# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/olafur-stefansson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:00:03.061Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/olafur-stefansson"
name: "Ólafur Stefánsson"
slug: "olafur-stefansson"
description: "Ólafur Indriði Stefánsson is an Icelandic former handball player who, for many years was the captain of the Iceland men's national handball team but announced his international retirement after the 2012 London Olympics. His position was right back. At his peak he was considered to be one of the very best handball players in the world."
tagline: "Icelandic handball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olafur_Stefansson_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1973-07-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.95835333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump