Jónas Egilsson
Jónas Egilsson | |
|---|---|
| President of the Icelandic Athletic Federation | |
| In office July 1997 – March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Helgi Haraldsson |
| Succeeded by | Arnþór Sigurðsson |
Jónas Egilsson | |
|---|---|
| President of the Icelandic Athletic Federation | |
| In office March 2012 – 7 September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Stefán Halldórsson |
| Succeeded by | Einar Vilhjálmsson |
Jónas Egilsson (born 12 February 1958) is an Icelandic athlete and sports executive.
Athletics career[edit]
In the 80s he ran sprints at distances of 100 to 400 m as well as 400 m hurdles. He represented the club Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur.[1]
Executive career[edit]
Jónas was a long-term president of the Icelandic Athletic Federation (Frjálsíþróttasamband Íslands). He first became president in July 1997[2] and served this function until March 2006.[3] For the second time he was elected president in March 2012.[4] In September 2014 he was replaced by Einar Vilhjálmsson.[5][6] In 2003–2007 and again from 2011 he was a member of the European Athletics Council.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jónas Egilsson". afrek.fri.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Athletic Federation. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Ívar Benediktsson (1997-07-13), "Leggja þarf fé til "höfuðs" Íslandsmetum", Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic), Reykjavík, Iceland, pp. 16–17, retrieved 2017-09-19
- ^ "Arnþór Sigurðsson var kjörinn formaður Frjálsíþróttasambands Íslands á 55. Frjálsíþróttaþingi sem lauk um helgina", Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic), Reykjavík, Iceland, 2006-03-27, retrieved 2014-12-23
- ^ "Jónas formaður FRÍ á ný", mbl.is (in Icelandic), 2012-03-20, retrieved 2014-12-23
- ^ "Einar Vilhjálmsson er nýr formaður FRÍ", ruv.is (in Icelandic), 2014-09-07, retrieved 2014-12-23
- ^ "Einar kjörinn nýr formaður FRÍ", mbl.is (in Icelandic), 2014-09-07, retrieved 2014-12-23
- ^ "Jónas Egilsson" (PDF), european-athletics.org, retrieved 2014-12-24
- ^ "History of European Athletics Council since 1970" (PDF), european-athletics.org, retrieved 2017-09-19
