▲ The Icelandic National Taekwondo team 2013

The Icelandic National Taekwondo team got their best results ever at the Nordic Taekwondo Championship in Finland last week.

The competition was in two categories. Sparring (fight/Kyorugi) and Patterns (Poomsae).

Iceland sent 45 people to the Championship, 24 to compete in sparring, 17 to compete in patterns. This was the biggest team Iceland has ever sent to a foreign competition.

Iceland won 5 gold prizes, 9 silver medals and 9 bronzes.

These are the Icelanders that won:

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Gold
Ástrós Brynjarsdóttir,
Ágúst Kristinn Eðvarsson
Bjarni Júlíus Jónsson
Ingibjörg Erla Gretarsdóttir
Helgi Valentín Arnarsson

Silver
Arnar Bragason
Erla Björg Björnsdóttir
Svanur Þór Mikaelsson
Margrét Edda Gnarr
Þuríður Nótt Björgvinsdóttir

Bronze
Sverrir Örvar Elefssen
Karel Bergmann Gunnarsson
Ægir Már Baldvinsson
Helgi Rafn Guðmundsson
Davíð Arnar Pétursson
Ísak Máni Stefánsson
Kristín Björg Hrólfsdóttir

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Silver
Ástrós Brynjarsdóttir
Sverrir Örvar Elefsen & Samar E-Zahida,(Couple)
Samar E-Zahida, Adda Paula Ómarsdóttir og Eva Valdís Hákonardóttir (Group)
Antje Muller, Írunn Ketilsdóttir og Guðrún H. Vilmundardóttir (Group)

Bronze
Karl Jóhann Garðarsson og Antje Muller (Couple)
Sveinborg Katla og Haukur fannar Muller (Couple)

(Source: News of Iceland)