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Born | Reykjavík, Iceland | 11 July 1988|||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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College | Francis Marion (2008–2009) | |||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2004–2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
2004-2011 | KR | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Jämtland Basket | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2018 | KR | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Tindastóll | |||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | KR | |||||||||||||||||
2022–present | KR-b | |||||||||||||||||
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Brynjar Þór Björnsson (born 11 July 1988) is an Icelandic basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national team. [1] He has won the Icelandic championship eight times and the Icelandic Basketball Cup three times with KR [2] [3] and is the club's all-time leader in scoring and games played. [4] [5]
In the fifth and deciding game of the 2007 Úrvalsdeild Finals against Snæfell, Brynjar made a three-point shot with 3 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 68–68 and send it to overtime. KR prevailed in overtime, winning the game 76–74 and its tenth national championship. [6]
Brynjar played for Francis Marion University from 2008 to 2009. He left the school in January 2009. [7]
In 2011, Brynjar joined Jämtland Basket of the Swedish Basketligan and for the season he averaged 10.4 points per game and made 40.8 percent of his three point shots. [8]
He rejoined KR in 2012 and helped the club win the national championship four times in a row, from 2014 to 2017. [3] He resigned with KR in 2017 after contemplating a move to Þór Akureyri. [9]
On November 10, 2017, Brynjar became KR's all-time leading scorer in the Úrvalsdeild, surpassing Guðni Ólafur Guðnason who scored 3144 points for KR. [10] On March 12, 2018, Brynjar broke a finger on practice and was expected to miss KR's first round playoff series against Njarðvík. [11]
On April 25, 2018, Brynjar scored a buzzer beater to give KR a 75–77 victory against Tindastóll and a 2–1 lead in the Úrvalsdeild finals series. [12] On April 28, he won his eight Icelandic championship after KR defeated Tindastóll in the fourth game of the series. [13] [14]
On June 8, 2018, Brynjar left KR and signed with rivals Tindastóll. [15] [16] On 30 September, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Tindastóll beat KR, 103–72. [17] On December 9, Brynjar set the Úrvalsdeild record for most three-pointers made in a game when he made 16 of 31 three-point shots, on his way to 48 points, in a victory against Breiðablik, breaking Frank Booker's 27-year-old record. [18] [19] In April 2019, Tindastóll agreed to release him from his contract following the team's first round exit in the Úrvalsdeild playoffs. [20]
On 29 June 2019, Brynjar returned to KR. [21] On 5 March 2020 he announced he would not play in KR's upcoming game against Stjarnan due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland [22] without consulting the team first. [23] Shortly later, on 13 March 2020 with each team having one game left, the season was postponed, [24] and later canceled due to the pandemic. [25]
In August 2022, Brynjar announced his retirement from top-tier basketball. [26]
From 2007 to 2017, Brynjar played 68 games for the Icelandic national team. [27] He retired from the national team in February 2018. [1] [28]
Brynjar is the son of Björn M. Björgvinsson, the former chairman of the Icelandic Basketball Association. [29]