Editing Iceland (section)

===Sport===
{{main|Sport in Iceland}}
[[File:Iceland's Olympic Handball Team, Beijing 2008.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Iceland men's national handball team]] (pictured) [[Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|won the silver medal]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. [[Team handball|Handball]] is considered Iceland's national sport.<ref name=handball/>]]
Sport is an important part of Icelandic culture, as the population is generally quite active.<ref>[[#Wilcox|Wilcox and Latif]], p. 109</ref> The main traditional sport in Iceland is ''[[Glíma]]'', a form of [[wrestling]] thought to have originated in medieval times.

[[File:FWC 2018 - Group D - ARG v ISL - Photo 195.jpg|thumb|Iceland fans at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] in Russia]]Popular sports include [[association football|football]], [[track and field]], [[Team handball|handball]] and [[basketball]]. Handball is often referred to as the national sport.<ref name=handball>[[#Wilcox|Wilcox and Latif]], p. 110</ref> The [[Iceland national football team|Icelandic national football team]] qualified for the [[UEFA Euro 2016|2016]] [[UEFA European Championship|UEFA European football championship]] for the first time. They recorded a draw against later winners [[Portuguese national football team|Portugal]] in the group stage, and defeated [[England national football team|England]] 2–1 in the round of 16, with goals from [[Ragnar Sigurðsson]] and [[Kolbeinn Sigþórsson]]. They then lost to hosts and later finalists [[France national football team|France]] in the quarter-finals.<ref name="Guardian_2017-08-03">{{Citation| url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/29/2016-football-moment-to-remember-iceland-euro-2016| title=A 2016 football moment to remember: Iceland light up Euro 2016| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| date=29 December 2016| author=Amy Lawrence| access-date=3 August 2017| archive-date=16 June 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616180436/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/29/2016-football-moment-to-remember-iceland-euro-2016| url-status=live}}</ref> Following up on this, Iceland made its debut at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]. For both the European and the world championships, Iceland is to date the smallest nation in terms of population to qualify.

Iceland is also the smallest country to ever qualify for [[Eurobasket]], having done so in both 2015 and 2017. However, they have not managed to win a single game in the European Basketball final stages.

Iceland has excellent conditions for [[skiing]], [[fishing]], [[snowboarding]], [[ice climbing]] and [[rock climbing]], although [[mountain climbing]] and [[hiking]] are preferred by the general public. Iceland is also a world-class destination for alpine ski touring and [[Telemark skiing]], with the Troll Peninsula in Northern Iceland being the main centre of activity. Although the country's environment is generally ill-suited for golf, there are nevertheless many golf courses throughout the island, and Iceland has a greater percentage of the population playing golf than Scotland with over 17,000 registered golfers out of a population of approximately 300,000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tee Off in the Midnight Sun of Reykjavík|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/other-sport/golf/tee-midnight-sun-reykjavik-4449000|access-date=4 May 2016|date=25 June 2013|archive-date=14 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614085549/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/other-sport/golf/tee-midnight-sun-reykjavik-4449000|url-status=dead}}</ref> Iceland hosts an annual international golf tournament known as the Arctic Open played through the night during the summer solstice at [[Akureyri Golf Club]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Daley|first1=Paul|title=Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective, Volume 4|date=2008|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=9781589806160|page=92}}</ref><ref name = w111>[[#Wilcox|Wilcox and Latif]], p. 111</ref> Iceland has also won the second most [[World's Strongest Man]] competitions of any country with nine titles, including four each by [[Magnús Ver Magnússon]] and [[Jón Páll Sigmarsson]], and most recently by [[Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] in 2018.

Iceland is also one of the leading countries in [[ocean rowing]]. Icelandic explorer and endurance athlete [[Fiann Paul]] holds the highest number of performance-based ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' within a single athletic discipline. As of 2020, he is the first and only person to achieve the [[Ocean Explorers Grand Slam]] (performing open-water crossings on each of the five oceans using human-powered vessels) and has claimed overall speed ''Guinness World Records'' for the fastest rowing of all four oceans (Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and the Arctic) in a [[Human-powered watercraft|human-powered row boat]]. He had achieved a total of 41, including 33 performance based ''Guinness World Records'' by 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-boyd/team-uniting-nations-on-p_b_10930774.html|title=Team Uniting Nations On Pace To Shatter A World Record In Rowing|first=Marc|last=Boyd|date=12 July 2016|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=9 October 2016|archive-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918151038/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-boyd/team-uniting-nations-on-p_b_10930774.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/articles/speaking-with-the-men-of-the-record-breaking-polar-row-expedition-w501659|title=Freezing Temps and Rotting Hands: Speaking With the Men of the Record-Breaking Polar Row Expedition|work=Men's Journal|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-date=9 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109224659/http://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/articles/speaking-with-the-men-of-the-record-breaking-polar-row-expedition-w501659|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ault |first=Nicole |date=8 August 2017 |title='Polar Row' exploration team smashes world records in icy north |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/8/polar-row-exploration-team-smashes-world-records-i/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005055808/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/8/polar-row-exploration-team-smashes-world-records-i/ |archive-date=5 October 2017 |access-date=4 October 2017 |work=The Washington Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guinnessworldrecords.com/search?term=%22Fiann%20Paul%22&page=1&type=all&max=20&partial=_Results&|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607125319/https://guinnessworldrecords.com/search?term=%22Fiann%20Paul%22&page=1&type=all&max=20&partial=_Results&|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2020|title=Search Results|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/12/impossible-row-team-achieve-first-ever-row-across-the-drake-passage-604720|title=Impossible Row team achieve first ever row across the Drake Passage|date=27 December 2019|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=19 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519214756/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/12/impossible-row-team-achieve-first-ever-row-across-the-drake-passage-604720|url-status=live}}</ref>

Swimming is popular in Iceland. Geothermally heated outdoor pools are widespread, and swimming courses are a mandatory part of the national curriculum.<ref name = w111/> [[Horseback riding]], which was historically the most prevalent form of transportation on the island, remains a common pursuit for many Icelanders.

The oldest sports association in Iceland is the Reykjavík Shooting Association, founded in 1867. Rifle shooting became very popular in the 19th century with the encouragement of politicians and nationalists who were pushing for Icelandic independence. To this day, it remains a significant pastime.<ref>{{cite web |title=Skotfélag Reykjavíkur |access-date=2 September 2007 |url=http://sr.is/Stofnun_og_saga_SR.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013013843/http://sr.is/Stofnun_og_saga_SR.htm |archive-date=13 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Iceland has also produced many chess masters and hosted the historic [[World Chess Championship 1972]] in Reykjavík during the height of the [[Cold War]]. {{As of|2008}}, there have been nine Icelandic chess grandmasters, a considerable number given the small size of the population.<ref>[[#Wilcox|Wilcox and Latif]], p. 112</ref> [[Bridge (card game)|Bridge]] is also popular, with Iceland participating in several international tournaments. Iceland won the world bridge championship (the [[Bermuda Bowl]]) in Yokohama, Japan, in 1991 and took second place (with Sweden) in Hamilton, Bermuda, in 1950.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2019190629385/bermudaskalarhetja-i-ellefu-manna-heidurshopi|title=Bermúdaskálarhetja í ellefu manna heiðurshópi|date=24 June 2019|access-date=29 March 2022|author=Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason|website=[[Vísir.is]]|language=is|archive-date=29 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329160506/https://www.visir.is/g/2019190629385/bermudaskalarhetja-i-ellefu-manna-heidurshopi|url-status=live}}</ref>