Kristófer Acox

Kristófer Acox
Denain Voltaire
Position Power forward
League LNB Pro B
Personal information
Born (1993-10-13) October 13, 1993
Reykjavík, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Listed height 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
High school Spring Valley
(Columbia, South Carolina)
College Furman (2013–2017)
NBA draft 2017 / Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present
Number 6, 21
Career history
2009–2010 KR
2011–2013 KR
2017 KR
2017 Star Hotshots
2017–2018 KR
2018–present Denain Voltaire
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
2015 ReykjavikNational Team
2017 San MarinoNational Team

Kristófer Acox (born October 13, 1993) is an Icelandic basketball player for Denain Voltaire of the LNB Pro B and a member of the Icelandic national basketball team with whom he participated in the EuroBasket 2017.[1] He won the Icelandic championship with KR in 2017 and 2018.

Early years

Kristófer was born on October 13, 1993 to Edna María Jakobsen, who is half Icelandic and half Faroese, and Terry Acox, an American basketball player who played professionally in Iceland with Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA. He grew up with his mother and grandmother. Kristófer played football in his youth for nine years but turned fully to basketball at the age of fourteen after being selected to the Icelandic U-15 national basketball team.[2]

Playing career

Kristófer played for four years at Furman University.[3] After finishing his college season in April 2017, he joined KR where he won the national championship.[4]

He played for the Star Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from September[5][6] to October 2017 when he returned to KR.[7]

On April 28, 2018, Kristófer won his second consecutive national championship with KR after beating Tindastóll 3-1 in the Úrvalsdeild Finals where he was also named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP.[8] After the season he was named both the Úrvalsdeild Karla Domestic Player of the Year and the Úrvalsdeild Karla Defensive Player of the Year, and to the Úrvalsdeild Karla Domestic All-First Team.[9]

On June 12, 2018, Kristófer signed a two-year contract extension with KR with the option to leave if he received an offer from a bigger club.[10] On June 28, he exercised that option and signed with Denain Voltaire of the French LNB Pro B.[11]

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ Jónsson, Einar Örn (March 31, 2017). "Kristófer: Ekki kominn til að taka yfir". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Þórdís Lilja Gunnarsdóttir (20 October 2017). "Góður mömmustrákur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (March 31, 2017). "Kristófer Acox: Var að spila á móti strákum sem eru kannski að fara í NBA". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Reyndari menn verða að kenna mér að fagna". Mbl.is (in Icelandic). April 30, 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Jónsson, Kristján (September 11, 2017). "Kristó fer til Filippseyja". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Bjarnason, Hans Steinar (September 11, 2017). "Kristófer Acox til Filippseyja". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Þátttöku Kristófers lokið í Filippseyjum". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 5 October 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kristófer bestur í úrslitakeppninni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (4 May 2018). "Kristófer og Helena valin leikmenn ársins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Bjarni Helgason (12 June 2018). "Hlutverk mitt hjá félaginu gæti breyst". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Kristófer kynntur til leiks hjá Denain". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.


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