Jana Falsdóttir Explained

Jana Falsdóttir
Position:Point guard
League:Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Team:Njarðvík
Height Cm:165
Birth Date:2005 11, mf=yes
Nationality:Icelandic
Career Start:2020
Years1:2020–2021
Team1:Stjarnan
Years2:2021–2023
Team2:Haukar
Years3:2023–present
Team3:Njarðvík
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Jana Falsdóttir (29 November 2005) is an Icelandic basketball player who plays for Njarðvík, of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, and for the Iceland national team.

Playing career

Jana played junior basketball with Keflavík. She started her senior team career with Stjarnan in 2020 and went on to average 16.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists.[1]

After one season with Stjarnan, she moved to Haukar in August 2021.[2] On 24 September 2021, at the age of 15, she became the youngest Icelandic player to play and score in a continental competition when she scored in a win against Clube União Sportiva in the 2021–22 EuroCup Women qualifiers, breaking the records of Unnur Tara Jónsdóttir and Ragna Margrét Brynjarsdóttir.[3] During her two seasons with Haukar, she won the Icelandic Basketball Cup twice.

In 2023, she signed with Njarðvík.[4]

National team career

Jana has played for the Icelandic junior national teams. During the 2021 Nordic U-16 Championships, she registered 10 steals along with a team high 16 points in a win against Denmark U-16.[5]

She debuted with the Iceland national team in November 2023 against Turkey.[6]

Personal life

Jana is the daughter of former basketball players Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir and Falur Harðarson.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jana Falsdóttir - 1. deild kvenna (2020-2021 Tímabil) . kki.is . . 11 December 2023 . Icelandic.
  2. News: Davíð Eldur . Jana Falsdóttir til Hauka . 11 December 2023 . Karfan.is . 13 August 2021 . Icelandic.
  3. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Fimmtán ára með laglega og sögulega körfu í fyrsta Evrópuleiknum . 11 December 2023 . . 24 September 2021 . Icelandic.
  4. News: Jóhann Páll Kristbjörnsson . Gefst ekki upp . 11 December 2023 . . 20 October 2023 . Icelandic.
  5. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Stal tíu boltum í sigri á Dönum . 11 December 2023 . . 4 August 2021 . Icelandic.
  6. News: Ólafur Pálsson . Mér líður svolítið eins og við höfum unnið . 11 December 2023 . . 12 November 2023.
  7. News: Skúli Unnar Sveinsson. Falur sér um kalkúninn. 11 December 2023. Morgunblaðið. 22 December 2008. Icelandic.