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About Gunnar Huseby
- Gunnar Alexander Huseby (4 November 1923 – 28 May 1995) was an Icelandic track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw events.
- He won consecutive gold medals at the European Athletics Championships in 1946 and 1950, becoming Iceland's first European champion in athletics.
- This placed him among the country's first top international sportsmen, following its independence in 1944.
- He remains the only Icelandic athlete to win two European athletics titles.He won eighteen Icelandic national titles in total: ten in shot put, six in discus throw and two in hammer throw.
- His personal best marks of 16.74 m (54 ft 11 in) for the shot put and 50.13 m (164 ft 5 1/2 in) for the discus were Icelandic records. Despite his national success, he also caused controversy in Iceland due to his alcoholism and a physical assault, for which he served a jail sentence.
- As a result, he was banned from competition for a period by the national governing body.
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