Thórey_Edda_Elisdóttir

Þórey Edda Elísdóttir

Þórey Edda Elísdóttir

Icelandic pole vaulter

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Þórey Edda.

Þórey Edda Elísdóttir (born 30 June 1977 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic former pole vaulter.[1] Her personal best is 4.60 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Madrid. This is also the current national Icelandic record. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she did not qualify for final with the result 4.15 metres.[2]

Þórey Edda got her university degree in engineering at the University of Iceland.[3]

She stood as a candidate for the Left-Green Movement in the 2003 Icelandic parliamentary election but did not succeed in winning a seat.[4]

Competition record

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References

  1. [1]
    Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (4 August 2020). "Alveg rétt, þetta var skakka stökkið". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Þórey Edda úr leik í stangarstökkinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 23 September 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Þórey Edda ráðin verkefnastjóri hjá FRÍ". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 November 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Húrra fyrir Þóreyju Eddu!". Fréttir (in Icelandic). 30 August 2004. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. [5]
    Christopoulos, Panayotis. "1997 European Championships under 23". Athletix.org. Archived from the original on 16 December 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. [6]
    "European Championships U23" (PDF). Sportfieber. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2014.


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