Sigurður Ágúst Þorvaldsson (born 25 November 1980) is an
Iceland
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basketball
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player and a former member of the
Icelandic national team. During his career, he won the
Icelandic championship and the
Icelandic Cup four times each. He was a four-time
Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team member and in 2005 he was named the
Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year.
In 2010, Sigurður was found guilty of rape and sentenced to two years in prison.
Basketball career
After spending his first five seasons with
ÍR and
Snæfell, Sigurður signed with
Woon!Aris Leeuwarden in
Netherlands
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in 2005.
He later returned to Snæfell and in 2010, he was member of the Snæfell team that won all four major men's competitions in
Icelandic basketball that year: the
national championship
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, the
Icelandic Basketball Cup, the
Icelandic Company Cup and the
Icelandic Supercup.
In 2017, Sigurður signed with KR. On April 28, 2018, he won his third Icelandic championship after KR defeated
Tindastóll in the
Úrvalsdeild finals.
On 4 May 2019 he won his 4th national championship after KR beat
ÍR in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3–2.
Awards and achievements
Individual awards
*
Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (2005)
*4x
Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (2005, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Club honours
*4x
Icelandic champion (2010, 2017, 2018, 2019)
*4×
Icelandic Basketball Cup (2001, 2008, 2010, 2017)
*2x
Icelandic Company Cup (2004, 2007)
National team career
Sigurður has played 56 games for the
Icelandic national basketball team.
Legal history
In 2010, Sigurður was found guilty of raping a 17-year-old girl in November 2009 and sentenced to two years in prison.
The
Supreme Court of Iceland confirmed the sentence in 2011 after an appeal. He was released from prison in 2012.
References
External links
Úrvalsdeild statistics 2000-2007Icelandic statistics 2008-presentEurobasket profile
1980 births
Living people
Aris Leeuwarden players
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Forwards (basketball)
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