Hjörtur Már Reynisson (born 28 March 1983) is an Icelandic former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] Reynisson is currently a member of KR Reykjavik, being coached and trained by Mads Claussen. He is also a graduate of medicine at the University of Iceland in his home city Reykjavik.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Hjörtur Már Reynisson |
| National team |  Iceland |
| Born | 28 March 1983 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
| Club | KR Reykjavik |
| Coach | Mads Claussen Jacky Pellerin |
Reynisson made his first Icelandic team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 100 m butterfly. On the morning preliminaries, Reynisson touched out Argentina's Eduardo Germán Otero to snatch the third spot and forty-second overall in heat 3 by 0.12 of a second, with a time of 55.12 seconds.[2][3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Reynisson qualified for the second time in the 100 m butterfly, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 54.32 from the Mare Nostrum Monte Carlo Meet in Monaco.[4][5] Reynisson challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympians Jeremy Knowles of the Bahamas and Camilo Becerra of Colombia. He edged out Becerra to take a fifth spot by a single tenth margin (0.10), posting his lifetime best of 54.17, just 0.15 of a second faster than his entry time. Reynisson failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-second out of 66 swimmers in the preliminary heats.[6]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hjörtur Már Reynisson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Hjörtur bætti sig aftur í úrslitum" [Hjortur added again to the finals] (in Icelandic). KR Vefurinn. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Butterfly" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 34. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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