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Pétur Eyþórsson (born 22 July 1978 in Húsavík) is an Icelandic glima, a variation of Scandinavian folk wrestling, champion. He won the glima grettisbelt several times and was voted the best wrestler during the first IGA world championship.

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

• Glima
• 1978 births
• Living people
• Icelandic male sport wrestlers