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Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson

1979 - Today

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Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 8 August 1979) is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in international men's handball in 2018. He won silver with the Icelandic handball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as bronze at the 2010 European Championship. He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson is the 84th most popular handball player (up from 89th in 2024), the 118th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 110th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Icelander Handball Player.

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson ranks 84 out of 420. Before him are Ola Lindgren, Nora Mørk, Igor Vori, Momir Rnić, Slavko Goluža, and Mathias Gidsel. After him are David Barrufet, Ausra Fridrikas, Bertrand Gille, Dragan Škrbić, Jérôme Fernandez, and Joël Abati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson ranks 383. Before him are Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Sara Rue, Eric Mun, Mariya Gabriel, Marco Caneira, and Michael Bisping. After him are Ildefons Lima, Gao Yuanyuan, Bo Svensson, Mohamed Kader, Emilio Insolera, and Manuel Friedrich.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson ranks 118 out of 190. Before him are Theódór Elmar Bjarnason (1987), Hildur Guðnadóttir (1982), Birkir Bjarnason (1988), Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner (1967), Anita Briem (1982), and Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (1965). After him are Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (1955), Birkir Már Sævarsson (1984), Hera Hilmar (1988), Paul Oscar (1970), Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990), and Jónína Leósdóttir (1954).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Iceland

Among handball players born in Iceland, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson ranks 3. Before him are Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1960), and Ólafur Stefánsson (1973). After him are Aron Pálmarsson (1990), Dagur Sigurðsson (1973), Snorri Guðjónsson (1981), Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984), Róbert Gunnarsson (1980), Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985), Arnór Atlason (1984), Hreiðar Guðmundsson (1980), and Bjarki Már Elísson (1990).

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