Glímufélagið Ármann

Glímufélagið Ármann is a multi-sports club in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was founded on 15 December 1888 in Reykjavík as an Icelandic wrestling team.[1] Today it has departments in basketball, gymnastics, judo, power lifting, swimming, skiing, taekwondo and track & field.[2]

Glímufélagið Ármann
NicknamesÁrmenningar
Short nameÁrmann
Founded15 December 1888
Based inReykjavík
Websitearmenningar.is

History

Glímufélagið Ármann was founded on 15 December 1988 by a group of around 30 people. The main founders where Pétur Jónsson (1856–1908) and Pétur Helgi Hjálmarsson (1867–1941).[3][4]

Basketball

Men's basketball
Main article: Ármann men's basketball

Árman's men's basketball team was one of the founding members of the top-tier basketball league in Iceland in 1952.[5] It won its first and only national championship in 1976.[6]

Women's basketball
Main article: Ármann women's basketball

Ármann women's basketball team won the inaugural women's national championship in 1953 and added two more in 1959 and 1960.[7]

Football

Trophies

Source

Trophies

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Handball

Trophies
  • 2. deild karla: (2):
    • 1982, 1984

Source

Trophies
  • Icelandic Champions (12):
    • 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963

Source

References
  1. Þorsteinn Einarsson (15 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 50–51. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
  2. "Saga Ármanns". armenningar.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2018 – via Tímarit.is.
  3. Kjartan Bergmann Guðjónsson (15 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára - Fyrri hluti". Tíminn (in Icelandic). p. 10. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
  4. Kjartan Bergmann Guðjónsson (16 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára - Seinni hluti". Tíminn (in Icelandic). p. 14. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
  5. "Íslandsmót í Körfuknattleik". Vísir (in Icelandic). April 21, 1952. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via Tímarit.is.
  6. "Eftir 25 ár í Kuldanum, - Meistari!". Dagblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 March 1976. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Tímarit.is.
  7. "Meistaratitlar kvenna" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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