Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir

Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir (born 10 October 1992) is an Icelandic basketball player for Valur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðbjörg.
Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir
Guðbjörg við Haukar in 2009
No. 4 – Valur
PositionGuard
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Career history
2007–2009Haukar
2007–2008→ Haukar-b
2009–2011Hamar
2011–presentValur
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
Silver medal – second place2015 ReykjavíkTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 San MarinoTeam

Career

Guðbjörg came up through the junior teams of Haukar and played her first games with the senior team during the 2006-2007 season.

In 2010, Guðbjörg helped Hamar to the Úrvalsdeild finals where they lost to KR in five games.[1]

On February 16, 2013, Guðbjörg dislocated her shoulder in the first half of Valur's Icelandic Cup finals game against Keflavík. She returned to the court in second half, after the team physician popped the shoulder back in the socket, and was a major catalyst in Valur's comeback to the game. However, with two minutes left of the third quarter, Guðbjörg ruptured her achilles tendon,[2][3] and without her Keflavík won a narrow 68-60 victory.[4]

After going through illness during the 2014-2015 season,[5] Guðbjörg recovered and was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team in 2016.[6]

On April 13, 2018, she helped Valur knock out defending champions Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild semi-finals. In the series clinching game, she had 14 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds.[7] In the Úrvalsdeild finals, she faced Haukar, led by her sister Helena Sverrisdóttir.[8] After splitting the first four games,[9] Valur lost the fifth and deciding game, 74-70.[10]

On 16 February 2019, she won the Icelandic Cup after Valur defeated Stjarnan in the Cup finals, 74-90.[11]

On 27 April 2019, she helped Valur win its first ever national championship after beating Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3-0.[12]

Valur opened the 2019–20 season by defeating Keflavík, 105-81, in the annual Icelandic Super Cup behinds Guðbjörg's team-high 22 points.[13] It was Valur's first Super Cup win and the victory made them the holders of all four major national crowns, the others being the national championship, the national cup and the league championship which is awarded for the best regular season record in the Úrvalsdeild.[14]

On 2 June 2021, she won the national championship after Valur beat Haukar 3–0 in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[15]

On 28 April 2023, she won her fifth Icelandic championship after Valur defeated top-seeded Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals, 3–1.[16]

Icelandic national team

Guðbjörg played her first game for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2014.[17] She won silver with Iceland at the Games of the Small States of Europe in 2015 and 2017.[18][19]

As of 1 May 2018, she has played 16 games for the national team.[20]

Personal life

Guðbjörg parents are Sverrir Hjörleifsson and Svanhildur Guðlaugsdóttir.[21] Guðbjörg 's sister, Helena Sverrisdóttir, is an 11-time Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year and a member of the Icelandic national team.[22][20] Her brother, Kristján Leifur Sverrisson, played for Haukar in Úrvalsdeild karla.[23][24]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

Titles

Accomplishments
  • Icelandic All-Star (3): 2010, 2013, 2014

References
  1. Rafnar Orri Gunnarsson (6 April 2010). "Umfjöllun: KR-stúlkur meistarar eftir sigur í oddaleik". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. "Guðbjörg fór úr axlarlið og sleit hásin". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 February 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. Skúli SIgurðsson (17 February 2013). "Guðbjörg úr leik með Val". karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. Kristján Jónsson (18 February 2013). "Varnarleikurinn virkaði". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 2. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. Kristján Jónsson (31 December 2016). "Datt út í miðri setningu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  6. "Haukur bestur og Thelma Dís efnilegust". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 7 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  7. Kristófer Kristjánsson (13 April 2018). "Valur sendi Íslandsmeistarana í frí". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  8. Kristinn Páll Teitsson (19 April 2018). "Systraslagur í úrslitunum". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  9. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (30 April 2018). "Myndi ekki þora að leggja mikið undir". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  10. Böðvar Sigurbjörnsson (30 April 2018). "Guðbjörg: Ömurlegt að spila gegn Helenu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  11. "Valur bikarmeistari í fyrsta sinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  12. Valur Páll Eiríksson (27 April 2019). "Valskonur Íslandsmeistarar í fyrsta sinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  13. Anton Ingi Leifsson (29 September 2019). "Vandræðalaust hjá Val gegn Keflavík í Meistarakeppni KKÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  14. "Valur bætti fjórða bikarnum í safnið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  15. Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (2 June 2021). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Valur - Haukar 74-65 - Sópurinn á lofti og Valur Íslandsmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  16. Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (28 April 2023). "Valskonur eru Íslandsmeistarar í körfubolta". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  17. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (6 June 2015). "Ekki fyrstu systurnar til að spila saman á Smáþjóðaleikum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  18. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (27 May 2015). "Hópurinn fyrir Smáþjóðaleikana klár". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  19. "Landsliðshópar Íslands - Helena verður með". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  20. "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  21. Guðmundur Hilmarsson (30 April 2018). "Verður súrsætt hvernig sem fer". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  22. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (19 November 2015). "Fjórar systur á leið með landsliðinu til Ungverjalands". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  23. "Frændsystkinin Kristján Leifur og Sólrún Inga í landsliðshópum 15 ára og yngri". haukar.is (in Icelandic). p. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  24. "Ívar áfram og blásið til sóknar". Mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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