Jana Falsdóttir (29 November 2005) is an Icelandic basketball player who plays for

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, and for the Iceland national team.

Playing career

Jana played junior basketball with

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...

. She started her senior team career 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 ...

in 2020 and went on to average 16.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists. After one season with Stjarnan, she moved to

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 August 2021. On 24 September 2021, at the age of 15, she became the youngest Icelandic player to play and score in a continental competition when she scored in a win against Clube União Sportiva in the

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qualifiers, breaking the records of Unnur Tara Jónsdóttir and

Ragna Margrét Brynjarsdóttir Ragna Margrét Brynjarsdóttir (born 30 March 1990) is an Icelandic basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. She won the Icelandic championship in 2007 and 2009 as a member of Haukar and was named to the ...

. During her two seasons with Haukar, she won the Icelandic Basketball Cup twice. In 2023, she signed with

Njarðvík Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400. History In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. ...

. In 2024, she joined

National team career

Jana has played for the Icelandic junior national teams. During the 2021 Nordic U-16 Championships, she registered 10 steals along with a team high 16 points in a win against Denmark U-16. She debuted with the Iceland national team in November 2023 against

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Personal life

Jana is the daughter of former basketball players Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir and

Falur Harðarson Falur Jóhann Harðarson (born 15 October 1968) is an Icelandic basketball coach and a former player. He spent most of his career with Keflavík where he won five national championships, the last one as a player-coach, and 3 national cups. A f ...

References

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