Ramune Pekarskyte

Ramune Pekarskyte (born 5 October 1980) is a Lithuanian-Icelandic handball player for Haukar of Úrvalsdeild kvenna, and the Icelandic national team.[2] Although born in Lithuania, she gained Icelandic citizenship on 14 June 2012[3][4] and has been available for the Icelandic team since then.[5]

Ramune Pekarskyte
Personal information
Born (1980-10-05) 5 October 1980
Pasvalys, Lithuania
Nationality Lithuanian / Icelandic
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Haukar
Number 13
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003-2010
 Haukar
2010-2013
 Levanger Handball
2013-2014
 SönderjyskE
2014-2015
 Le Havre AC
2015-2017
 Haukar
2017-2018
 Stjarnan
2018-present
 Haukar
National team 1
Years Team
1996-2009
 Lithuania
2012-
 Iceland 38[1] (103)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 25 February 2017

Career

Pekarskyte played for Haukar from 2003 to 2010 when she joined Levanger Handball.[6] In April 2013, she signed with SönderjyskE in Denmark.[7] In 2014, Pekarskyte signed with Le Havre AC of the French championship league.[8] In 2015 she signed back with Haukar in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna, where she played until 2017 when she signed with Stjarnan.[6] For the 2017–18 season, she led Stjarnan with 109 goals 19 games.[9]

In August 2018, Pekarskyte signed back with Haukar.[9]

References
  1. "A landslið kvenna". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. "Ramune Pekarskyte". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. "Lög nr. 65 25. júní 2012" (in Icelandic). Alþingi. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. "Pekarskyte íslenskur ríkisborgari". RÚV (in Icelandic). 11 June 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. "Ramune til Stjörnunnar".
  6. "Ramune til Stjörnunnar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 10 August 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  7. "Ramune þriðji Íslendingurinn hjá SønderjyskE". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 25 April 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  8. Ívar Benediktsson (29 May 2014). "Ramune flytur frá Danmörku til Le Havre í Frakklandi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  9. Arnar Geir Halldórsson (16 August 2018). "Ramune Pekarskyta snýr aftur í Hauka". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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