Tómas Þórður Hilmarsson
| Stjarnan | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / center |
| League | Úrvalsdeild karla |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 11 January 1995 Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Listed height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) |
| Career information | |
| College | Francis Marion (2016) |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2020 | Stjarnan |
| 2011 | → FSu |
| 2020–2021 | Aquimisa Carbajosa |
| 2021–present | Stjarnan |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Tómas Þórður Hilmarsson (born 11 January 1995) is an Icelandic basketball player who last played for Aquimisa Carbajosa in the Spanish LEB Plata and the Icelandic national team.
Playing career
[edit]Tómas debuted with Stjarnan in the Úrvalsdeild karla during the 2010–2011 season. In February 2015, he won the Icelandic Cup with Stjarnan despite playing with a broken glass in his heel.[1] In 2016 he joined Francis Marion University[2] but returned to Stjarnan in December the same year.[3] During the 2017–2018 season, he averaged a career high 14.7 points and 9.0 rebounds in 22 games.
In July 2020, Tómas signed with Aquimisa Carbajosa of the Spanish LEB Plata.[4][5] He left the team in end of January 2021 and returned to Iceland.[6] In 14 games, he averaged 6.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.
In February 2021, Tómas returned to Stjarnan.[7] On 19 March 2022, he won his fifth Icelandic Basketball Cup when Stjarnan defeated reigning national champions Þór Þorlákshöfn in the 2022 Cup Finals.[8]
National team career
[edit]In November 2017, Tómas was selected to the Icelandic national team for the first time.[9]
Honours
[edit]Titles
[edit]- Icelandic Cup (2013, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022)
- Icelandic Company Cup (2015)
References
[edit]- ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (25 February 2015). "Varð bikarmeistari með glerbrot í hælnum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Flúði bæinn með körfuboltaleikmönnum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 October 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (13 December 2016). "Tómas Þórður aftur á heimaslóðir". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ Einar Örn Jónsson (18 July 2020). "Tómas Þórður til spánar". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (22 July 2020). "Tómas Þórður: "Annaðhvort þetta eða vera áfram í Stjörnunni"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (2 February 2021). "Arnar var sá fyrsti sem ég hringdi í". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (8 February 2021). "Tómas Þórður semur við Stjörnuna – Unnið í að fá hann löglegan í leik kvöldsins". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Andri Már Eggertsson (19 March 2022). "Umfjöllun,viðtöl og myndir: Stjarnan - Þór Þ. 93-85 - Stjarnan bikarmeistari 2022". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (22 November 2017). "Domino's Körfuboltakvöld: Hvort átti að velja Tómas eða Sigurð í landsliðið?". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 July 2020.