Lovísa Thompson (born 27 October 1999) is an

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handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who plays for Valur and played for Grótta, and the Icelandic national team. She has won both the Icelandic championship and Icelandic Cup three times each. In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.

Playing career

She started her career with

Íþróttafélagið Grótta Íþróttafélagið Grótta (, ) is an Icelandic sports club based in the town of Seltjarnarnes, in the Capital Region. The club is best known for its women's handball team that won the national championship in 2015 and 2016, but also has depart ...

during the 2013–2014, appearing in her first game on 1 February 2014. She helped Grótta win the

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in 2015, scoring the game winning goal with 3 seconds left in the deciding game of the Úrvalsdeild Finals. After Grótta vas relegated to 1. deild kvenna in 2018, Lovísa signed with Úrvalsdeild club Valur. In 2019, she won the Icelandic Cup with Valur where she was also named the Cup Finals MVP. In May 2022, Lovísa was loaned to

Ringkøbing Håndbold Ringkøbing Håndbold (Ringkøbing Handball) is a Danish handball club from Ringkøbing. In the season 2023/24 the club played in the Danish Women's Handball League. When they played in the Danish 1st division, they reached the promotion play ...

of the

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. She left the club in October 2022. In December 2022, Lovísa was loaned to

Tertnes HE Tertnes Håndball Elite is the women's handball team of the Norwegian multi-sports club Tertnes IL based in Bergen. The team plays in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 1992. Results Norway * REMA 1000-liga ...

as an attempt to help the club avoid relegation from the highest ranked league in Norway, REMA 1000-ligaen. Due to an injury, she didn't appear in any games for Tertnes and returned to Iceland. In February, it was reported that she was scheduled for a surgery to fix a bone chip that was pushing on her

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Titles, awards and achievements

Titles

* Icelandic champion (4): **2015, 2016, 2019, 2023 * Icelandic Cup (2): **2015, 2019

Awards

* Icelandic Cup Finals MVP: **2019

References

External links

Profile
at eurohandball.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Lovísa 1999 births Living people Lovisa Thompson Lovisa Thompson 21st-century Icelandic sportswomen Icelandic women's handball players