Pétur Eyþórsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Pétur.

Pétur Eyþórsson
Born	(1978-07-22) 22 July 1978 (age 46) Húsavík, Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Style	Glima
Other information
Occupation	Athlete

Pétur Eyþórsson (born 22 July 1978 in Húsavík) is an Icelandic glima, a variation of Scandinavian folk wrestling, champion.^[1] He won the glima grettisbelt several times and was voted the best wrestler during the first IGA world championship.^{[2][Link to precise page]}

Awards

He was the Glima King of Iceland in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Family

He is the son of Eyþór Pétursson, a famous glima wrestler in the 1980s.

References

1. "History of Icelandic Grettisbelt". Glima Association. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
2. "First Glima world championship", IGA Association, Denmark, 9 August 2008

External links

• International Glima Association
• The Icelandic Wrestling Federation (Glímusamband Íslands)
• The Gripping History of Glima
• Glíma! Pathe Pictorial (1932) (youtube.com)
• The Viking Glima Federation