Helgi Jóhannsson (23 June 1929 – 4 April 2003) was an Icelandic
basketball
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coach and player.
He was one of the main pioneers of modern basketball in Iceland and was a founding member of
Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur's basketball department. As a coach, Helgi won a record 8 men's national championships from 1954 to 1964. He played with ÍR in the
1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup
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(now called
EuroLeague), the first time an Icelandic team competed in a continental competition. He was the head coach of the
Icelandic men's national basketball team on three occasions, from 1961–1967, in 1970 and in 1978.
In 1963 he was the head coach of the first Icelandic junior national basketball team when he coached the
Iceland men's national under-18 basketball team
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during the
1964 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 1964 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Italy in 1964.
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Awards
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qualification.
Death
Helgi died on 4 April 2003 after battling cancer.
References
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1929 births
2003 deaths
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