Teitur Örlygsson

Teitur Örlygsson

Personal information
Born	(1967-01-09) January 9, 1967 Keflavík, Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Career information
Playing career	1984–2003
Position	Small forward
Number	11
Career history
As player:
1984–1996	Njarðvík
1996–1997	G.S. Olympia Larissa B.C.
1996–2003	Njarðvík
As coach:
1992–1993	Njarðvík
2000–2001	Njarðvík
2008–2014	Stjarnan
2014–2016	Njarðvík (Assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As a player Icelandic Team of the 20th century Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year (1995) 4x Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the year (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000) 11x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team (1989–1996, 1998–2000) 10x Icelandic champion (1984–1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002) 7× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1987–1990, 1992, 1999, 2002) 4× Icelandic Supercup (1995, 1999, 2001, 2002) Icelandic Company Cup (2002) As a coach 2× Icelandic Basketball Cup (2009, 2013) Icelandic Supercup (2009)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Iceland Games of the Small States of Europe 1989 Cyprus National Team 1991 Andorra National Team 1993 Malta National Team 1995 Luxembourg National Team 1997 Reykjavík National Team FIBA European Championship for Small Countries 1988 Malta National Team 1990 Wales National Team 1994 Ireland National Team

Teitur Örlygsson (born 9 January 1967) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and a coach. During his career he won the Icelandic National Championships ten times.^[1]

Icelandic National Team

Between 1986 and 2000, Teitur played 118 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.^[2]

Personal life

Teitur is the brother of former Icelandic national team player Sturla Örlygsson and former Althing member Gunnar Örn Örlygsson.^[3][4] He is also uncle of Örlygur Aron Sturluson and Margrét Kara Sturludóttir who both played with the Icelandic national team.^[5][6]

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