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]
| No. 9 – Valur | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Úrvalsdeild kvenna |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 26 June 1999 |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Listed height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2013 | Laugdælir |
| 2015 | KR |
| 2015–present | Valur |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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
- Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson (22 May 2022). "Fékk að heyra að ég væri í vitlausum búningi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (5 May 2018). "Dagbjört Dögg var valin efnilegust". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (28 April 2023). "Valskonur eru Íslandsmeistarar í körfubolta". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- Páll Friðriksson (22 May 2019). "Vann alla titla sem í boði voru". Feykir (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- "Jón Arnór í uppáhaldi". Feykir (in Icelandic). 30 April 2015. p. 5. Retrieved 22 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- "A landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 22 May 2022.