Elvar Már Friðriksson
 Elvar Már in 2016 with Iceland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denain Voltaire | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||
| League | LNB Pro B | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 11, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2011–present | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2011–2015 | Njarðvík | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Denain Voltaire | |||||||||||||||||
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Elvar Már Friðriksson (born November 11, 1994) is an Icelandic basketball player with Denain Voltaire of the LNB Pro B and a member of the Icelandic national basketball team.[1] He has twice been named to the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team as a member of Njarðvík.[2]
College
Elvar played for Barry University from 2015[3][4][5] to 2018[6]. In March 2018, he was selected as the Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year for the second consecutive year after averaging 20.0 points and 7.3 assists per game.[7][8]
Playing career
In June 2018, Elvar Már joined Denain Voltaire of the LNB Pro B.[9]
Icelandic national team
Elvar played 21 games with Iceland's junior national teams from 2010 to 2013.[10][11]
His first game with the senior national team was in 2013[12] and he was a member of Iceland's team in Eurobasket 2015 and Eurobasket 2017.[13][14] Elvar was a member Iceland's team in then Games of the Small States of Europe in 2013 and 2015.[15][16]
Personal life
Elvar is the son of former Icelandic national team player Friðrik Ragnarsson and brother of Úrvalsdeild point guard Ragnar Helgi Friðriksson.[17][18]
References
- ^ "Elvar Már: Sé ekki eftir að hafa breytt til og yfirgefið LIU". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). December 31, 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ Úrvalslið karla
- ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (February 23, 2017). "Elvar frábær og Barry varð deildarmeistari - Sjáið Elvar fagna í klefanum í nótt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur. "Elvar Már með frábæran árangur innan sem utan vallar í Miami". Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (March 3, 2017). "Ég ligg ekki bara í sólbaði". Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ Kristinn Páll Teitsson (7 May 2018). "Elvar Már: Veit af áhuga í Frakklandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "2017-18 SSC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams". sunshinestateconference.com. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (2 March 2018). "Elvar Már í sögubækur bandaríska háskólaboltans". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (16 June 2018). "Elvar Már í atvinnumennsku í Frakklandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ Unglinga- og drengjalandslið Íslands
- ^ U-21
- ^ Kristinn Friðriksson (18 December 2013). "Á æfingum alast meistarar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (30 August 2017). "Elvar Már: „Ég var Logi og hann var Jón Arnór"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
- ^ Landsliðshópar: Smáþjóðaleikar 2013
- ^ A-landslið karla fyrir Smáþjóðaleikana 2015
- ^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (January 8, 2014). "Get bætt mig í varnarleiknum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ Besta byrjunarlið Njarðvíkinga