Alfreð Gíslason

Icelandic handball player and coach (born 1959)
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Alfreð Gíslason

Summary

Alfreð Gíslason is a human[1]. Born in Akureyri[2], he… he was born on +1959-09-07T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a handball player[4] and handball coach[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #7,279 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Alfreð Gíslason was born in Akureyri[2].
  • Alfreð Gíslason was born on +1959-09-07T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Alfreð Gíslason held citizenship in Iceland[7].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's professions included handball player[4].
  • Alfreð Gíslason worked as a handball coach[5].
  • Alfreð Gíslason held the position of Germany men's national handball team coach[8].
  • Among Alfreð Gíslason's employers was SC Magdeburg[9].
  • Among Alfreð Gíslason's employers was Iceland men's national handball team[10].
  • Alfreð Gíslason was employed by VfL Gummersbach[11].
  • Alfreð Gíslason was employed by THW Kiel[12].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's image is recorded as 2024-07-20 Handball, Teamfotos Nationalmannschaften für die Olympischen Spiele STP 1106 by Stepro-2.jpg[13].
  • Alfreð Gíslason is recorded as male[14].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 4927152139990611100009[16].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's Commons category is recorded as Alfred Gislason[17].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's position played on team / speciality is recorded as back[18].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's sport is recorded as handball[19].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0280gxs[20].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's given name is recorded as Alfred[21].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's Munzinger Sport number is recorded as 01000006106[22].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's participant in is recorded as 1988 Summer Olympics[23].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's participant in is recorded as 1984 Summer Olympics[24].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Icelandic[25].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as gi/alfred-gislason-1[26].
  • Alfreð Gíslason's different from is recorded as Alfreð Gíslason[27].

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Origins and Family

Alfreð Gíslason was born in Akureyri[2]. He was born on +1959-09-07T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include handball player[4] and handball coach[5]. Employers include SC Magdeburg[9], a handball team[28], in German Democratic Republic[29], founded in 1955[30], headquartered in Magdeburg[31]; Iceland men's national handball team[10], a men's national handball team[32], in Iceland[33], founded in 1957[34]; VfL Gummersbach[11], a handball team[35], in Germany[36], founded in 1861[37], headquartered in Gummersbach[38]; and THW Kiel[12], a handball team[39], in Germany[40], founded in 1904[41], headquartered in Kiel[42]. Alfreð Gíslason held the position of Germany men's national handball team coach[8].

Why It Matters

Alfreð Gíslason ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #7,279 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

FAQs

Where was Alfreð Gíslason born?

Born in Akureyri[2], Alfreð Gíslason…

What did Alfreð Gíslason do for work?

Alfreð Gíslason worked as handball player[4] and handball coach[5].

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  1. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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