Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir Explained

Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir
Height Cm:176
Position:Guard
Birth Date:1990 8, df=yes
Nationality:Icelandic
Career Start:2006
Career End:2022
Years1:2006–2010
Team1:Snæfell
Years2:2010–2014
Team2:Haukar
Years3:2014–2020
Team3:Snæfell
Years4:2021–2022
Team4:Snæfell
Cyears1:2020–2023
Cteam1:Snæfell (assistant)
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Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir (born 7 August 1990) is an Icelandic basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. During her career, she won the Icelandic championship and the Icelandic Cup twice each. In 2016, she was named the Icelandic Women's Basketball Player of the Year.

Career

Gunnhildur played with Haukar from 2010[1] to 2014 and helped the club to the Úrvalsdeild finals twice, in 2012 when it lost to Njarðvík and in 2014 when it lost to her hometown team of Snæfell.[2] [3]

She helped Snæfell to the 2015 Úrvalsdeild finals, her third finals trip in four years.[4] After the season she was named as the Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year and to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.[5]

Gunnhildur helped Snæfell win the Icelandic Supercup on October 11, 2015.[6] On November 25, she injured her shoulder in a national game against Slovakia and missed eight weeks.[7]

In May 2016, she signed a contract extension with Snæfell for the 2016–2017 season.[8] In December 2016, Gunnhildur was named the Icelandic Women's Basketball Player of the Year, ending Helena Sverrisdóttir's eleven-year reign.[9] [10] [11]

After the 2017 finals, Gunnhildur revealed that she was pregnant and as a result would miss most of the coming season.[12]

Gunnhildur averaged 11.6 points and 5.5 rebounds during 2018–19 season and was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team for the third time.[13]

She announced her retirement from basketball in April 2020[14] but returned to the court with Snæfell in October 2021, posting 16 points and 10 rebounds in a victory against Stjarnan on 12 October.[15]

Icelandic national team

Gunnhildur was first selected to the Icelandic national basketball team in 2012.[16] In total she played 36 games for the team.[17]

Personal life

Gunnhildur's sister is basketball player Berglind Gunnarsdóttir, who played for Snæfell and the Icelandic national team.[18]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

2016

Titles

2008

Accomplishments

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Gunnhildur í Hauka. 9 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 14 April 2010. Icelandic.
  2. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Gunnhildur ein á móti restinni af fjölskyldunni. 1 December 2017. Vísir.is. 29 March 2014. Icelandic.
  3. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Við erum bara ein stór hamingjusöm fjölskylda í Hólminum. 1 December 2017. Vísir.is. 30 April 2015. Icelandic.
  4. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Þriðju lokaúrslit Gunnhildar á fjórum árum. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 22 April 2015. Icelandic.
  5. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. Gunnhildur: Alltaf best að spila heima. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 8 May 2015. Icelandic.
  6. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Gunnhildur aftur með og Snæfell burstaði Grindavík. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 11 October 2015. Icelandic.
  7. News: Gunnhildur frá í 8 vikur. 9 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 3 December 2015. Icelandic.
  8. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Fyrirliði Íslandsmeistaranna framlengir. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 12 May 2016. Icelandic.
  9. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Ellefu ára valdatíð Helenu lokið: Gunnhildur og Martin körfuboltafólk ársins. 1 December 2017. Vísir.is. 13 December 2016. Icelandic.
  10. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. Ekki hægt að fá mikið betri viðurkenningu. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 14 December 2016. Icelandic.
  11. News: Gunnhildur og Martin best. 9 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 13 December 2016. Icelandic.
  12. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. Gunnhildur barnshafandi. 1 December 2017. Vísir.is. 27 April 2017. Icelandic.
  13. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Helena og Kristófer valin best annað tímabilið í röð . 10 May 2019 . . 11 May 2019 . Icelandic.
  14. News: Skórnir á hilluna eftir fimmtán ára feril . 1 April 2020 . . 1 April 2020 . Icelandic.
  15. Web site: FIBA LiveStats: Snæfell v Stjarnan . . 12 October 2021.
  16. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Gunnhildur nálgast Sigrúnu en það er langt í met Guðbjargar. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 19 February 2016. Icelandic.
  17. Web site: KKÍ | A landslið . kki.is. 2020-04-01.
  18. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Fjórar systur á leið með landsliðinu til Ungverjalands. 9 December 2017. Vísir.is. 19 November 2015. Icelandic.

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