7-year-old Icelanders are double winners

Gunnar Emil Baldursson and Margrét Unnur Brim Þórarinsdóttir became double world champions in the category of children, under 8 years old, in ballroom dancing at the Word Championship in Assen in the Netherlands recently, but they are both 7 years old.

Gunnar Emil and Margrét Unnur won a silver medal in the Latin dance, as well as the bronze medal in the category of children under 8 years old.

In addition to Baldursson and Þórarinsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Fjóla Erlendsdóttir, Svavar Erlendsson, Lovísa Lilja Brim Þórarinsdóttir, Jón Ingi Erlendsson, and Aníta Ngoc Bao Nguyen all competed in the tournament on behalf of Iceland.