Lovísa Thompson Explained
Lovísa Thompson |
Nationality: | Icelandic |
Birth Date: | 27 October 1999 |
Birth Place: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Position: | Left back |
Currentclub: | Valur |
Years1: | 2014–2018 |
Clubs1: | Íþróttafélagið Grótta |
Years2: | 2018– |
Clubs2: | Valur |
Years3: | 2022 |
Clubs3: | → Ringkøbing |
Nationalyears1: | 2017– |
Nationalteam1: | Iceland |
Nationalcaps1: | 29[1] |
Nationalgoals1: | 69 |
Ntupdate: | 30 May 2022 |
Lovísa Thompson (born 27 October 1999) is an Icelandic handball player who plays for Valur, and the Icelandic national team.[2] She has won both the Icelandic championship and Icelandic Cup three times each.
In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.[3]
Playing career
She started her career with Íþróttafélagið Grótta during the 2013–2014, appearing in her first game on 1 February 2014.[4] She helped Grótta win the national championship in 2015, scoring the game winning goal with 3 seconds left in the deciding game of the Úrvalsdeild Finals.[5] [6] [7]
After Grótta vas relegated to 1. deild kvenna in 2018, Lovísa signed with Úrvalsdeild club Valur.[8] In 2019, she won the Icelandic Cup with Valur[9] [10] where she was also named the Cup Finals MVP.[11]
In May 2022, Lovísa was loaned to Ringkøbing Håndbold of the Damehåndboldligaen.[12] She left the club in October 2022.[13]
In December 2022, Lovísa was loaned to Tertnes HE as an attempt to help the club avoid relegation from the highest ranked league in Norway, REMA 1000-ligaen.[14] Due to an injury, she didn't appear in any games for Tertnes and returned to Iceland.[15] In February, it was reported that she was scheduled for a surgery to fix a bone chip that was pushing on her achilles tendon.[16]
Titles, awards and achievements
Titles
Awards
External links
Notes and References
- News: Ívar Benediktsson . Lovísa er á förum frá Val . 13 December 2022 . handbolti.is . 30 May 2022 . Icelandic.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Lovísa ein af 20 vonarstjörnum evrópsks handbolta . 19 March 2019 . . 26 September 2018 . Icelandic.
- Web site: 20 rising stars to watch for the future. European Handball Federation. 26 September 2018.
- Web site: Grótta – Valur (23–22) . hsi.is . 19 March 2019 . Icelandic.
- News: 15 ára og tryggði Gróttu titilinn . 19 March 2019 . . 13 May 2015 . Icelandic.
- News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Lovísa Thompson setti nýtt met í kaloríueyðslu í prófum landsliðsins – Myndband . 19 March 2019 . . 23 November 2017 . Icelandic.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Lovísa áfram á Nesinu . 19 March 2019 . . 1 June 2017 . Icelandic.
- News: Einar Örn Jónsson . Mikill liðsstyrkur til Vals . 19 March 2019 . . 2 May 2018 . Icelandic.
- News: Víkingur Goði Sigurðarson . Lovísa: Ótrúlega gaman að vera í Val . 19 March 2019 . . 9 March 2019 . Icelandic.
- News: Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir . Lovísa er langbesti leikmaðurinn í þessari deild . 19 March 2019 . . 19 March 2019 . Icelandic.
- News: Valur Páll Eiríksson . Geggjað frá A til Ö . 19 March 2019 . . 9 March 2019 . Icelandic.
- News: Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson . Get verið ung og efnileg aftur . 1 June 2022 . . 31 May 2022 . Icelandic.
- News: Lovísa farin frá Danmörku . 25 October 2022 . . 7 October 2022 . Icelandic.
- Web site: Tar grep for å unngå nedrykk: Lovisa (23) på plass i Bergen for å redde Tertnes. ba.no. 11 December 2022. norwegian.
- News: Hætt við félagaskipti Lovísu . 1 February 2023 . . 1 February 2023 . Icelandic.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . Búin að vera að drepast í hásinunum í tvö og hálft ár . 7 February 2023 . . 7 February 2023 . Icelandic.