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Vilhjálmur Einarsson

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Vilhjálmur Einarsson (born 5 June 1934) is an Icelandic former athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. [1]

28 relations: Adhemar da Silva, Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Australia, Brazil, Dartmouth College, Egilsstaðir, Egilsstadir Upper Secondary School, Einar Vilhjálmsson, Iceland, Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year, Javelin throw, Landscape painting, Laugardalsvöllur, Laugarvatn, Mathematics, Melbourne, Painting, Reyðarfjörður, Reykholt, Southern Iceland, Sport of athletics, Stockholm, Summer Olympic Games, Sweden, The Reykjavík Grapevine, Triple jump, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1958 European Athletics Championships.

Adhemar da Silva

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (September 29, 1927 – January 12, 2001) was a Brazilian triple jumper.

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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women.

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Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.

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Egilsstaðir

Egilsstaðir is a town in east Iceland on the banks of the Lagarfljót river.

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Egilsstadir Upper Secondary School

Egilsstadir Upper Secondary School (Menntaskólinn á Egilsstöðum) is a gymnasium (Icelandic: Menntaskóli) in the Eastern Region, Iceland Egilsstadir Upper Secondary School was founded in 1979.

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Einar Vilhjálmsson

Einar Vilhjálmsson (born June 1, 1960 in Reykjavík) is a retired male javelin thrower from Iceland, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.

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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

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Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year

The Icelandic Sportperson of the Year (Íþróttamaður ársins) is an annual award given to the best Icelandic sportsperson of the year.

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Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown.

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Landscape painting

Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of landscapes in art – natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view – with its elements arranged into a coherent composition.

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Laugardalsvöllur

Laugardalsvöllur is Iceland's national football stadium and the home venue for the Iceland national football team.

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Laugarvatn

Laugarvatn is the name of a lake and a small town in the south of Iceland.

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Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

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Reyðarfjörður

Reyðarfjörður is a town in Iceland.

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Reykholt, Southern Iceland

Reykholt is a village in the municipality of Bláskógabyggð in Árnessýsla, Southern Region.

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Sport of athletics

Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'été) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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The Reykjavík Grapevine

The Reykjavík Grapevine is an English language Icelandic magazine based in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík.

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Triple jump

The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump.

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1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in November–December 1956, apart from the equestrian events, which were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.

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1958 European Athletics Championships

The 6th European Athletics Championships were held from 19–24 August 1958 in the Olympic Stadium of Stockholm, Sweden.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhjálmur_Einarsson

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