Career
He set his personal best (8680 metres) on August 30, 1992 in his native town Reykjavík. His father Vilhjálmur Einarsson ended up in second place in the men"s triple jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics. In September 2014 he was elected a president of Icelandic Athletics Federation (Frjálsíþróttasamband Íslands).