Jón Jónsson | |
Full Name: | Jón Dagbjartur Jónsson |
Nationality: | Icelandic |
Country: | Iceland |
Sport: | Swimming Water polo |
Club: | Ægir |
Birth Date: | 11 April 1908 |
Birth Place: | Arnarfjörður, Kingdom of Iceland |
Death Place: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Jón Dagbjartur Jónsson (11 April 1908 - 2 August 1973) was an Icelandic water polo player and competition swimmer. He competed in the men's water polo tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]
Jón was born in Arnarfjörður in the Kingdom of Iceland on 11 April 1908.[3]
Alongside playing Water polo, Jón was a competition swimmer in Iceland where he set several national records during the 1930s.[4]
On 2 August 1973, Jón fell from a roof he was painting. He was transported to a hospital where he died shortly later from his injuries.[5]