Vesteinn Hafsteinsson has been one of Iceland's leading shot put coaches, with many of his athletes becoming Olympic and World Champions. Vésteinn will give the lecture How do you become an Olympic Champion.
February 1st - Coaching Elite Athletes
How do you become an Olympic Champion?
Vesteinn shares his experiances from the last decadex, as an athlete himself and discusses how he has worked as a top-ranked coach. He will discuss the planning of the training based on load management or volume and intensity, results or success and follow-up and recording of data. In addition, Vesteinn will explain how he has worked with experts in teamwork where very detailed analytical work has been carried out from the societal, mental, technical and physical aspects.
Then Vesteinn will also have a workshop in the afternoon, more information will come soon.
Vésteinn Hafsteinsson
Vésteinn is from Selfoss, studied sports science at the University of Alabama and graduated from there with a bachelor's degree in Health & Physical Education. Vésteinn competed as a professional in the shot put from 1986-1996, he competed in 11 major tournaments EC, WC, Olympic and reached the finals at the Olympics in Barcelona 1992. Vésteinn set the Icelandic record in the shot put in 1989, 67.64m which lasted for 31 years.
Vésteinn has now been coaching for the last 25 years and has mostly lived in Sweden with his wife Anna and three children.
Vésteinn has trained 56 individuals from 10 countries who have achieved a total of 20 medals at major international tournaments, including 5 medals at the Olympic Games. The biggest names and titles are Gerd Kanter EST, World Champion 07 and Olympic Champion 08 in round throw. Daniel Ståhl SWE, World champion 19 and Olympic champion 21 in round throw. Joachim Olsen DEN, European Indoor Champion 2005 and silver at the Olympic Games 2004 in shot put. Simon Pettersson SWE, silver at ÓL 21 in round throw. Fanny Roos SWE, silver at the European Indoor Championships 21 in shot put.
In total, Vésteinn has been to 57 major international tournaments over the past 38 years, including 10 Olympic Games.
