Gunnar Þorvarðarson (born 11 June 1951) is an Icelandic former

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player and coach and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. As a player and coach, he was a member of six

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with

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. ...

Career

Gunnar spent his entire playing career with ÍKF/Njarðvík. In 1983, he became a player-coach for Njarðvík and led the team to three straight national championships. In 1986, he was hired as the head coach 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, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...

. In 1990, Gunnar signed a 2-year contract to coach

Grindavík Grindavík () is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, not far from Þorbjörn, a tuya (a type of flat-topped, steep-sided volcano). It is one of the few towns with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work ...

. In 2005, Gunnar returned to the sidelines as an assistant coach to

Einar Árni Jóhannsson Einar Árni Jóhannsson (born 8 January 1977) is an Icelandic basketball coach. He won the Icelandic men's championship in 1998 with Njarðvík as an assistant to Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson, and in 2006 as Njarðvík's head coach. He won the Icela ...

with the

's team that went on to win the 2006 national championship.

National team career

From 1974 to 1981, Gunnar played 69 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.

Personal life

Gunnar is the father of former Icelandic national team player

Logi Gunnarsson Logi Gunnarsson (born 5 September 1981) is an Icelandic former basketball player who played most of his career for Njarðvík in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla. He was a member of the Icelandic national basketball team, where he part ...

References

External links

Úrvalsdeild statistics 1978-1985
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Gunnar Þorvarðarson Gunnar Þorvarðarson (born 11 June 1951) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach and a former member of the Iceland men's national basketball team, Icelandic national basketball team. As a player and coach, he was a member of six Úrv ...

20th-century Icelandic sportsmen