Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (born 12 December 1960) is a retired discus thrower from Iceland. He was born in Selfoss, and represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His personal best is 67.64 metres, thrown on 31 May 1989 in Selfoss. Vésteinn competed in five consecutive World Championships, starting in 1983, but never reached the final. He previously coached World and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter, Olympic silver medalist Joachim B. Olsen, as well Daniel Ståhl and Simon Pettersson, the gold and silver medalists at the Tokyo Olympics.[1]
vésteinn, hafsteinsson, this, icelandic, name, last, name, patronymic, family, name, this, person, referred, given, name, vésteinn, born, december, 1960, retired, discus, thrower, from, iceland, born, selfoss, represented, native, country, four, consecutive, s. This is an Icelandic name The last name is patronymic not a family name this person is referred to by the given name Vesteinn Vesteinn Hafsteinsson born 12 December 1960 is a retired discus thrower from Iceland He was born in Selfoss and represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1984 His personal best is 67 64 metres thrown on 31 May 1989 in Selfoss Vesteinn competed in five consecutive World Championships starting in 1983 but never reached the final He previously coached World and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter Olympic silver medalist Joachim B Olsen as well Daniel Stahl and Simon Pettersson the gold and silver medalists at the Tokyo Olympics 1 Vesteinn Hafsteinsson 1994Achievements EditYear Competition Venue Position NotesRepresenting Iceland1983 World Championships Helsinki Finland 55 20 m1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles United States 14th DSQ1987 World Championships Rome Italy 59 32 m1988 Olympic Games Seoul South Korea 19th 58 94 m1990 European Championships Split Yugoslavia 12th 57 36 m1991 World Championships Tokyo Japan 60 12 m1992 Olympic Games Barcelona Spain 11th 60 06 m1993 World Championships Stuttgart Germany 58 56 m1994 European Championships Helsinki Finland 14th q 57 18 m1995 World Championships Gothenburg Sweden 58 12 m1996 Olympic Games Atlanta United States 32nd 56 30 mExternal links EditPersonal websiteReferences Edit Diskusstjarnans krisdrag infor friidrotts VM Forre tranaren radgivare Dagens Nyheter in Swedish 1 August 2023 Retrieved 2 August 2023 IAAF Profile This biographical article relating to Icelandic athletics and track and field is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vesteinn Hafsteinsson amp oldid 1171554772, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
