Ólafur Jónsson

Jónsson began playing handball at the age of 15 years at Valur Handball. He debuted for the national team at the age of 18.^[2]

He debuted for the Icelandic national team on 16 November 1968 against West Germany.^{[citation needed]}

With Valur he won the Icelandic Championship twice, in 1971 and 1973 and the Icelandic cup in 1974. In 1975 he joined TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen in the German Bundesliga. In his first season he came second in the Bundesliga, and in 1977 he won it. He also won the DHB-Pokal in 1976 and 1979.^[3] He also reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1976, but lost the final 24:26 to BM Granollers.

In 1979 he returned to Iceland to join 2nd league team Þróttur Reykjavík as player-coach. In his first season the team were promoted, and in his second season he finished 2nd in the Icelandic league and won the Icelandic cup.^{[citation needed]} He retired in 1983, but came out of retirement in 1984 to join Valur Reykjavík.^{[citation needed]}

• Icelandic Championship:
  • Winner: 1973
  • Second place: 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980
• Icelandic Cup:
  • Winner: 1974, 1981
• German Championship:
  • Winner: 1977
  • Second place: 1976
• German Cup:
  • Winner: 1976, 1979
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Second place: 1976