Hafsteinn Geirsson

Hafsteinn Ægir Geirsson (born 4 August 1980 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic cyclist and retired sailor, who specialized in the Laser class.[1] He represented his nation Iceland in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for Þytur Sailing Regatta (Icelandic: Siglingaklúbburinn Þytur).[2]

Hafsteinn Geirsson

Personal information
Full name	Hafsteinn Ægir Geirsson
Nationality	Iceland
Born	(1980-08-04) 4 August 1980 Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Dinghy
Club	Siglingaklúbburinn Þytur

Hafsteinn made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed forty-second in the Laser class with a net grade of 355, after having decided to pull himself out in the last race due to yachting malfunction.[3][4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Hafsteinn qualified for his second Icelandic team, as a 24-year-old, in the Laser class by granting a tripartite invitation from the International Sailing Federation.[5][6] Sailing through the race series with a similar effort from the previous Olympics, Geirsson recorded a satisfying grade of 344 net points to upgrade his position to fortieth in a fleet of forty-two sailors.[7][8]

Hafsteinn is also a cyclist. He has won several Icelandic competitions[9] and the Faroese Kring Føroyar (Tour of Faroe Islands) which he has won four times, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.[10]