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

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player for

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Association football, Football, Haukar Handball, Handball, Basketball, Haukar RC, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The clu ...

and the Icelandic national team. She started her career with

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 Valur. In May 2020, Sigrún agreed to join the

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for the 2020–21 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. In April 2025, Sigrún rejoined Haukar for the rest of the Úrvalsdeild playoffs.

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 Gerður Guðjónsdóttir and

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 Natio ...

, 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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