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Hamar Women's Basketball
The Hamar women's basketball team, commonly known as Hamar, is the women's basketball department of Íþróttafélagið Hamar, based in the town of Hveragerði, Iceland. History The team was the runner-up to the 2010 national championship. The following season it posted the best record in the league. In May 2020, the club announced that they would field a joint women's team with Þór Þorlákshöfn in the 1. deild kvenna during the upcoming season. Trophies and awards Trophies * 1. deild kvenna (2): **2006, 2013 Awards Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic All-First Team * Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir – 2010 Úrvalsdeild Women's Young Player of the Year * Marín Laufey Davíðsdóttir – 2014 * Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir – 2010 Notable players Coaches * Andri Þór Kristinsson 2006–2007 * Ari Gunnarsson 2007–2009 * Ágúst Björgvinsson 2009–2011 * Lárus Jónsson Lárus Jónsson (born 28 November 1978) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player. He is cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hveragerði
Hveragerði (, "hot-spring yard") is a town and municipality in the south of Iceland, 45 km east of Reykjavík on Iceland's main ringroad, Route 1 (Iceland), Route 1. The river Varmá runs through the town. Overview The surrounding area is part of the Hengill central volcano, and is Geothermal (geology), geothermally active and experiences very frequent (usually minor) earthquakes. The town is known for its greenhouses, which are heated by hot water from volcanic hot springs. The first greenhouse was built in 1923. These springs are the site of occurrence of certain extremophile micro-organisms, that are capable of surviving in extremely hot environments. Close to the church is a hot spring called (, "sand hill hot-spring"), formed during the violent South Iceland earthquake of 1896. A fenced-off geothermal area in the town has numerous hot springs and fumaroles. Hveragerði contains a number of greenhouses and is a hotbed for Icelandic horticulture. To the south of Hv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir
Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir (born 10 October 1992) is an Icelandic basketball player for Valur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. Career Guðbjörg came up through the junior teams of Haukar and played her first games with the senior team during the 2006-2007 season. In 2010, Guðbjörg helped Hamar to the Úrvalsdeild finals where they lost to KR in five games. On February 16, 2013, Guðbjörg dislocated her shoulder in the first half of Valur's Icelandic Cup finals game against Keflavík. She returned to the court in second half, after the team physician popped the shoulder back in the socket, and was a major catalyst in Valur's comeback to the game. However, with two minutes left of the third quarter, Guðbjörg ruptured her achilles tendon, and without her Keflavík won a narrow 68-60 victory. After going through illness during the 2014-2015 season, Guðbjörg recovered and was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team in 2016. On April 13, 2018, she helped Valur knock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lárus Jónsson
Lárus Jónsson (born 28 November 1978) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Þór Þorlákshöfn. As a player, he played several seasons in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla and was a member of the Icelandic national team. In 2021 he led Þór Þorlákshöfn to its first ever national championship. Playing career Club career Lárus started his career with Hamar in Hveragerði and led the Úrvalsdeild karla in assists in 2003 and 2004. before signing with KR in 2004. He played for KR in 2004–2005 where he averaged 7.2 points and 6.1 assists, he signed with Fjölnir in 2005 but returned to Hamar the following season. He played for SISU BK in Denmark during the 2008–2009 season before returning to Iceland in 2010 and signing with Njarðvík. The following season, he returned to Hamar where he finished his playing career in 2015. National team career Lárus played 8 games for the Icelandic national team in 2004. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágúst Björgvinsson
Ágúst Sigurður Björgvinsson (born 16 January 1979) is an Icelandic professional basketball coach who last coached Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Úrvalsdeild karla club Valur men's basketball, Valur. He was the head coach of the Iceland women's national basketball team, Icelandic women's national basketball team from 2007 to 2009 and won back-to-back national championships with Haukar women's basketball, Haukar women's team in 2006 and 2007. Coaching career Ágúst was the head coach of Haukar women's basketball, Haukar women's team from 2004 to 2007. In 2005, he helped the club to its first major title in thirteen years, winning the Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup, Icelandic Women's Cup. In 2005–06 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), 2006, he guided Haukar to the national championship and in the 2006–07 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), 2006–2007 season the club won all five major titles; the national championship, the Icelandic Cup, the Super Cup, the Icelandic Women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrún Sjöfn Ámundadóttir
Sigrún Sjöfn Ámundadóttir (born 23 November 1988) is an Icelandic former basketball player. During her career, she has won the Icelandic championship two times, in 2006 and 2007, and the Icelandic Basketball Cup four times. She is the Úrvalsdeild kvenna all-time career leader in rebounds and games played and in the league's top four in scoring, assists and steals. Playing career After coming up through the junior ranks of Skallagrímur, Sigrún started her senior career with Haukar in 2004, and helped the club to two national championships in 2006 and 2007. She joined KR prior the 2007-2008 season. She averaged 11.3 points and 11.3 rebounds for the season, helping KR to the second best record in the league. During the playoffs KR advanced to the Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to Keflavík 0-3. She helped KR win the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2009, leading the team in scoring in the Cup finals game with 18 points. She reached the Úrvalsdeild finals again in 2009 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavica Dimovska
Slavica Nakov-Dimovska (born 29 July 1985) is a Macedonian basketball player and a former member of the Macedonian national basketball team. She won the Icelandic championship with Haukar in 2009 when she was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year and the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP. In 2010, she was named the Macedonian Women's Basketball Player of the Year. Career From 2005 to 2007, Dimovska played for Triglias in Greece. During the 2006–2007 season, she finished 5th in scoring in the league with 22.6 points per game. In 2007, Dimovska joined Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Fjölnir. For the season she averaged 24.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists. Following the season, Dimovska signed with rival Úrvalsdeild club Haukar. On 19 November 2008, she scored a season high 38 points, including the game winning three pointer at the buzzer, against Hamar. On 11 January 2009, she scored 37 points in an unexpected 65-93 loss against KR in the Icelandic Cup. Dimovska s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristrún Rut Antonsdóttir
Kristrún Rut Hassing Antonsdóttir (born 12 October 1994) is an Icelandic multi-sport athlete. She played in both the Icelandic top-tier basketball and football leagues and later professionally in football overseas. Early life Kristrún was born in Odense, Denmark to Anton Tómasson and Helga Hassing. Football career In October 2017, Kristrún signed with Serie B club A.S.D. Chieti. In her first game, she scored after 2 minutes in a 4–0 victory against Real Colombo. For the season, she appeared in 17 games for Chieti, scoring 5 goals. She returned to Selfoss in May 2018 before signing with Serie A club A.S. Roma in July the same year. In April 2019, she left Roma and signed with Avaldsnes IL. In June 2021, Kristrún signed back with Selfoss. Basketball career Kristrún played five season with Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jóhanna Björk Sveinsdóttir
Jóhanna Björk Sveinsdóttir (born 20 October 1989) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. Playing career After starting her career with Hamar, Jóhanna won the Icelandic championship in 2010 as a member of KR and the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2014 with Haukar. After playing for Skallagrímur from 2016 to 2018, where she reached the Cup semi-finals in 2018, she signed with Stjarnan in June 2018. After a one-year hiatus, Jóhanna signed with Úrvalsdeild club Valur on 7 August 2020. In August 2021, Jóhanna signed with 1. deild kvenna club Stjarnan. Icelandic national team Jóhanna was first selected to the Icelandic national basketball team The Iceland men's national basketball team ( is, Íslenska karlalandsliðið í körfubolta) represents Iceland in international basketball tournaments. The team is controlled by the Icelandic Basketball Association. Iceland has qualified for t ... in 2008. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanney Lind Thomas
Fanney Lind Guðmundsdóttir Thomas (born 13 December 1989) is an Icelandic former basketball player. She is a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. Career Fanney came up through the junior ranks of Hamar, playing her first senior match during the 2007–2008 season. She was a key player on the Hamar team that advanced to the 2010 Úrvalsdeild kvenna finals where it lost to KR in five games. In 2011, she joined French club Union Sportive de La Glacerie. She spent the next three seasons with Fjölnir, Hamar and Valur before signing with Þór Akureyri in 1. deild kvenna prior to the 2015-2016 season. She was named to the Domestic All-First Team after averaging 13.4 and 7.9 rebounds per game for the season. In November, 2016, Fanney left Þór Akureyri and joined newly promoted Skallagrímur in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She helped Skallagrímur to the Icelandic Cup finals in 2017, scoring 11 points in a losing effort against Keflavík. In the playoffs, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elín Sóley Hrafnkelsdóttir
Elín Sóley Hrafnkelsdóttir (born 16 September 1998) is an Icelandic basketball player who plays for Valur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She debuted for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2016. Playing career Elín came up through the junior teams of Breiðablik and debuted with its senior team in the later part of the 2012–13 season where she averaged 8.0 points and 6.3 rebounds in three games. The following season she helped Breiðablik win the second-tier 1. deild kvenna and gain promotion to the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She appeared in 27 games during the 2014–15 Úrvalsdeild season, averaging 5.6 points and 5.1 rebounds. The following season she signed with Hamar but left the team after two games and signed back with Breiðablik, this time in the 1. deild kvenna. In 17 games for Breiðablik, she averaged 11.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. After the season, she signed with Valur. On 13 April 2018, she helped Valur reach the Úrvalsdeild finals, after posting 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
