Haukur Clausen

Haukur Clausen (8 November 1928 – 1 May 2003) was an Icelandic Olympic athlete and a dentist.^[1]

Family life

Clausen's father was Arreboe Clausen, a merchant and later chauffeur (5 November 1892 – 8 December 1956) and his mother was Sesselja Þorsteinsdóttir Clausen (born 28 December 1905). Haukur had a twin brother, Örn, and a half-brother, Alfreð Clausen (born 1918).^[1]

On 6 January 1951 Clausen married Margrét Þóra Hallgrímsson, with whom he had Örn Friðrik (born 13 July 1951), but they separated just a year later. He married someone else thereafter, with whom he had Anna Marie (born 25 November 1954) and Haukur Arreboe (born 9 October 1959). His last wife was Elín Hrefna Thorarensen (born 17 February 1944),^[1] whom he married on 11 March 1967, and by whom he had Ragnheiður Elín (born 16 May 1968) and Þórunn Erna Clausen, an actress (born 12 September 1975).^[1]

Athletic career

Haukur was an athlete from 1946-51. At the age of 19, he made it to the sixth heat of the men's 100 metres at the 1948 London Summer Olympics.^[2] He also competed in the European Championships in Brussels in 1950, with Europe's best time (21.3 seconds) for the 200 metre sprint for 1950,^[1] and became Nordic Champion in the 200m sprint in 1947.^[1] He held a range of Icelandic records in athletics.^[1]

Later career

Haukur graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1948 and from the University of Iceland as a Candidate in Dentistry in 1952. He gained his dentistry license in 1952 and undertook his postgraduate studies at the University of Minnesota 1952-53.^[1] Returning to Iceland, be began his own practice, which he ran until July 1994, when he retired.^[1]

Haukur was the president of the Félag tannlæknanema (Student Dentists' Association) in 1951, and involved in the Tannlæknafélag Íslands (Dentists' Association of Iceland) from 1972, acting in 1973-74 as deputy chair and 1974-76 as chair. He was on the board of the Tannsmíðaskóli 1979-83.^[1]

Art

Haukur was keen on painting and held two exhibitions at Kjarvalsstaðir in 1981 and 1987.^[1]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Iceland
1948	Summer Olympics	London, England	6th, QF 2	100 m
1948	Summer Olympics	London, England	3rd, Heat 1	200 m	22.2

Sources

• 'Haukur Clausen', Morgunblaðið, 13 May 2003, p. 32, http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/730658/, http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=251408&pageId=3470781&lang=is.
• Gunnar Þormar et al., 'Haukur Clausen', in Tannlæknatal 1854-1984: Æviágrip íslenskra tannlækna ([n.p.]: Tannlæknafélag Íslands, 1984), 58-59.

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