Hallveig Jónsdóttir

Hallveig Jónsdóttir (born 9 July 1995) is an Icelandic basketball player who plays for Valur of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna and the Icelandic national basketball team.[1] In 2019, she won the Icelandic Championship and the Icelandic Cup with Valur.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Hallveig.
Hallveig Jónsdóttir
Hallveig with Keflavík in 2014.
No. 6 – Valur
PositionShooting guard
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2014Valur
2014–2015Keflavík
2015–presentValur
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
2017 San MarinoNational Team
2019 MontenegroNational Team

Career

Hallveig started playing basketball at the age of nine with Breiðablik's junior teams. In 2012, she joined Valur where she played for three seasons before transferring to Keflavík in 2014.[2] During her lone season with Keflavík, she won the Icelandic Company Cup in September 2014.[3]

During the 2018–19 season, she helped Valur earn its first major trophies in women's basketball after the team won both the national championship and the Icelandic Cup. During the regular season, she averaged 9.8 points per game while shooting 35.2% from the three point range.

Valur started the 2019–20 season by defeating Keflavík, 105–81, in the annual Icelandic Super Cup.[4] 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.[5] On 13 February 2020, she scored 29 points, including 7 three pointers, in a 99-105 overtime loss against Reykjavík rivals KR.[6]

Icelandic national team

After playing with most of Iceland's junior national teams, Hallveig debuted with the senior team in 2013.[7] She participated with the team at the Games of the Small States of Europe in 2017[8] and 2019.[9]

References
  1. Haukur Harðarson (24 November 2016). "Ótrúleg sjö stig Hallveigar á 73 sekúndum". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. Guðmundur Hilmarsson (29 January 2016). "Vilt frekar hafa hana með þér í liði en á móti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (29 September 2014). "Unnu bæði Lengjubikarinn annað árið í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. Anton Ingi Leifsson (29 September 2019). "Vandræðalaust hjá Val gegn Keflavík í Meistarakeppni KKÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. "Valur bætti fjórða bikarnum í safnið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (14 February 2020). "Hildur Björg sló bæði stiga- og framlagsmet Helenu í Höllinni í gær". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  8. Starri Freyr Jónsson (19 December 2017). "Stefnir á titilinn í vor". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  9. "Hallveig og Helena með landsliðinu á Smáþjóðaleikana 2019". Valur (in Icelandic). 20 May 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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