Dagbjört Dögg Karlsdóttir

Dagbjört Dögg Karlsdóttir is an Icelandic basketball player for Valur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna and a member of the Icelandic national team. She won the Icelandic championship in 2019 and 2021 and the Icelandic Cup in 2019. In 2021, she was named the Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year and in 2022, she was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.[1] In 2018, she was named the Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year.[2]

Dagbjört Dögg Karlsdóttir
No. 9 Valur
PositionPoint guard
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1999-06-26) 26 June 1999
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Career information
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013Laugdælir
2015KR
2015–presentValur
Career highlights and awards

On 28 April 2023, she won her third Icelandic championship after Valur defeated top-seeded Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals, 3–1.[3]

Early life

Dagbjört grew up in Reykir in Hrútafjörður[4] where she started playing basketball with Kormákur from Hvammstangi.[5]

National team career

After playing for Iceland's junior teams, Dagbjört debuted for the Icelandic senior national team in 2017.[6]

References

  1. Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson (22 May 2022). "Fékk að heyra að ég væri í vitlausum búningi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (5 May 2018). "Dagbjört Dögg var valin efnilegust". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (28 April 2023). "Valskonur eru Íslandsmeistarar í körfubolta". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  4. Páll Friðriksson (22 May 2019). "Vann alla titla sem í boði voru". Feykir (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2022 via Tímarit.is. open access
  5. "Jón Arnór í uppáhaldi". Feykir (in Icelandic). 30 April 2015. p. 5. Retrieved 22 May 2022 via Tímarit.is. open access
  6. "A landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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