Quick Facts
Biography
Fannar Ólafsson (born November 20, 1978) is an Icelandic basketball player and an analyst on Stöð 2 Sport's Domino's Körfuboltakvöld (English: Domino's Basketball Night). He went five times to the Úrvalsdeild finals, as a member of Keflavík and KR, and won the national championships each time. He won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2004 and 2011.
During the 2004–2005 season, Fannar played with Doukas B.C. and Ratiopharm Ulm. He has the second best all-time field goal percentage in Ratiopharm Ulm's history.
Icelandic National Team
Between 1998 and 2009, Fannar played 76 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.
Personal life
His father, Ólafur Einarsson, was a member of the Icelandic national handball team. Fannar's brother, Eldur Ólafsson, played 6 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild.
On February 7, 2004, while celebrating Keflavík's victory in the Icelandic Basketball Cup in Reykjanesbær, Fannar was assaulted by a 22-year-old man from Njarðvík. The man hit him in the head with a glass, resulting in Fannar receiving multiple deep cuts in his face and losing consciousness from blood loss. He lost 2.5 litres (0.66 US gal) of blood and required a three-hour operation to close the eleven deep cuts he suffered.