Gunnar Ólafsson (born 9 June 1993) is an Icelandic

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player for Fryshuset Basket in the Swedish Basketball League and the Icelandic men's national basketball team.

Playing career

After starting his career with

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, Gunnar moved to

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in 2013. In September 2013, he helped Keflavík win the Icelandic Company Cup, defeating KR in the Cup finals. In January 2014, he was selected to the Icelandic All-Star game. In 2014, he joined St. Francis College and played there for four years. He returned to Keflavík in 2018 and averaged 14.1 points and 3.9 rebounds during the 2018–19 Úrvalsdeild karla season. After the season, he terminated his contract with Keflavík, siting his desire to play overseas. On 9 August 2019, Gunnar signed with

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club

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. Three months later, he was waived by the club after appearing in 8 games, including 3 starts, where he averaged 3.0 points per game. On 4 December 2019, Gunnar signed with returned to the Úrvalsdeild karla and signed with

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. On 15 February 2020, Gunnar won the Icelandic Cup for the first time after Stjarnan's 75-89 win against

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in the Cup finals. On 19 March 2022, he won his second Icelandic Basketball Cup when Stjarnan defeated reigning national champions

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in the 2022 Cup Finals. In August 2022, Gunnar signed with Swedish Basketball League club Fryshuset Basket.

National team career

Gunnar was first selected to the Icelandic men's national basketball team in 2017 and played with the team during the

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in 2017 and 2019.

Personal life

Gunnar's uncle is former Icelandic national team player Falur Harðarson.

References

External links

Profile
at realgm.com
Icelandic statistics
at kki.is {{DEFAULTSORT:Olafsson, Gunnar 1993 births Living people St. Francis College alumni Gunnar Olafsson Gunnar Olafsson Gunnar Olafsson Gunnar Olafsson Gunnar Olafsson Gunnar Olafsson Oviedo CB players Gunnar Olafsson Guards (basketball) St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball players