Dagur Benediktsson | |
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![]() Benediktsson at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019. | |
Born | Ísafjörður, Iceland | 17 June 1998
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Updated on 22 February 2019. |
Dagur Benediktsson (born 17 June 1998) is an Icelandic cross-country skier.[1] He competed in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019.[2]
Dagur was born in Ísafjörður on the Icelandic National Day, 17 June. At a young age Dagur moved to Denmark with his parents but moved back to Ísafjörður at the age of 5. His mother is the former Icelandic cross-country skier and footballer Stella Hjaltadóttir.[3] Just like his mother, Dagur played football along with skiing, playing for Vestri until the age of 18.[4] In May 2017 Dagur graduated from Menntaskólinn á Ísafirði and moved to Östersund, Sweden to concentrate fully on skiing.[citation needed] In 2022, he was named Ísafjörður's athlete of the year.[3]
Dagur's wife is the Icelandic alpine ski racer Hólmfríður Dóra Friðgeirsdóttir.[citation needed]