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Þorgrímur Þráinsson was born on 8 January, 1959 in Reykjavík, Iceland, is an Icelandic writer, motivational speaker, and footballer. Discover Þorgrímur Þráinsson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?
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Þorgrímur Þráinsson Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Þorgrímur Þráinsson's Wife?
His wife is Ragnhildur Eiriksdottir
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Kristófer Þorgrímsson - Kolfinna Þorgrímsdóttir - Þorlákur Helgi Þorgrímsson |
Þorgrímur Þráinsson Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Þorgrímur Þráinsson worth at the age of 65 years old? Þorgrímur Þráinsson’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. He is from Iceland. We have estimated Þorgrímur Þráinsson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Þorgrímur Þráinsson (born 8 January 1959 in Reykjavík), is an Icelandic writer, motivational speaker and former footballer.
He has been a spokesperson for health, humanity and justice.
From 1979 to 1990 Þorgrímur played 17 games for the Icelandic national team.
From 1985 until 1997 he worked as a journalist for 10 different magazines such as: Fiskifréttir, Sjávarfréttir, Nýtt líf, Mannlíf, ABC, Íþróttablaðið, Hús og hýbýli, Við sem fljúgum, Gróður og garðar.
He acted as the captain of the team from 1986 to 1990, during this period Valur became national champions 3 times and 2 times Icelandic Cup winner.
Þorgrímur played 12 games with Valur in the UEFA Champions League, against Aston Villa, Juventus, Monaco, Nantes, Dynamo Berliner and Wismut Aue.
From 1986 to 1997 Þorgrímur worked as the chief editor of Sports Magazine, and from 2002 to 2007 of Toyota Magazine.
Since 1989, Þorgrímur has written 38 books.
He has been Iceland's most popular author of books for teenagers.
His books are listed among most sold, rented and read books in Iceland.
Þorgrímur began his career with Víkingur Ólafsvík in the third division.
He played 179 matches in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla for Valur, one of Iceland's biggest clubs.
Þorgrímur was the head of the Tobacco Control Task Force of Iceland from 1996 to 2004.
He was attempting to make Iceland the first country in the world to implement a smoking ban in clubs and restaurants.
Iceland became the first country in the world to implement the Tobacco display ban.
The President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was a big support to his work and some of the press meetings were hosted by the President in the President's residence.
In 2005 the Prime Minister of Iceland appointed Þorgrímur to be the head of the National Health Analysis Committee.
From 2007 Þorgrímur worked for the national football team.
In 2007 The committee delivered a report called: Easy life?
-- how we can improve peoples' health by more activity and better nutrition.''” The report suggested potential improvement of the population's health, implemented mainly in the area of diet, awareness of physical activity and mental health.
The indicated strategy was prioritizing the youngest age groups, following the idea that a healthy child is most likely to become a healthy adult.
In 2008 Þorgrímur participated in lasting 8 weeks reality show Cool in great shape by Basecamp Productions, which portrayed different public figures performing various sports and fitness tasks in order to have their biological age estimated based on their performance and health tests.
Þorgrímur won the contest and at the chronological age of 49 Þorgrímur's biological age was estimated to be 27.
Since 2008, Þorgrímur has conducted programs consisting of presentations and motivational lectures for adolescents aged 15–16, titled: "Be in love with life!" and for children aged 12–14, titled: "Be the hero in your life -- by helping others".
His presentations encourage youth to be responsible for their life and future and to set goals.
During the past 10 years his program has taken place in all the schools of Iceland.
In 2013 he was the head of the committee again, this time appointed by the Minister of Health.
In October 2016, Þorgrímur was voted as the president of Valur and served until May 2019.
The work included involvement with the preparations of the National Team to the participation in UEFA Euro 2016, in France, which turned out to be the biggest football success in the Icelandic history.
In January 2016, Þorgrímur announced his intention to run to run for presidency in the 2016, Icelandic presidential election.
A few months later he decided to withdraw from the campaign in order to stay focused on motivational work with youth and to continue the work with the National Team during their participation in UEFA Euro 16.
Many anecdotal reports by locals and tourists in Iceland were published in media, depicting Þorgrímur as someone who "displayed a helpful attitude in an unexpected situation".
During his football career, Þorgrímur worked as a model for local clothing brands such as Icewear and Henson.
Þorgrímur is married and has three children.
He was involved in supporting the national team in their preparations to the participation in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Þorgrímur's program delivers approx. 200 speeches and presentations a year, which will reach 2,000 in total by 2018.
Annually he also delivers about 25 presentations for the companies: ,,Great team spirit—what can we learn from the national team?“.