Brief Bio

I’m married to Anna Margrét Guðmundsdóttir, and we have three wonderful children together. I was born and raised in Grafarvogur and am a proud club member of Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir, my local club. Movement and sport is a way of life for me, – so I’m fortunate to work in the field with great people.

I graduated with an MSc in Exercise Science and Coaching from Reykjavik University [RU] in 2012 and a B.Sc. two years prior. My research interests are focused on game-related statistics and the performance of athletes and handballers. Physical education is a subject in which I also take great interest. For about ten years, I taught, directed and developed a student-athlete dual career program at Borgarholtsskóli secondary school. I oversaw over 100 athletes each year from various sports, primarily football and handball players. I have also worked as head of handball coaches at Fjölnir Sports Club alongside coaching youth for over a decade. I joined RU in January 2014 permanently, and I´m currently teaching undergraduate program courses, subjects like theory of training, motor learning and development, performance measurements and applied pedagogy. I´ve supervised a number of B.Sc. and Master’s theses. I´m the director of the Sports Lab, coordinating and collaborating with my colleagues regarding research and teaching involving our top-of-the-line equipment. Currently, I´m in the final stages of my PhD studies at the University of Split, Faculty of Kinesiology, investigating the game-related statistics of Icelandic Handball in collaboration with HBStatz and experts under the supervision of my colleague Professor Jose Saavedra and Professor Damir Sekulic, dean for the Faculty of Kinesiology.