Sverre Andreas Jakobsson

Sverre Andreas Jakobsson
Personal information
Born (1977-02-08) 8 February 1977 (age 47)
Oslo, Norway
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Pivot
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1999
 KA
1999–2001
 HK
2001–2003
 UMF Afturelding
2005
 New England Freeze
2005–2006
 Fram
2006–2008
 VfL Gummersbach
2008–2009
 HK
2009–2014
 TV Grosswallstadt
2014–2018
 Akureyri Handboltafélag
2019
 KA
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Iceland 182[1] (27)
Teams managed
2014
 Akureyri Handboltafélag
2015–2018
 Akureyri Handboltafélag
2019–present
 KA (assistant)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Austria Team
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sverre.

Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (born 8 February 1977) is an Icelandic-Norwegian handball manager and former player. With the Icelandic national handball team, he competed at two Olympics, winning the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics.[2]

  1. ^ "Landslið". HSÍ. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Beijing 2008 - Men's Handball". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 23 August 2014.