Auður Íris Ólafsdóttir (born 29 August 1992) is an Icelandic

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coach and player who is a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. In 2019, she was named Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year.

Playing career

Club career

Auður Íris started her senior career with

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 ...

in 2009 and helped the team to the Úrvalsdeild finals in 2011, 2014 and 2016. After Haukar lost in the Úrvalsdeild finals in 2016, Auður signed with Skallagrímur. She left Skallagrímur in December, In January 2017, she signed with 1. deild kvenna club Breiðablik where she helped the club achieve promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. In 2018, she signed with

Stjarnan Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan (, ), commonly known as Stjarnan (), is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær. Basketball Men's basketball As of the 2017–2 ...

and in 2019 she was named the Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year. After the season, she signed back with her hometown team of Haukar. In November 2019, it was reported that she had left the team after playing four games. In February 2020 she signed with 1. deild kvenna club

Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (, ), commonly known as ÍR, is an Icelandic multi-sport club, based in the suburb of Breiðholt in Reykjavík. It has teams in football, handball, basketball, athletics, tenpin bowling, skiing, karate, taekwondo and ...

. In 7 August 2020, Auður signed with Úrvalsdeild club Valur.

National team career

Auður Íris debuted for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2015.

Coaching career

On 23 June 2021, Auður Íris was hired as the head coach of

. In 2023, she led the team to win in 1. deild kvenna and promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna. Following the season, she was named the 1. deild Coach of the Year. The following season, she coached both Stjarnan in the Úrvalsdeild and Stjarnan-b in the 1. deild kvenna. On 13 December 2023, with the main team in third place in the Úrvalsdeild, the club announced that she had requested to step down as head coach of both teams.

Personal life

Auður Íris 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 Natio ...

, the former president of

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. Her younger sister, Sigrún Björg Ólafsdóttir, is a member of the Icelandic national team.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* Icelandic Cup: 2010, 2014 * Icelandic Company Cup: 2011, 2015

Awards

* Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year:

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* 1. deild kvenna Coach of the Year: 2023

References

External links

Icelandic statistics 2009–present
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