Sigrún Björg Ólafsdóttir (born 19 June 2001) is an Icelandic

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player for the

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and the Icelandic national team. She started her career with

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar ( en, Hawks F.C.) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Football, Handball, Basketball, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The club was founded on 12 April 1931, when 13 young boys ...

in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna where she won the national championship in 2018.

Playing career

After coming up through

junior teams, Sigrún played her first games in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna during the 2016–2017 season. She helped Haukar to the national championship in 2018, scoring 11 points, including three 3-pointers, in the fifth and deciding game of the

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finals series against

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. In May 2020, Sigrún agreed to join the

for the 2020–2021 season. On 1 March 2021, it was announced that Sigrún would return to the Úrvalsdeild and play for

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when her season with Chattanooga would end.

National team career

Sigrún was first selected to the Icelandic national team training camp in November 2018. She debuted with the team in May 2019.

Personal life

Sigrún is the daughter of

Ólafur Rafnsson Ólafur Eðvarð Rafnsson (7 April 1963 - 19 June 2013) was the president of FIBA Europe from 2010 until 2013. He also served president of the Icelandic Basketball Association from 1996 until 2006 when he was voted as the president of the National ...

, the former president of

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. Her older sister, Auður Íris Ólafsdóttir, was a member of the Icelandic national team.

References

External links

Icelandic statistics
at

Icelandic Basketball Association The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketbal ...

Chattanooga bio
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