Tómas Steindórsson
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Tómas Steindórsson | |
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| Born | 24 April 1991 Hella, Iceland |
| Other names | Tommi Steindórs |
| Known for | Tommi Steindórs on X977 |
| Children | 1 |
| Basketball career | |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2011–2021 |
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Number | 15 |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2012 | Breiðablik |
| 2015–2018 | Gnúpverjar |
| 2018–2019 | Breiðablik-b |
| 2019 | Breiðablik |
| 2020–2021 | Leiknir Reykjavík |
| Career highlights | |
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Tómas Steindórsson (born 24 April 1991) is an Icelandic radio host, entertainer, social media celebrity and basketball player.[1][2][3] He is currently a radio host at X-977 where he hosts the morning show Tommi Steindórs[4] and co-hosts the basketball show Boltinn lýgur ekki with Sigurður Orri Kristjánsson.[5] In 2021, he debuted as an analyst on the postgame basketball TV show Körfuboltakvöld.[6]
Basketball career
Tómas played his first senior team games with Breiðablik during the 2011–2012 season. He played for Gnúpverjar from 2015 to 2018, helping the team move rapidly up the Icelandic basketball league pyramid, winning Division III in its ignaural season in 2016 and finishing second in Division II in 2017 and achieving promotion to Division I.[9][10][11][12] In February 2019, he was called up to Breiðablik's main squad in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla after playing for its B-team.[13] He appeared in three games, averaging 3.0 points and 6.3 rebounds[14] with his best performance coming in a loss against Keflavík where he grabbed 10 rebounds in 12 minutes. In September 2020, Tómas signed with Leiknir Reykjavík.[15]