Berglind Gunnarsdóttir Explained

Berglind Gunnarsdóttir
Height Cm:175
Birth Date:1993 2, df=yes
Nationality:Icelandic
Career Start:2007
Career End:2020
Career Number:11
Career Position:Guard
Coach Start:2021
Years1:2007–2020
Team1:Snæfell
Cyears1:2021–2022
Cteam1:Valur (assistant)
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Berglind Lára Gunnarsdóttir (born 17 February 1993) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player who played 26 games for the Icelandic national basketball team. She spent her entire playing career with Snæfell where she won three straight national championships from 2014 to 2016 and the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2016. In 2017, she was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.

Career

First years

Berglind came up through the junior ranks of Snæfell, playing her first senior match during the 2007–2008 season in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna where she helped the club to a perfect 16-0 season and a promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[1]

Injuries plagued her next few seasons, she tore a cruciate ligament in her knee which required two operations and during the 2012–2013 season she repeatedly dislocated her shoulder after having initially injured it during the summer.[2]

Snæfell's rise to the top

Berglind helped Snæfell reach the Icelandic Cup finals in 2014 but missed the game due to a knee injury.[3] Without her, Snæfell lost 70-78 to Haukar.[4] On April 6, she helped Snæfell win its first ever women's national championship after sweeping Haukar 3-0 in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[5]

She won the national championship with Snæfell again in 2015, playing in all but one of Snæfell's games during the playoffs despite dislocating her shoulder in the semi-finals and again in the finals.[6] [7] [8] In 2016, Snæfell won the championship for the third year in a row, beating Haukar 3-1 in the finals. She had 11 points and 4 rebounds in the title clinching game.[9]

Berglind had a breakout season in 2016–2017,[10] averaging 11.6 points and 5.3 rebounds and being named to the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Domestic All-First Team.[11] She helped Snæfell post the best record during the regular season[12] and once again make it to the Úrvalsdeild finals against Keflavík. In the finals, Keflavík proved to be to strong and won 3-1.[13] [14]

On December 10, 2017, she scored the game winning layup, after rebounding her own miss, at the buzzer to beat Valur in the final eight of the Basketball Cup.[15] [16] On February 28, 2018, Berglind dislocated her shoulder once again in a loss against Keflavík.[17] In 26 games, she averaged 8.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.

Accident

After participating with the national team at the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe in May 2019, Berglind underwent a surgery on her troublesome shoulder and was expected to miss the first half of the 2019–20 season.[18] Shortly before her expected return, on 10 January 2020, she was involved in a serious accident after a bus she was traveling in, along with more than 40 college students, slid off the road in icy conditions and landed upside down. In the accident, she suffered serious neck and spinal injuries, leaving her partially paralyzed.[19] [20] In August 2020, she had regained the use of her legs.[21]

National team career

Berglind was first selected to the Icelandic national basketball team in 2015[22] and in total she played 26 games for the team.[23] She was selected to the national team for the EuroBasket Women 2017 qualification where Iceland finished third in its group.[24] In November 2017 she was selected to the team for the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification.[25] In May 2019 she participated at the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe where Iceland finished in second place.

In 2023, she began serving as the women's national team doctor.[26]

Coaching career

In August 2021, Berglind was hired as an assistant coach by reigning Úrvalsdeild kvenna champions Valur.[27]

Personal life

Berglind's sister is basketball player Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, who played for Snæfell and the Icelandic national team.[28]

In 2021, Berglind worked as an analyst on the basketball postgame show Domino's Körfuboltakvöld.[29]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

2017

Titles

2016

2008

Accomplishments

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sindri Sverrisson. Margir héldu að þetta gæti ekki gengið. 9 November 2017. Morgunblaðið. 8 November 2017. Icelandic.
  2. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Ein óheppnasta körfuboltakona landsins. 10 December 2017. Vísir.is. 13 February 2013. Icelandic.
  3. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Systurnar fá ekki að slást. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 20 February 2014. Icelandic.
  4. News: Kristján Jónsson. Haukar bikarmeistarar - Hardy með 44 stig. 11 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 22 February 2014. Icelandic.
  5. News: Skúli Unnar Sveinsson. Snæfell Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta sinn. 11 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 6 April 2014. Icelandic.
  6. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Kevin Love úr axlarlið og úr leik en ekki Berglind. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 30 April 2015. Icelandic.
  7. News: Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson. Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Snæfell - Keflavík 81-80 - Snæfell Íslandsmeistari 2015. 11 December 2017. Vísir.is. 27 April 2015. Icelandic.
  8. News: Haukur Harðarson. Eina leiðin til að vera með lið í Hólminum. 11 December 2017. RÚV. 12 January 2016. Icelandic.
  9. News: Hjörvar Ólafsson. Snæfell Íslandsmeistari. 11 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 26 April 2016. Icelandic.
  10. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. Körfuboltakvöld: Berglind nýtur þess að spila með nýja Kananum. 10 December 2017. Vísir.is. 13 November 2016. Icelandic.
  11. News: Lokahóf KKÍ 2017 - Thelma Dís og Jón Arnór valin best. 10 December 2017. Icelandic Basketball Federation. Icelandic.
  12. News: Kjartan Atli Kjartansson. Berglind: Eigum einn gír inni. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 20 March 2017. Icelandic.
  13. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Keflavík - Snæfell 70-50 - Keflvíkingar Íslandsmeistarar í sextánda sinn. 11 December 2017. Vísir.is. 26 April 2017. Icelandic.
  14. News: Kristján Jónsson. Keflavík Íslandsmeistari kvenna í körfuknattleik. 11 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 26 April 2017. Icelandic.
  15. News: Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir. Snæfell fer í undanúrslit eftir hörkuspennu í Stykkishólmi. 10 December 2017. Vísir.is. 10 December 2017. Icelandic.
  16. News: Andri Yrkill Valsson. Horfðum á boltann leka ofan í. 11 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 11 December 2017. Icelandic.
  17. News: Skúli B. Sigurðsson. Berglind fór alvarlega úr axlarlið. 1 March 2018. Morgunblaðið. 28 February 2018. Icelandic.
  18. News: Valur Páll Eiríksson . Mestu máli skipti þó að ég var á lífi . 19 August 2020 . . 1 February 2020 . Icelandic.
  19. News: Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason . Landsliðskona á langan bata fyrir höndum eftir rútuslysið nærri Blönduósi . 1 February 2020 . . 1 February 2020 . Icelandic.
  20. News: Sylvía Hall . Á fimmta tug háskólanema í rútunni sem valt . 1 February 2020 . . 10 January 2020 . Icelandic.
  21. News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson . Svava Kristín Gretarsdóttir . Sagði það ekki góða tilfinningu að vita að hún væri lömuð fyrir neðan axlir . 19 August 2020 . . 19 August 2020 . Icelandic.
  22. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Tveir nýliðar fara með til Ungverjalands. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 18 November 2015. Icelandic.
  23. Web site: KKÍ | A landslið . kki.is. 2020-02-01.
  24. News: Brynjar Ingi Erluson. Varnarleikurinn var lykilatriði í dag. 11 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 23 November 2016. Icelandic.
  25. News: Hans Steinar Bjarnason. Landsliðshópur valinn fyrir undankeppni EM. 11 December 2017. RÚV. 27 October 2017. Icelandic.
  26. News: Berglind fór frá því að vera leikmaður í að vera læknir landsliðsins á síðustu fjórum árum “Þakklát fyrir að geta verið hluti af þessum hópi áfram” . 8 November 2023 . Karfan.is . 8 November 2023 . Icelandic.
  27. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Berglind Gunnars er nýr aðstoðarþjálfari Íslandsmeistara Vals . 10 August 2021 . . 10 August 2021 . Icelandic.
  28. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Fjórar systur á leið með landsliðinu til Ungverjalands. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 19 November 2015. Icelandic.
  29. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Berglind og Ólöf Helga eru nýir sérfræðingar Körfuboltakvölds . 19 June 2021 . . 18 February 2021 . Icelandic.

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