Hafdís Helgadóttir

Hafdís Elín Helgadóttir (born 23 January 1965) is an Icelandic former basketball player. She spent a record 25 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, scoring 3,180 points[1] in 362 games. She retired as the Úrvalsdeild all-time leader list in career games played but has since been surpassed by Birna Valgarðsdóttir.[2] As a member of ÍS, she won the national championship in 1991 and the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 1991 and 2003.[3] In 2001 she was named to the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century.[4]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Hafdís.
Hafdís Helgadóttir
Personal information
Born (1965-01-23) 23 January 1965
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
Playing career1985–2013
PositionForward
Number7
Career history
As player:
1985-2007ÍS
2007-2011Valur
2013Valur
As coach:
2011-2014Valur (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

Career Úrvalsdeild kvenna statistics
Points3,180 (8.8 ppg)
Games362

Playing career

Hafdís played her first game on 7 October 1985 with ÍS where she spent 22 seasons[5] and played in six Basketball Cup finals, winning the cup twice.[6] After ÍS folded in 2007, she transferred to Valur where she last played in 2013.[7][8]

Coaching career

Hafdís was hired as an assistant coach to Ágúst Björgvinsson with Valur prior to the 2011-2012 Úrvalsdeild kvenna season.[9] She won the Icelandic Company Cup with the team in 2013.[10]

Icelandic national team

Hafdís played 13 games for the Icelandic women's national basketball team between 1986 and 1993.[11]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

Titles

References
  1. "Tímamót hjá Hildi Sigurðardóttur". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 18 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. "Átján árum eldri en sú næstelsta". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 12 December 2014. p. 86. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. "ÍS vann 300. leik Hafdísar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 28 February 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. "Fræknar kempur heiðraðar". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 February 2001. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. "Amman í boltanum". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 6 October 2006. pp. 35, 44, 45. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. "20 ár frá fyrsta leiknum". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 18 February 2006. p. 20. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. "Búin að spila 22 tímabil í röð". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 30 March 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. "24. tímabilið í röð í efstu deild". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 19 December 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. "Valsmenn laufléttir í lund: uppbygging körfuknattleiksdeildar Vals". Valsblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 May 2012. p. 104. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  10. "Við leikum allir saman, létt það verður gaman". Valsblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 May 2013. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  11. "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
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