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

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

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

Football

Men's football

Trophies

Source Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine

Women's football

Trophies

Source Archived 2018-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Handball

Men's handball

Trophies

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

Source Archived 2017-11-25 at the Wayback Machine

Women's handball

Trophies

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

Source Archived 2017-11-25 at the Wayback Machine

References

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