Benedikt Waage Guðjónsson (14 June 1889 – 8 November 1966) was an Icelandic athlete and businessman.[1] He was the chairman of the Sports Association of Iceland from 1926 to 1962[2] and a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1946 til his death. A well known athlete in Iceland in his youth, he was the first person to finish the Viðeyjarsund, when he swam the 4.4 km route from Viðey to Reykjavík on 6 September 1914.[3][4]
8 October 1966(1966-10-08) (aged 77) Reykjavík, Iceland
Spouse
Elísabet Einarsdóttir
(m. 1915; div. 1932)
Children
4
References
^"Benedikt G. Waage heiðursforseti ÍSÍ". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 11 November 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^"Ben. G. Waage látinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 November 1966. p. 28. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^Ingimar Jónsson (12 December 2004). "Fyrsta Viðeyjarsundið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 36. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^"Mikil sundþraut". Ísafold (in Icelandic). 9 September 1914. p. 272. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
March 23, 2023
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