Ingi Þorsteinsson
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| Full name | Þórarinn Ingi Þorsteinsson |
| Born | 24 February 1930 KFR |
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| Sport | Track, basketball |
Þórarinn Ingi Þorsteinsson (24 February 1930 – 23 March 2006) was an Icelandic multi-sport athlete and businessman. As a track athlete, he specialized in hurdling and sprinting and participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki in the 110 meter hurdles, 400 meter hurdles and 4 x 100 meter relay. He later became the chairman of the Icelandic Athletic Federation.
Outside of tracks, he was one of the pioneers in basketball in Iceland and was a member of the first Iceland men's national basketball team.[1][2]
Ingi graduated from the University of Iceland with a business degree in 1953 and the next 10 years he worked at his fathers wholesaling business. He later was involved in the founding of a clothing factory before going to work for the Imperial Chemicals International in 1969. In 1970, he became the general manager of National Textile Industries Corporation Ltd. (NATEX) in Tanzania.[3][4][5]
Þórarinn was born in
References
- Tímarit.is.
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- ^ "Íslendingur stjórnar stórfyrirtæki í Tanzaníu". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 16 May 1973. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ingi Thorsteinsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links
- Ingi Thorsteinsson at World Athletics
- Ingi Thorsteinsson at Olympedia
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