Jónas Egilsson

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

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Jónas.
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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