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]
Nicknames | Ármenningar |
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Short name | Ármann |
Founded | 15 December 1888 |
Based in | Reykjavík |
Website | armenningar.is |
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]
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]
Ármann women's basketball team won the inaugural women's national championship in 1953 and added two more in 1959 and 1960.[7]
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