Jónas Egilsson

Jónas Egilsson (born 12 February 1958) is an Icelandic athlete and sports executive.

Jónas Egilsson
President of the Icelandic Athletic Federation
In office
July 1997  March 2006
Preceded byHelgi Haraldsson
Succeeded byArnþór Sigurðsson
Jónas Egilsson
President of the Icelandic Athletic Federation
In office
March 2012  7 September 2014
Preceded byStefán Halldórsson
Succeeded byEinar Vilhjálmsson

Athletics career

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

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

  1. "Jónas Egilsson". afrek.fri.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Athletic Federation. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. Ívar Benediktsson (1997-07-13), "Leggja þarf fé til "höfuðs" Íslandsmetum", Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic), Reykjavík, Iceland, pp. 16–17, retrieved 2017-09-19
  3. "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
  4. "Jónas formaður FRÍ á ný", mbl.is (in Icelandic), 2012-03-20, retrieved 2014-12-23
  5. "Einar Vilhjálmsson er nýr formaður FRÍ", ruv.is (in Icelandic), 2014-09-07, retrieved 2014-12-23
  6. "Einar kjörinn nýr formaður FRÍ", mbl.is (in Icelandic), 2014-09-07, retrieved 2014-12-23
  7. "Jónas Egilsson" (PDF), european-athletics.org, retrieved 2014-12-24
  8. "History of European Athletics Council since 1970" (PDF), european-athletics.org, retrieved 2017-09-19
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