# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vesteinn-hafsteinsson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:55:37.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vesteinn-hafsteinsson"
name: "Vésteinn Hafsteinsson"
slug: "vesteinn-hafsteinsson"
description: "Vésteinn Hafsteinsson is a retired discus thrower from Iceland. He was born in Selfoss, and represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His personal best is 67.64 metres, thrown on 31 May 1989 in Selfoss. Vésteinn competed in five consecutive World Championships, starting in 1983, but never reached the final. He previously coached World and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter, Olympic silver medalist Joachim B. Olsen, as well Daniel Ståhl and Simon Pettersson, the gold and silver medalists, respectively, at the Tokyo Olympics."
tagline: "Icelandic athletics competitor and coach (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1994_Vesteinn_Hafsteinsson.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1960-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.576168929110107
  historical:           9.871058666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.vesteinn.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Vésteinn Hafsteinsson"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9steinn_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Vésteinn Hafsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9steinn_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Vésteinn Hafsteinsson"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9steinn_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Vésteinn Hafsteinsson"
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    title: "Vésteinn Hafsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9steinn_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Vésteinn Hafsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vésteinn Hafsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump