Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir

Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
Personal information
National team  Iceland
Born (1991-08-02) August 2, 1991[1]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
College team University of Florida

Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈr̥apn̥ˌhɪltʏr ˈlu:tɛr̥sˌtouhtɪr], born 2 August 1991) is an Icelandic swimmer. She was a member of the 4×100-medley relay competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal.[2] She was born in Iceland but moved to the United States to study criminology and swim for the University of Florida.

She competed for Iceland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in both the 100 m breaststroke and the 200 m breaststroke. She finished 6th in the 100 m breaststroke with a time of 1:07.18.[3] She finished 5th in her semifinal of the 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:24.41 and did not qualify for the finals.[4] She was the flag bearer for Iceland during the closing ceremony.[5]

References

  1. Eurosport Player profile
  2. Swimmer's Daily
  3. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  4. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  5. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-22.


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