Þórir Ólafsson
{{short description|Icelandic handball player (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Þórir Ólafsson
| image = Thorir Olafsson 01 ssj 20120208.jpg
| nationality = Icelandic
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|11|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Selfoss, Iceland
| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin}}
| position = Right wing
| currentclub =
| years1 = –2002
| clubs1 = Selfoss
| years2 = 2002–2005
| clubs2 = Haukar Hafnarfjörður
| years3 = 2005–2011
| clubs3 = TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
| years4 = 2011–2014
| clubs4 = Vive Targi Kielce
| years5 = 2014–2015
| clubs5 = Stjarnan
| years6 = 2016
| clubs6 = Selfoss
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2014
| nationalteam1 = Iceland
| nationalcaps1 = 112{{cite web |url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14M/PDF/ISL-R.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202155623/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14M/PDF/ISL-R.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|title=XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Iceland|publisher=EHF|accessdate=12 January 2014}}
| nationalgoals1 = 277
| manageryears1 = 2022-2024
| managerclubs1 = Selfoss
| medaltemplates =
}}
{{icelandic name|Þórir}}
Þórir Ólafsson (born 28 November 1979){{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2011-12/player/517643/ThorirOlafsson|title=Þórir Ólafsson Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=12 February 2012}} is an Icelandic handball coach and former player.
Career
Between 1999 and 2002 he played for Selfoss, after which he joined Haukar Hafnarfjörður.[https://www.selfoss.net/handbolti/mfl-kk/thorir-olafsson/ www.selfoss.net: Þórir Ólafsson] retrieved 1st June 2019. Here he won the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Icelandic championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.selfoss.net/handbolti/thorir-kominn-heim-a-selfoss/ |publisher=Selfoss|website=selfoss.net|title=Þórir kominn heim á Selfoss|access-date=1 June 2019|language=is}} In 2005 he joined German Bundesliga team TuS N-Lübbecke.{{cite web|url=http://archiv.thw-handball.de/thw/10genett.htm |publisher=THW Kiel|website=archiv.thw-handball.de |title=Gegnerkader TuS N-Lübbecke 2010/11|access-date=1 June 2019|language=de}} In 2011 he joined Polish KS Kielce,{{cite news|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-1-31826.html |title=Thorir Olafsson verlässt TuS N-Lübbecke|publisher=handball-world|date=7 June 2011|language=de}} where he won the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Polish Championship and Cup.
For the 2014-15 season he returned to Iceland and joined UMF Stjarnan as player-assistant-coach.{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-planet.com/thorir-olafsson-goes-home/ |publisher=handball-planet.com |title=Thorir Olafsson goes home|date=7 August 2014|access-date=7 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2014/09/18/thorir_mikid_breyst_a_niu_arum/ |publisher=mbl.is|title=Þórir: Mikið breyst á níu árum|access-date=1 June 2019|language=is}} After a season at Stjarnan he returned to Selfoss. From 2022 to 2024 he was also the head coach of the team.{{cite web|url=https://handbolti.is/thorir-tekur-vid-bui-af-halldori-johanni/ |publisher=handbolti.is|title=Þórir tekur við búi af Halldóri Jóhanni|access-date=26 January 2024|language=is}}{{cite web|url=https://www.selfoss.net/handbolti/frettir/thorir-haettir-sem-thjalfari-selfoss |publisher=Selfoss|website=selfoss.net|title=Þórir hættir sem þjálfari Selfoss|language=is}}
References
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External links
- [http://vivetargi.pl/pl/rozgrywki/z,9,olafsson.html Profile at Vive Targi Kielce official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427101408/http://vivetargi.pl/pl/rozgrywki/z,9,olafsson.html |date=27 April 2013 }}
- {{EHF|517643|Thorir Olafsson}}
{{Iceland squad 2011 World Men's Handball Championship}}
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{{Iceland squad 2014 European Men's Handball Championship}}
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Category:TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke players
Category:Icelandic expatriate handball players in Germany
Category:Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Category:Expatriate handball players in Poland
Category:Icelandic handball coaches
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