Hlynur Elías Bæringsson (born 6 July 1982) is an Icelandic professional

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of the Úrvalsdeild karla and a member of the

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. He won the Icelandic championship in 2010 as a member of Snæfell and the Swedish championship in 2011 as a member of Sundsvall Dragons. Hlynur was a key player with the Icelandic national team when it made its first appearance in

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and again in

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. He is one of eight players who have played at least 120 games for the team. A prolific rebounder, he led the Úrvalsdeild karla in rebounds twice and the

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once. In 2019, he became the Úrvalsdeild karla all-time career rebounding leader.

Basketball career

Club career

Hlynur started his career with Skallagrímur in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild in 1997 but moved to Snæfell in 2002. He spent the next three seasons there, losing to

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 ...

in the national finals in 2004 and 2005. In 2005 Hlynur joined Woon! Aris Leeuwarden of the Dutch

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. For the season he averaged 11.8 ppg and 11.0 rpg and appeared in the Dutch all-star game. He rejoined Snæfell after the season and spent the next four seasons there. Snæfell once again lost to Keflavík in the 2008 finals before finally beating them in 2010 and winning the first Icelandic championship in the history of the club. From 2010 to 2016, Hlynur played in the Swedish

for Sundsvall. In 2011 he won the Swedish championship and in

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and

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he was named the Basketligan's best defender. In August 2016 Hlynur signed with Stjarnan of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild. On March 23, 2018, Hlynur was fouled hard by Ryan Taylor in game three of Stjarnan's first round series against ÍR. After the game he experienced

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like symptoms and was ultimately ruled out of game four which Stjarnan eventually lost. Although Taylor received an

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, he was not ejected from the game. After the game he received a three-game suspension from the league. On April 20, 2018, Hlynur signed a two-year contract extension with Stjarnan. On May 4, 2018, Hlynur was named to the Úrvalsdeild Karla Domestic All-First Team. On 17 February 2019, Hlynur had 13 points and 14 rebounds in Stjarnan's 84–68 victory against

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 ...

in the Icelandic Cup finals. In May 2019, Hlynur was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team. On 4 March 2019, Hlynur became the Úrvalsdeild all-time career assists leader, surpassing

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. Stjarnan opened the 2019–20 season with a 89–77 win against reigning champions KR in the annual Icelandic Super Cup where Hlynur posted 12 points and 7 rebounds. On 5 January 2020, he appeared in an Úrvalsdeild game for the fourth different decade. On 15 February 2020, Hlynur won the Icelandic Cup for the fourth time after Stjarnan's 75-89 win against

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

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in the 2022 Cup Finals.

National team career

Hlynur was a part of the first

to qualify for a

tournament, in 2015. He also played at

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with Iceland, where he averaged 10.8 points and 7 rebounds per game. On September 7, 2016, Hlynur became the thirteenth player to play 100 games for the national team. Hlynur participated with Iceland at

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. In February 2019, Hlynur announced that the Iceland's upcoming game against

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on 21 February 2019 would be his last for the national team. He retired after Iceland's 91–67 victory, where he led all players with 12 rebounds along with his 7 points. In July 2019, Hlynur agreed to return to the team for its games against

and

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in the

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due to injuries in the squad.

Honours

Iceland

Club

* Icelandic Champion:

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* Icelandic Basketball Cup: 2008, 2010,

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* Icelandic Super Cup: 2019, 2020 * Icelandic Company Cup: 2004, 2007

Individual

* Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year: 2008, 2010 * Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP: 2010 * Úrvalsdeild Defense Player of the Year: 2008,

* Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year:

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* Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team: 2002–2004, 2007, 2008,

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* Úrvalsdeild karla rebounding leader: 2009, 2010

Netherlands

Individual

* Dutch All-Star game: 2006

Sweden

Club

* Swedish Champion:

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Individual

* Defense Player of the Year:

rebounding leader:

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References

External links

Icelandic statistics 2009-present
at

Icelandic Basketball Association The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketbal ...

Úrvalsdeild statistics 1997-2007
at

Eurobasket.com profile

Basketligan statistics
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