Haukur Clausen

Haukur Clausen (8 November 1928 – 1 May 2003) was an Icelandic Olympic athlete and a dentist. He also competed in the European Championships in Brussels in 1950, with Europe's best time (21.3 seconds) for the 200 metre sprint for 1950,

Later career

Haukur graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1948 and from the University of Iceland as a Candidate in Dentistry in 1952. He gained his dentistry license in 1952 and undertook his postgraduate studies at the University of Minnesota 1952-53. Returning to Iceland, he began his own practice, which he ran until July 1994, when he retired.

Haukur was the president of the Félag tannlæknanema (Student Dentists' Association) in 1951, and involved in the Tannlæknafélag Íslands (Dentists' Association of Iceland) from 1972, acting in 1973-74 as deputy chair and 1974-76 as chair. He was on the board of the Tannsmíðaskóli 1979-83.

Art

Haukur was keen on painting and held two exhibitions at Kjarvalsstaðir in 1981 and 1987.

Competition record