Björg Hafsteinsdóttir

Björg Hafsteinsdóttir (born 22 October 1969) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team.[1] She played 12 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, winning the Icelandic championship seven times and the Icelandic Basketball Cup eight times.[2] In 2001 she was named one of the twelve players of the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century by the Icelandic Basketball Federation.[3] She was a six time Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team selection and was named the league's Player of the Year in 1990.[4] She spent the vast majority of her career with Keflavík, outside of a few months in the fall of 1992 when she played for KR.[5] One of the first great Icelandic three-point shooters, she set several national three-point shooting records during her career.[5][6]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Björg.
Linda Stefánsdóttir
Personal information
Born (1969-10-22) 22 October 1969
Keflavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Career information
Playing career1985–1997
PositionGuard
Number10
Career history
As player:
1985–1992Keflavík
1992KR
1993–1997Keflavík
As coach:
1997–1998Keflavík (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

Career Úrvalsdeild kvenna statistics
Points2,599 (12.9 ppg)
Games201

Early life

Björg was born in Keflavík where she started playing basketball with the junior boys team at the age of around 10–11. In her youth, she also played football and handball.[7][5]

Basketball

Club career

She played her first senior team game on 10 October 1985 where she scored 7 point in a victory against KR.[2][8] On 6 January 1994, she scored a career high 41 points in a 185–30 victory against ÍR.[5][9] She retired from basketball following Keflavík's loss against eventual champions Grindavík in the 1997 playoffs.[5]

Following her retirement from playing, she served as an assistant coach to Anna María Sveinsdóttir for Keflavík during the 1997–1998 season, helping the team to the national championship and the Icelandic Cup.[6]

National team career

Between 1986 and 1997, Björg played 33 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[10]

Football

Björg played for Keflavík's football team as a goalkeeper. In 1991, when the team was playing in the second-tier 2. deild kvenna, she helped the team to the Icelandic Football Cup finals after beating top-tier teams Breiðablik, where she saved two penalties in a penalty shootout,[5] and Þór Akureyri in the previous rounds.[11] In the finals, Keflavík lost 1–6 against ÍA.[12]

Personal life

Björg is the mother of basketball player Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir.[13]

References
  1. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (10 November 2020). "Goðsagnir Keflavíkur í kvennakörfunni og þessi eina sem var alltaf rangstæð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. Óskar Ó. Jónsson (1 October 2004). "200 leikja kvenna-klúbburinn". Icelandic Basketball Association (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. "Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 February 2001. Retrieved 4 February 2019 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  4. "Páll og Björg best". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 April 1990. p. B5. Retrieved 15 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  5. Sævar Sævarsson (12 December 2019). "Það er líf eftir körfuboltann". Jólablað Keflavíkur (in Icelandic). pp. 20–24. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ""Þriggja stiga" Björg hætt í körfunni". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 29 October 1997. Retrieved 15 May 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  7. Sigmundur Ó. Steinarsson (10 January 1995). "Tek þriggja stiga skot í huganum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 2B. Retrieved 14 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  8. "KR - Keflavík". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association.
  9. "Keflavík - ÍR". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  10. "KKÍ | A landslið". Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  11. Björn Blöndal (15 August 1991). "Keflavík og Akranes í bikarúrslit". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 42. Retrieved 15 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  12. Hanna Katrín Friðriksen (27 August 1991). "Bikarinn tekinn með trompi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. B5. Retrieved 15 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  13. "Aukaæfingin skapar meistarann". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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