| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 2 | Men | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| 9 | Men | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| World Championship | ||||
| 6 | Men | 2011 | Sweden | |
| European Championship | ||||
| 4 | Men | 2002 | Sweden | |
| 7 | Men | 2006 | Switzerland | |
Nickname
Oli. (NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
Hobbies
Playing basketball, listening to music and eating Ben and Jerry's icecream. (hand-ball.org, 20 Feb 2003)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Humanities - Open University
Family
Three children.
Language(s) spoken
English
Club name
AG Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DEN
Coach
Gudmundur Gudmundsson [national], Magnus Andersson [club] (ESP) (icelandreview.com, 10 Apr 2012, agkbh.dk, 20 Apr 2012)
Position and style
Back right (eurohandball.com, 20 Apr 2012)
Handedness
Left (NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
Other sports
His brother, Jon Arnor Stefansson, is a basketball player for Italian team Virtus Roma. (NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
Debut
1992 (NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
Injuries
Missed the 2012 EHF Euro Championships due to a knee injury. (handball-planet.com, 02 Jan 2012)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started playing handball in Reykjavik when he was 11 years old. (NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
Reason for taking up this sport
He played handball, football and basketball until he was 20. He then decided to concentrate on handball because he was better at it than other sports. (balonmanociudadreal.net, 05 Jun 2008)
Hero
Former Russian handball player Aleksandr Karshakevich, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. (balonmanociudadreal.net, 05 Jun 2008, NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Enjoyment, discipline, cleverness." (NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
General
BEIJING SILVER
On team's lessons learned from the Olympic Games in Beijing: "We went on a journey both mentally and physically as a team. We spread confidence to our nation. That is what being a hero is all about. People are looking up to us." (INFO2008, 24 Aug 2008)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
