Ísak Ernir Kristinsson Explained

Ísak Ernir Kristinsson
Birth Date:1993 7, df=y
Birth Place:Iceland
Nationality:Icelandic
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Position:Basketball referee
Referee Start:2009

Ísak Ernir Kristinsson (born 22 July 1993) is an Icelandic FIBA referee and a politician.[1]

Basketball

Ísak Ernir started refereeing in the Icelandic national leagues at the age of sixteen and soon established himself as one of the top referees in the country.[2] In 2017 he was selected to referee in the NBA Summer League.[3] [4] On 24 January 2018, he ejected a fan from a game between ÍR and Njarðvík's after the fan had leaned over him from the sidelines and called him a racist.[5] [6]

In August 2019, Ísak Ernir was named an official FIBA referee.[7]

On 16 October 2019, Ísak was involved in a controversy with KR player Unnur Tara Jónsdóttir, who is a practicing medical doctor outside of basketball, after she requested permission to enter the court during a stoppage to attend to a teammate who had been suffered a serious leg injury after a hard landing moments before. Ísak denied her the permission and gave her a technical foul after she indicated that she would then ask one of the other referees at the game for permission instead.[8] After the incident caused an uproar with fans, the Icelandic Basketball Association Referee Committee issued a statement where it stated that Ísak admitted that it had been a mistake on his behalf to deny Unnur permission to attend to her injured teammate and that the Committee agreed with that assessment.[9]

Politics

In 2016, Ísak Ernir ran for Alþingi as a member of the Independence Party. In July 2018 he was appointed by Bjarni Benediktsson, the Financial Minister of Iceland and leader of the Independence Party, as chairman of Kadeco, a state owned redevelopment company that was created in 2006 to oversee the sales of buildings that belonged to the former US Naval Air Station in Keflavík.[10] [11] In 2019, it was revealed that Ísak was dating Bjarni's daughter.[12] [13] [14]

Personal life

Ísak Ernir is the son of long time basketball referee Kristinn Óskarsson.[15] [16] In 2020, he had his first child with Margrét Bjarnadóttir, the daughter of Bjarni Benediktsson.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ísak Ernir nýr stjórnarformaður Kadeco . 2 July 2018 . . 2 July 2018 . Icelandic.
  2. News: Kjartan Atli Kjartansson . Joey Crawford vildi fá Ísak í NBA . 2 July 2018 . . 28 June 2017 . Icelandic.
  3. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Ísak Ernir dæmdi í NBA-deildinni í nótt . 2 July 2018 . . 10 July 2017 . Icelandic.
  4. News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson . Ísak Ernir dæmir í sumardeild NBA körfuboltans . 2 July 2018 . . 26 June 2017 . Icelandic.
  5. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Stuðningsmaður ÍR kallaði dómarann rasista og var hent út úr húsi. 26 January 2018. Vísir.is. 24 January 2018. Icelandic.
  6. News: Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir. Læt það ekki óátalið að vera kallaður rasisti. 26 January 2018. Vísir.is. 25 January 2018. Icelandic.
  7. News: Ísak orðinn alþjóðadómari . 19 August 2019 . . 19 August 2019 . Icelandic.
  8. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Atvikið þegar læknirinn fékk tæknivíti fyrir að spyrja hvort hún mætti hjálpa meiddum liðsfélaga . 17 October 2019 . . 17 October 2019 . Icelandic.
  9. News: Kristinn Páll Teitsson . Dómaranefnd KKÍ: Mistök að refsa leikmanni KR í gær . 17 October 2019 . . 17 October 2019 . Icelandic.
  10. News: Þorgeir Helgason . Ungur Sjálfstæðismaður gerður að stjórnarformanni opinbers fyrirtækis . 2 July 2018 . . 2 July 2018 . Icelandic.
  11. News: Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason . Ísak Ernir nýr stjórnarformaður Kadeco . 2 July 2018 . . 2 July 2018 . Icelandic.
  12. News: Er samband ísaks og margrétar, dóttur bjarna ben, dæmi um hagsmunaárekstur? . 27 January 2021 . Hringbraut . 18 April 2019 . Icelandic.
  13. News: Lára Ómarsdóttir . Óvíst um hagsmunaárekstur . 27 January 2021 . . 17 April 2019 . Icelandic.
  14. News: Hjálmar Friðriksson . Skipaður stjórnarformaður opinbers fyrirtækis . 27 January 2021 . . 16 April 2019 . Icelandic.
  15. News: Feðgar dæma saman í fyrsta sinn í úrvalsdeild . 2 July 2018 . . 19 March 2012 . Icelandic.
  16. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Dómarasagan var skrifuð í Þorlákshöfn í kvöld . 2 July 2018 . . 13 February 2015 . Icelandic.
  17. News: Stefán Árni Pálsson . Margrét og Ísak eignuðust sitt fyrsta barn og Bjarni Ben því orðinn afi . 27 January 2021 . . 3 April 2020 . Icelandic.