Anna María Sveinsdóttir

Anna María Sveinsdóttir (born 22 November 1969) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. She won twelve Icelandic championships and eleven Icelandic basketball cups, and is regarded as one of the best women's players in Icelandic basketball history.[1][2]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Anna María.
Anna María Sveinsdóttir
Personal information
Born (1969-11-22) 22 November 1969
Keflavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Career information
Playing career1984–2006
PositionPower forward / center
Number14
Coaching career1997–2003
Career history
As player:
1984–1990Keflavík
1990Brunell
1990–2000Keflavík
2001–2006Keflavík
As coach:
1997–1999Keflavík
2001–2003Keflavík
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Career Úrvalsdeild kvenna playing statistics
Points5,001 (15.4 ppg)
Games324
Career coaching record
Úrvalsdeild kvenna56–20 (.737)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
Bronze medal – third place2003 MaltaTeam
Silver medal – second place2005 AndorraTeam
FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
Gold medal – first place 1996 Malta National Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Andorra National Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Wales National Team

She was the first player to break the 5000 points barrier in Úrvalsdeild kvenna and finished her career as its all-time leading scorer with 5001 points in 324 games.[3][4] The scoring record stood until 23 April 2013, when it was broken by Birna Valgarðsdóttir.[5] In 2001 she was voted the Icelandic female basketball player of the century and as one of the twelve players on the team of the 20th century.[6]

Coaching career

Anna María served as a player-coach for four seasons with Keflavík, accumulating a 56-20 record (73.7%) and two national championships.[7]

National team career

Between 1986 and 2004, Anna María played 60 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[8]

Úrvalsdeild statistics
† Denotes seasons in which Anna María won the national championship
* Led the league

Regular season statistics
Year Team GP MPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1985–86 Keflavík 10--------8.9
1986–87 Keflavík 18---.629----13.9
1987–88† Keflavík 18---.735----17.5*
1988–89† Keflavík 17---.576----16.3
1989–90† Keflavík 18---.733----22.2*
1990–91 Keflavík 13---.744----24.0*
1991–92† Keflavík 20---.808----18.2
1992–93† Keflavík 7---.579----14.1
1993–94† Keflavík 17---.742----16.4
1994–95 Keflavík 23-.479.500.890*10.21.83.01.218.7
1995–96† Keflavík 17-.534.444.7929.61.82.60.620.2
1996–97 Keflavík 18-.481.357.7658.42.43.70.616.9
1997–98† Keflavík 1628.5.653.333.8688.32.93.00.315.1*
1998–99 Keflavík 2029.5.361.200.903*9.63.44.20.412.8
1999–00† Keflavík 2029.5.472.167.8649.34.9*2.51.412.6
2001–02 Keflavík 924.6.420.333.75911.03.41.71.111.0
2002–03† Keflavík 1821.0.418.455.7506.83.42.30.89.3
2003–04† Keflavík 1925.9.448.414.8559.74.22.10.912.5
2004–05† Keflavík 1928.2.439.354.8728.13.52.91.112.1
2005–06 Keflavík 723.1.423.143.6255.42.93.10.78.1
Career 324--------15.4

Playoffs statistics
Year Team GP MPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TP PPG
1994† Keflavík 7--------12117.3
1995 Keflavík 5-.526 .000.71410.41.43.20.69519.0
1996† Keflavík 6-.458.444.9099.72.83.70.311018.3
1997 Keflavík 2-.414.000.8335.01.04.00.53417.0
1998† Keflavík 6-.412.429.7147.02.02.00.78414.0
1999 Keflavík 535.6.400.21.69610.64.03.20.87615.2
2000† Keflavík 736.7.449.500.7658.14.63.61.710615.1
2002 Keflavík 331.7.500.000.7509.33.02.31.0175.7
2003† Keflavík 526.2.462.1821.0008.85.62.80.66513.0
2004† Keflavík 632.3.386.600.90913.24.72.70.78213.7
2005† Keflavík 634.2.391.474.81311.53.53.71.27612.7
Career 58--------86614.9

Note: Rebounds, assists, steals and blocks where first tracked during the 1993–94 season. Minutes where first tracked during the 1996–97 season.
Source

See also

References
  1. "Hafa ekki unnið án Önnu Maríu í 14 ár". Fréttablaðið. 16 February 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2017. (in Icelandic)
  2. "Anna María hætt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). May 18, 2000. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. "Fyrst kvenna yfir 5.000 stig". Fréttablaðið. 2 March 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2017. (in Icelandic)
  4. "Anna María kvaddi með 5001 stig". Dagblaðið Vísir. 3 March 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2017. (in Icelandic)
  5. "Birna bætti stigametið". Fréttablaðið. 28 March 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2017. (in Icelandic)
  6. "Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn". Dagblaðið Vísir. 26 February 2001. Retrieved July 27, 2017. (in Icelandic)
  7. Óskar Ó. Jónsson and Rúnar Gíslason (15 April 2014). "Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar kvenna í körfubolta". KKI.is. Retrieved July 27, 2017. (in Icelandic)
  8. "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
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