Elín Sóley Hrafnkelsdóttir (born 16 September 1998) is an Icelandic

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player who plays for

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of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She debuted for the

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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

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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

. On 13 April 2018, she helped Valur reach the Úrvalsdeild finals, after posting 18 points and 12 rebounds in a series winning game against

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. In the finals, Valur lost 2-3 to Haukar. After the finals ended, Elín joined the

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. During her stay there, she was named to the 2019, 2020 and 2021 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Teams. An injury in January 2021 forced her to miss the last nine game of her

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season and all of her

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season. Following her graduation from Tulsa, Elín returned to Iceland and signed back with Valur in June 2022. In her first game back, she had 16 points and 4 rebounds in a victory against Breiðablik. In November it was announced that she would miss the rest of the season due to a torn cruciate ligament and

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. In seven games, she averaged 6.7 points and 5.4 rebounds.

National team career

Elín played her first games for the

in 2016.

References

External links

Icelandic statistics
at

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