Patrekur Jóhannesson

{{short description|Icelandic handball player (born 1972)}}

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{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Patrekur Jóhanesson

| image = 20171028 OEHB AUT-SRB Patrekur Jóhannesson 850 3154.jpg

| image_size = 200

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|7|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Reykjavík, Iceland

| nationality = Icelandic

| currentclub =

| height = 1.95 m

| position = Left/Centre back

| years1 = 1989–1994

| clubs1 = Stjarnan

| years2 = 1994–1996

| clubs2 = KA Akureyri

| years3 = 1996–2003

| clubs3 = TUSEM Essen

| years4 = 2003–2004

| clubs4 = CD Bidasoa

| years5 = 2005–2008

| clubs5 = Stjarnan

| nationalyears1 = 1992–2006

| nationalteam1 = Iceland

| nationalcaps1 = 241

| nationalgoals1 = 634

| manageryears1 = 2005–2008

| managerclubs1 = Stjarnan (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs2 = Stjarnan

| manageryears3 = 2010–2011

| managerclubs3 = TV Emsdetten

| manageryears4 = 2013

| managerclubs4 = Valur

| manageryears5 = 2013–2015

| managerclubs5 = Haukar

| manageryears6 = 2017–2019

| managerclubs6 = Selfoss

| manageryears7 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs7 = Skjern Håndbold

| manageryears8 = 2011–2019

| managerclubs8 = Austria

| manageryears9 = 2020-2023

| managerclubs9 = Stjarnan

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{{Icelandic name|Patrekur}}

Patrekur Jóhannesson (born 7 July 1972) is an Icelandic former handball player, who played for the Icelandic national handball team and competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/505379 EHF profile]{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/patrekur-johannesson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022345/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/patrekur-johannesson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=15 July 2012}}

After he stopped playing handball professionally he embarked on a coaching career. In November 2011 Patrekur was appointed head coach for the Austrian national handball team.

Family

Patrekur is son of the teacher and journalist Margrét Thorlacius and the PE teacher and coach Jóhannes Sæmundsson. His father died of cancer at the age of 42. He is the brother of the historian and former President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, and of Jóhannes, who is a system analyst. His son is a popular rapper in Iceland, called JóiPé.{{Cite web|url=http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/06/26/breaking_iceland_elects_new_president/|title=Breaking: Iceland elects new President|access-date=28 June 2016}}

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