Pétur Guðmundsson (athlete)

Pétur Guðmundsson ( born March 9, 1962) is a former Icelandic shot putter.

At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he was eliminated in the qualifying.

In 1991 he was fourth at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Seville, but failed at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in the first round. He was fifth at the Indoor Athletics Championships in Genoa in 1992 and came at the Olympic Games in Barcelona again not have the qualifications beyond.

A further Vorrundenaus at the World Championships in Stuttgart in 1994 was followed by a bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships in Paris and a seventh place finish at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. In 1995, he was sixth at the World Indoor Championships in Barcelona.

Personal best

  • Shot Put: 21,26 m, November 10, 1990 mosfellsbær ( Icelandic record ) Hall: 20,66 m, November 3, 1990, Reykjavík ( Icelandic record )
1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships 1991 World Championships in Athletics 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships 1994 European Athletics Championships 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships International Association of Athletics Federations
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