Hildur Sigurðardóttir (born 15 October 1981) is an Icelandic
basketball coach and player. She is the former head coach of
Úrvalsdeild kvenna club
Breiðablik and an assistant coach to the
Icelandic women's national basketball team. As a player she won the Icelandic championship five times and the
Icelandic Basketball Cup three times. She was named the
Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year four times and is the leagues all-time leader in assists
She was the third player to reach 4000 points in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. and remains second all-time in total rebounds in the league.
Playing career
Club career
After coming up through the junior ranks of
Snæfell, Hildur started her senior career with
ÍR in the
Úrvalsdeild kvenna.
After the 2003-2004 season, Hildur was named the
Domestic Player of the Year, the
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and to the
Domestic All-First Team.
She played with
Jämtland Basket during the 2004-2005
Damligan
Basketligan dam, formerly known as Damligan until 2011–12, is the top professional women's basketball league in Sweden. It began in the 2001–02 season, when it replaced the old Elitserien. The league currently has 14 teams.
History
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season.
After one season in Sweden, Hildur returned to the Úrvalsdeild and signed with
Grindavík.
In 2011, Hildur rejoined her hometown team of
Snæfell and helped propel them to the top of the league. She was named the Úrvalsdeild's best domestic player in both 2014 and 2015.
Hildur retired after the 2014-2015 season and a year later, in June 2016, she was hired as the head coach of
Breiðablik.
Due to rash of injuries on her Breiðablik squad, Hildur donned a uniform on 21 March 2018, against
Njarðvík. In six minutes, she had two points and 4 assists in a 59-77 loss.
In 2022, Hildur returned to Snæfell, now in the second-tier
1. deild kvenna, in a limited role due to injuries on the squad. She appeared in two league games and one cup game.
National team career
Hildur is the most capped player in
Icelandic women's national basketball team history, playing 79 games between 1999 and 2014.
Coaching career
Hildur was hired as the head coach of Breiðablik's women's team in June 2016.
In her first season, she led the team to promotion to
Úrvalsdeild kvenna.
In October 2017, Hildur was hired as an assistant coach to the
Icelandic women's national basketball team.
In April 2018, Hildur resigned as the head coach of Breiðablik.
Personal life
Hildur is married to
Bjarni Már Magnússon, a professor of law at
Reykjavík University and former basketball player.
Awards, titles and accomplishments
Individual awards
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Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (4): 2003, 2004, 2014, 2015
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Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (13): 2001-2004, 2006-2010, 2012–2015
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Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP: 2014
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Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year : 2004
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Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year : 1999
Titles
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Icelandic champion (5): 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2015
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Icelandic Basketball Cup (3): 2001, 2002, 2009
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Icelandic Supercup (4): 1999, 2009, 2010, 2014
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Icelandic Company Cup (3): 2000, 2009, 2012
Accomplishments
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Úrvalsdeild assists leader (4): 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015
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Úrvalsdeild all-time career assists leader
References
External links
Icelandic statistics 2008-present
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1981 births
Living people
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