Hilmar Smári Henningsson
Hilmar Smári Henningsson (born 3 September 2000) is an Icelandic basketball player for the Haukar of the Úrvalsdeild karla and the Icelandic national basketball team. In 2019, he was named the Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year and in 2022, he won the Icelandic Cup with Stjarnan.
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| Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||
| League | Úrvalsdeild karla | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 September 2000 Iceland | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2016–present | |||||||||||||
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| 2016–2017 | Haukar | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Þór Akureyri | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Haukar | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Valencia Basket | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | →Valencia Basket B | |||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Stjarnan | |||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Haukar | |||||||||||||
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Club career
Hilmar Smári started his senior team career with Haukar, appearing in 7 games during the 2016–17 Úrvalsdeild karla season. After starting the following season with Haukar, he moved to Þór Akureyri in December 2017. In 12 games with Þór, he averaged 12.2 points and 4.0 rebounds.
He returned to Haukar for the 2018–19 season and went on to average 14.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. After the season he was named the Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year.[1]
In April 2019, Hilmar Smári had a tryout with Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB.[2] Two months later he signed a 2-year contract with the team.[3]
On 21 July 2021, Hilmar signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Stjarnan.[4] On 19 March 2022, he won his first Icelandic Basketball Cup when Stjarnan defeated reigning national champions Þór Þorlákshöfn in the 2022 Cup Finals.[5] For the season, he averaged 12.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game[6] with the Stjarnan finishing 6th in the league and losing to Valur in the first round of the playoffs.[7]
Following Haukar promotion back to the Úrvalsdeild, Hilmar signed with his hometown club in May 2022.[8]
National team career
Hilmar Smári played his first games for the Icelandic national team during the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe[9] where Iceland finished third.[3]
Personal life
Hilmar's father is Henning Henningson,[10] who played 30 games for the Icelandic national team from 1985 to 1993.[11] His sister is basketball player Lovísa Henningsdóttir.[12]
Awards, titles and accomplishments
Individual awards
References
- ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (19 June 2019). "Hilmar Smári til Valencia". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (18 April 2019). "Hilmar Smári til reynslu hjá Valencia". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ a b Guðmundur Hilmarsson (19 June 2019). "Hilmar Smári búinn að semja við Valencia". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Frá Valencia í Stjörnuna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Andri Már Eggertsson (19 March 2022). "Umfjöllun,viðtöl og myndir: Stjarnan - Þór Þ. 93-85 - Stjarnan bikarmeistari 2022". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (12 May 2022). "Haukarnir endurheimta tvo öfluga leikmenn í körfunni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Einar Örn Jónsson; Eva Björk Benediktsdóttir (11 May 2022). "Valur vann Stjörnuna í þriðja sinn og fer í undanúrslit". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (13 May 2022). "Erum að fara að keppa um titla". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 May 2019). "Sigurður Gunnar kemur aftur inn í landsliðið og er reyndasti maður hópsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Einar Sigtryggsson (1 February 2018). "Förum bara erfiðu leiðina". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "A Landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (23 March 2022). "Bikarmeistarasystkinin vita að þögnin hjá pabba segir svo mikið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 March 2022.
External links
- Icelandic statistics at kki.is
- Profile at realgm.com