Stella Sigurðardóttir
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Stella Sigurðardóttir (born 30 March 1990) is an Icelandic former
team 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 Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...
player. She played on the Icelandic national team, and participated at the
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in Brazil.


Career

Sigurðardóttir started playing handball at Fram Reykjavík where she would make her senior debut in the 2005-06 season Having previously played for the Icelandic youth national teams, she debuted for the national team in March 2008. In 2010 she won the Icelandic Cup with Fram and in 2013 the Icelandic championship, the first championship for the club in 23 years. In the 2010 Úrvalsdeild kvenna playoffs, Stella suffered a blow to her
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and was knocked out. In November 2013, Stella suffered a blow to her left temple, in a game with the national team, that resulted in a
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,
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and a temporary loss of sight in her left eye. In January 2014, in a game with SönderjyskE she suffered another blow to the head that worsened the symptoms and she retired afterwards. In January 2021 she returned to handball and signed a contract with Fram. In 2022 she won the second national title with the team, and retired afterwards.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sigurdardottir, Stella 1990 births Living people Stella Sigurdardottir 21st-century Icelandic sportswomen Handball players from Reykjavík SønderjyskE Håndbold players Fram women's handball players Icelandic expatriate handball players in Denmark