Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handballer)

Guðmundur Guðmundsson

Personal information
Full name	Guðmundur Þórður Guðmundsson
Born	23 December 1960 Reykjavík, Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Club information
Current club	Denmark (manager)
Senior clubs
1967–1992 1992–1995	Vikingur Reykjavik Afturelding Mosfellsbær
National team
	Iceland	236 (358)
Teams managed
1989–1992 1992–1995 1995–1999 1999–2001 2001–2004 2005–2007 2008–2012 2009–2010 2010–2014 2014–2017	Vikingur Reykjavik Afturelding Mosfellsbær Fram Reykjavik TSV Bayer Dormagen Iceland Fram Reykjavik Iceland GOG Svendborg Rhein-Neckar Löwen Denmark
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2008 Beijing Team European Championship 2010 Austria

Guðmundur Þórður Guðmundsson (born 23 December 1960)^[1] is an Icelandic retired 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 Men's team and another, Alfreð Gíslason, coach of THW Kiel amongst the best coaches of our era. On August 21 2016 Guðmundur led his team to the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[3]

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.
3. http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/37150715