Fannar Ólafsson (born November 20, 1978) is an Icelandic

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analyst on

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's '' Domino's Körfuboltakvöld'' (English: Domino's Basketball Night) and a former basketball player. He went five times to the Úrvalsdeild finals, as a member of

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavik merged with nearby Njarðv ...

and KR, and won the national championships each time. He won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2004 and 2011. During the 2004–2005 season, Fannar played with Doukas B.C. and

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. He has the second best all-time

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in Ratiopharm Ulm's history.

Icelandic national team

Between 1998 and 2009, Fannar played 76 games for the

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Personal life

His father, Ólafur Einarsson, was a member of the Icelandic national handball team. His sister,

Björt Ólafsdóttir Björt Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who represented Bright Future in the Althing 2013-17 and is its current chairperson. She served as the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland from January to November 2017. ...

, is a former MP for Bright Future and served as the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources in 2017. Fannar's brother, Eldur Ólafsson, played 6 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild. On February 7, 2004, while celebrating Keflavík's victory in the Icelandic Basketball Cup in

Reykjanesbær Reykjanesbær () is a municipality on the Southern Peninsula (''Suðurnes'') in Iceland, though the name is also used by locals to refer to the suburban region of Keflavík and Njarðvík which have grown together over the years. The municipality ...

, Fannar was assaulted by a 22-year-old man from

Njarðvík Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400. History In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. T ...

. 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 of blood and required a three-hour operation to close the eleven deep cuts he suffered.

References

External links

Úrvalsdeild statistics 1997-2007
at kki.is
Icelandic statistics from 2007
at kki.is

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Fannar Ólafsson 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. He went five times to the Úrvalsdeild finals, ...

Fannar Olafsson

Ratiopharm Ulm players