Bjarni Gunnar Sveinsson

Bjarni Gunnar Sveinsson (born 19 May 1946) is an Icelandic former basketball player who played 36 games for the Icelandic national team. He spent his entire career with Íþróttafélag Stúdenta where he won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 1978.[1]

Bjarni Gunnar Sveinsson
Personal information
Born (1946-05-19) 19 May 1946
Reykjavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
PositionCenter
Career history
1967–1982ÍS
198?–199?ÍS-b
Career highlights and awards

Early life

Bjarni was born in Reykjavík but moved to Vestmannaeyjar at the age of five. He started playing basketball while attending Menntaskólinn á Akureyri. In 1967 he started attending the University of Iceland and at the same time joined Íþróttafélag Stúdenta (ÍS).[2][3]

Club career

During the 1976–77 season, Bjarni led the Icelandic League in scoring with 404 points, for an average of 28 points per game.[4] On 30 March 1978, he scored 11 points in ÍS 87-83 victory against Valur in the Icelandic Basketball Cup finals.[5] He retired from the Úrvalsdeild following the 1981-82 season.[6]

In 1988, he played two Icelandic Basketball Cup games with the ÍS-b team against Úrvalsdeild club KR. Despite being 42-years old at the time, he scored 30 points in the first game and 32 points in the second.[7][8]

National team career

In 1974, at the age of 27, Bjarni was selected for the Icelandic national team for the first time.[2][9] From then until 1979, he played 36 games for the team.[10]

References
  1. "ÍS Bikarmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 March 1978. pp. 31, 18. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. Gylfi Kristjánsson (1 May 1977). "Mér finnst vera skítalykt í London". Vísir (in Icelandic). pp. 6–7. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. Gylfi Kristjánsson (16 February 1980). "Búið að ákveða þetta". Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 22. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. "Verðlaunahafar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 March 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. Hallur Hallsson (31 March 1978). "Bikarinn til Stúdenta". Dagblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 14, 19. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  6. "Bjarni Gunnar og Ingi hætta". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 1 February 1982. p. 28. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. "Fólk". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 26 January 1988. p. B5. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  8. "KR - ÍS - Bikarkeppni karla, 21. janúar 1988, DHL-Höllin" (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. "Ég er bara svona sterkur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 20 January 1976. p. 17. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  10. "A landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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