Örn Arnarson
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Full name | Örn Arnarson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Reykjavík | 31 August 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sundfélag Hafnarfjarðar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Örn Arnarson (born 31 August 1981 in Reykjavík) is a swimmer from Iceland, who won his first major title in 1998 at the European SC Championships in Sheffield. There he captured the title in the 200 m backstroke.
A year later, at the European SC Championships 1999 in Lisbon, Portugal, Örn won the 100 m and the 200 m backstroke events. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000.
At present (2009) Örn Arnarson is a coach at Aalborg Svømmeklub Elitehold in Denmark.
References
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Icelandic male swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Iceland
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Reykjavík
- Icelandic swimming biography stubs