Personal information | |
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Born | Iceland | November 20, 1978
Nationality | Icelandic |
Listed height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) |
Career information | |
College |
South Carolina (2000–2001) Indiana (PA) (2001–2004) |
Playing career | 1996–2018 |
Position | Center |
Career history | |
1996–1997 | Laugdælir |
1997–2000 | Keflavík |
2001 | Keflavík |
2003–2004 | Keflavík |
2004–2005 | Doukas B.C. |
2005 | Ratiopharm Ulm |
2005–2011 | KR |
2011–2018 | KR-b |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Fannar Ólafsson (born November 20, 1978) is an Icelandic basketball analyst on Stöð 2 Sport's Domino's Körfuboltakvöld (English: Domino's Basketball Night) and a former basketball player. [1] He went five times to the Úrvalsdeild finals, as a member of Keflavík and KR, and won the national championships each time. [2] [3] He won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2004 and 2011. [4] [5]
During the 2004–2005 season, Fannar played with Doukas B.C. [6] and Ratiopharm Ulm. [7] He has the second best all-time field goal percentage in Ratiopharm Ulm's history. [8]
Between 1998 and 2009, Fannar played 76 games for the Icelandic national basketball team. [9]
His father, Ólafur Einarsson, was a member of the Icelandic national handball team. [10] His sister, Björt Ólafsdóttir, is a former MP for Bright Future and served as the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources in 2017. [11] Fannar's brother, Eldur Ólafsson, played 6 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild. [12] [13] [14] [15]
On February 7, 2004, while celebrating Keflavík's victory in the Icelandic Basketball Cup in Reykjanesbær, Fannar was assaulted by a 22-year-old man from Njarðvík. The man hit him in the head with a glass, resulting in Fannar receiving multiple deep cuts in his face and losing consciousness from blood loss. He lost 2.5 litres (0.66 US gal) of blood and required a three-hour operation to close the eleven deep cuts he suffered. [16] [17] [18]