Ísak Ernir Kristinsson (born 22 July 1993) is an Icelandic FIBA referee and a politician.[1]
Ísak Ernir Kristinsson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 July 1993 |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Basketball career | |
| Position | Basketball referee |
| Officiating career | 2009–present |
Basketball edit
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 edit
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 edit
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]
References edit
- ^ "Ísak Ernir nýr stjórnarformaður Kadeco". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Kjartan Atli Kjartansson (28 June 2017). "Joey Crawford vildi fá Ísak í NBA". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (10 July 2017). "Ísak Ernir dæmdi í NBA-deildinni í nótt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (26 June 2017). "Ísak Ernir dæmir í sumardeild NBA körfuboltans". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (24 January 2018). "Stuðningsmaður ÍR kallaði dómarann rasista og var hent út úr húsi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (25 January 2018). "Læt það ekki óátalið að vera kallaður rasisti". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Ísak orðinn alþjóðadómari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (17 October 2019). "Atvikið þegar læknirinn fékk tæknivíti fyrir að spyrja hvort hún mætti hjálpa meiddum liðsfélaga". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Kristinn Páll Teitsson (17 October 2019). "Dómaranefnd KKÍ: Mistök að refsa leikmanni KR í gær". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Þorgeir Helgason (2 July 2018). "Ungur Sjálfstæðismaður gerður að stjórnarformanni opinbers fyrirtækis". Stundin (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (2 July 2018). "Ísak Ernir nýr stjórnarformaður Kadeco". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Er samband ísaks og margrétar, dóttur bjarna ben, dæmi um hagsmunaárekstur?". Hringbraut (in Icelandic). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Lára Ómarsdóttir (17 April 2019). "Óvíst um hagsmunaárekstur". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Hjálmar Friðriksson (16 April 2019). "Skipaður stjórnarformaður opinbers fyrirtækis". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Feðgar dæma saman í fyrsta sinn í úrvalsdeild". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 February 2015). "Dómarasagan var skrifuð í Þorlákshöfn í kvöld". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Stefán Árni Pálsson (3 April 2020). "Margrét og Ísak eignuðust sitt fyrsta barn og Bjarni Ben því orðinn afi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 January 2021.