Guðmundur Bragason (born 21 April 1967) is a former Icelandic professional
basketball
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player and coach. He spent most of his career with
Grindavík
Grindavík () is a fishing town on the Southern Peninsula (Iceland), Southern Peninsula of Iceland not far from the tuya Þorbjörn (mountain), Þorbjörn.
It is one of the few cities with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work in ...
in the Icelandic
Úrvalsdeild, winning the national championship there in 1996.
Icelandic National Team
Guðmundur is the highest capped player in 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 ...
history, playing 164 games between 1987 and 2003.
Team of the 20th century
In 2001 Guðmundur was voted to the
Icelandic team of the 20th century in basketball as a player.
Personal life
Guðmundur is married to Stefanía Jónsdóttir, a former member of the
Icelandic women's national basketball team He is the father of basketball players
Jón Axel Guðmundsson
Jón Axel Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1996) is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats. He won two national champ ...
and
Ingvi Þór Guðmundsson.
References
External links
Úrvalsdeild stats
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1967 births
Living people
Centers (basketball)
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