Elvar Már Friðriksson

Elvar Már Friðriksson (born 11 November 1994) is an Icelandic basketball player with BC Šiauliai of the LKL and a member of the Icelandic national basketball team. He has twice been named to the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team as a member of Njarðvík.[1] In 2020, he won the Swedish championship with Borås Basket.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Elvar.
Elvar Már Friðriksson
Elvar Már in 2016 with Iceland
BC Šiauliai
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLKL
Personal information
Born (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight75 kg (165 lb)
Career information
College
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2015Njarðvík
2018Denain Voltaire
2018–2019Njarðvík
2019–2020Borås Basket
2020–presentBC Šiauliai
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
2013 LuxembourgTeam
2015 IcelandTeam
2019 MontenegroTeam

College career

Elvar played for Barry University from 2015[2][3][4] to 2018.[5] 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.[6][7]

Professional career

In June 2018, Elvar Már joined Denain Voltaire of the LNB Pro B.[8] On 5 November 2018, it was reported that Denain Voltaire planned to release him to make room on the roster for another signing.[9]

After Denain released him after a roster overhaul,[10] Elvar signed with Njarðvík on 15 November 2018.[11][12] On 13 December 2018, Elvar posted a triple-double in a victory against Breiðablik with 40 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists.[13]

In June 2019, Elvar signed with Borås Basket of the Swedish Basketligan.[14] In March 2020, he won the Swedish championship after the Swedish Basketball Federation decided to cancel the rest of the 2019–20 season due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country and award Borås the title as the top team at the time of the cancelation.[15] After the season he was named the Basketligan Guard of the Year.[16]

In July 2020, Elvar signed with BC Šiauliai of the LKL.[17] He was named the Player of the Month of November after averaging 18.5 points and 9.5 assists per game.[18]

Icelandic national team

Elvar played 21 games with Iceland's junior national teams from 2010 to 2013.[19][20]

His first game with the senior national team was in 2013[21] and he was a member of Iceland's team in Eurobasket 2015 and Eurobasket 2017.[22][23] Elvar was a member Iceland's team in then Games of the Small States of Europe in 2013 and 2015.[24][25]

Personal life

Elvar is the son of former Icelandic national team player Friðrik Ragnarsson and Svandis Gylfadóttir. Brother of Úrvalsdeild point guard Ragnar Helgi Friðriksson and Þorunn Friðriksdóttir. His girlfriend is Ína María Einarsdóttir[26][27]

References
  1. Úrvalslið karla
  2. 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.
  3. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur. "Elvar Már með frábæran árangur innan sem utan vallar í Miami". Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (March 3, 2017). "Ég ligg ekki bara í sólbaði". Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. Kristinn Páll Teitsson (7 May 2018). "Elvar Már: Veit af áhuga í Frakklandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  6. "2017-18 SSC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams". sunshinestateconference.com. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  7. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (2 March 2018). "Elvar Már í sögubækur bandaríska háskólaboltans". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  8. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (16 June 2018). "Elvar Már í atvinnumennsku í Frakklandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  9. Sindri Sverrisson (5 November 2018). "Kristófer og Elvar á leið til Íslands". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  10. "Elvar staðfestur í Njarðvík". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  11. "Elvar Már kominn heim". Njarðvík (in Icelandic). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  12. "Elvar Már: Sé ekki eftir að hafa breytt til og yfirgefið LIU". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). December 31, 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  13. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (14 December 2018). "Fyrsti Íslendingurinn sem nær 40 stiga þrennu í úrvalsdeildinni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  14. "Elvar til Borås í Svíþjóð". RÚV (in Icelandic). 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  15. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 March 2020). "Elvar Már og félagar krýndir sænskir meistarar eftir að tímabilinu var aflýst". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  16. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (2 April 2020). "Elvar Már valinn bakvörður ársins í Svíþjóð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  17. Davíð Eldur (25 July 2020). "Elvar Már til BC Šiauliai". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  18. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (30 November 2020). "Elvar Már leikmaður mánaðarins í Litáen". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  19. Unglinga- og drengjalandslið Íslands
  20. U-21
  21. Kristinn Friðriksson (18 December 2013). "Á æfingum alast meistarar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  22. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (30 August 2017). "Elvar Már: "Ég var Logi og hann var Jón Arnór"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  23. "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  24. Landsliðshópar: Smáþjóðaleikar 2013
  25. A-landslið karla fyrir Smáþjóðaleikana 2015
  26. Guðmundur Hilmarsson (January 8, 2014). "Get bætt mig í varnarleiknum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  27. Besta byrjunarlið Njarðvíkinga
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