World Championship
The first world championship in Glima and Hryggspenna was held in Roskilde, Denmark in August 2008. The list of medal winners is below.
Glíma
Men, +100 kg
1. Orri Björnsson, Iceland 4 points
2. Sindri Freyr Jónsson, Iceland 3 points
3. Eduard Mihailov, Estonia 1+2 points
Men, -100 kg
1. Pétur Þórir Gunnarsson, Iceland 6 points
2. Jón Smári Eyþórsson, Iceland 5 points
3. Brynjólfur Örn Rúnarsson, Iceland 3,5 points
Men, -90 kg
1. Pétur Eyþórsson, Iceland 5,5+1 points
2. Ólafur Oddur Sigurðsson, Iceland 5,5+0 points
3. Hreinn Heiðar Jóhannsson, Iceland 4 points
Men, -81 kg
1. Snær Seljan Þóroddsson, Iceland 5 points
2. Bjarni Þór Gunnarsson, Iceland 4 points
3. David Lundholm, Sweden 3 points
Men, -73 kg
1. Óðinn Þór Kjartansson, Iceland 4 points
2. Aleksejs Kurilovs, Latvia 3,5+1 points
3. Steinar Bjarki Marínósson, Iceland 3,5+0 points
Men, -66 kg
1. Halldór Óli Kjartansson, Iceland 4,5 points
2. Magnús Bjarki Snæbjörnsson, Iceland 4 points
3. Júlíus Gunnar Björnsson, Iceland 2,5+1 points
Women, open category
1. Jóhanna Guðrún Magnúsdóttir, Iceland 3 points
2. Guðrún Heiður Skúladóttir, Iceland 2 points
3. Laufey Frímansdóttir, Iceland 1 point
Hryggspenna
Men, +100 kg
1. Eduard Mihailov, Estonia
2. Christian Bartel, Germany
3. Orri Björnsson, Iceland
Men, -100 kg
1. Zbignevs Romanovskis, Latvia
2. Jón Smári Eyþórsson, Iceland
3. Brynjólfur Örn Rúnarsson, Iceland
Men, -90 kg
1. Pétur Eyþórsson, Iceland
2. Ólafur Oddur Sigurðsson, Iceland
3. Andress Kools, Netherlands
Men, -81 kg
1. Vjaceslavs Masloboevs, Latvia
2. Bjarni Þór Gunnarsson, Iceland
3. Snær Seljan Þóroddsson, Iceland
Men, -73 kg
1. Aleksejs Kurilovs, Latvia
2. Óðinn Þór Kjartansson, Iceland
3. John Jozen, Netherlands
Men, -66 kg
1. Halldór Óli Kjartansson, Iceland
2. Benjamin Werth, Germany
3. Magnús Bjarki Snæbjörnsson, Iceland
Women
1. Jóhanna Guðrún Magnúsdóttir, Iceland
2. Laufey Frímansdóttir, Iceland
3. Ashley Leyten, Netherlands
Read more about this topic: Glima
Famous quotes containing the word world:
“Life is crazy. Now, maybe you knew this all along. But before I had children, I actually held on to the illusion that there was some sense of order to the universe.... I am now convinced that we are all living in a Chagall painting—a world where brides and grooms and cows and chickens and angels and sneakers are all mixed up together, sometimes floating in the air, sometimes upside down and everywhere.”
—Susan Lapinski (20th century)