Kristófer Acox


Kristófer Acox is an Icelandic basketball player for KR of the Úrvalsdeild karla and a member of the Icelandic national basketball team with whom he participated in the EuroBasket 2017. He has won the Icelandic championship with KR three times in a row from 2017 to 2019.

Early years

Kristófer was born on 13 October 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.

Playing career

Kristófer played for four years at Furman University. After finishing his college season in April 2017, he joined KR where he won the national championship.
He played for the Star Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association from September to October 2017 when he returned to KR.
On 28 April 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. 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.
On 12 June 2018, Kristófer signed a two-year contract extension with KR with the option to leave if he received an offer from a bigger club. On 28 June, he exercised that option and signed with Denain Voltaire of the French LNB Pro B. After struggling with ankle injuries and unhappiness with living in a mostly non-english speaking city, he reached an agreement with the club to be released from contract in middle of November that year. Shortly later he signed back with KR for the rest of the season.
On 4 May 2019 he won his third national championship in a row with KR. After the season he was named the Domestic Player of the Year for the second year in a row.
In December 2019, Kristófer was hospitalised due to an kidney infection.

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours