Английская Википедия:Fannar Ólafsson

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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.[1] He went five times to the Úrvalsdeild finals, as a member of Keflavík and KR, and won the national championships each time.[2][3] He won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2004 and 2011.[4][5]

During the 2004–2005 season, Fannar played with Doukas B.C.[6] and Ratiopharm Ulm.[7] He has the second best all-time field goal percentage in Ratiopharm Ulm's history.[8]

Icelandic national team

Between 1998 and 2009, Fannar played 76 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[9]

Personal life

His father, Ólafur Einarsson, was a member of the Icelandic national handball team.[10] His sister, Björt Ólafsdóttir, is a former MP for Bright Future and served as the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources in 2017.[11] Fannar's brother, Eldur Ólafsson, played 6 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild.[12][13][14][15]

On February 7, 2004, while celebrating Keflavík's victory in the Icelandic Basketball Cup in Reykjanesbær, Fannar was assaulted by a 22-year-old man from Njarðvík. 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 Шаблон:Convert of blood and required a three-hour operation to close the eleven deep cuts he suffered.[16][17][18]

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