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Gudmundsson Becomes New Danish Head Coach". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2014.