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Pétur Eyþórsson (born 22 July 1978 in Húsavík) is an Icelandic glima, a variation of Scandinavian folk wrestling, champion. ^[1] He won the glima grettisbelt several times and was voted the best wrestler during the first IGA world championship. ^{[2][ Link to precise page]}

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

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