Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir Explained

Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir
College:Charleston Southern
(1991–1993)
Birth Date:1968 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Keflavík, Iceland
Nationality:Icelandic
Career Start:1986
Career End:1999
Career Position:Guard
Years1:1986–1991
Team1:Keflavík
Years2:1995–1997
Team2:Keflavík
Years3:1999
Team3:Keflavík
Cyears1:2011
Cteam1:Iceland U-16
Cyears2:2014–2015
Cteam2:Iceland (assistant)
Cyears3:2015–2016
Cteam3:Keflavík
Cyears4:2018
Cteam4:Breiðablik
Cyears5:2020–2021
Cteam5:Stjarnan
Highlights:As player:

Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir (born 1 July 1968) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former member of the Icelandic women's national basketball team.

Playing career

Club career

Margrét came up through the junior teams of Keflavík.[1]

National team career

Margrét played 6 games for the Icelandic women's national basketball team.[2] She won silver at the 1989 Games of the Small States of Europe and bronze at the 1991 Games.[3]

Coaching career

Margrét was hired as an assistant coach to the women's national team in 2014. She helped Iceland finish second on the 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe.[3]

In May 2015, Margrét was hired as the head coach of Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[4]

In October 2015, Margrét stepped down from the coaching staff of the national team due to a rift between her and her former player with Keflavík and then national team player, Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir.[5] [6] [7]

In January 2016, with Keflavík in third place, the board terminated its contract with Margrét,[8] stemming from a rift between her and two players,[9] [10] [11] including key-player Sandra Lind Þrastardóttir.[12]

On April 18, 2018, Margrét was hired as the head coach of Breiðablik, replacing Hildur Sigurðardóttir.[13] [14] On 14 November 2018, she resigned from her post for health reasons.[15]

On 21 July 2019, she became the first Icelandic woman to receive the FIBA Europe coaching certificate.[16]

On 21 August 2019, Margrét was hired as the head coach of Stjarnan women's youth teams.[17] Prior to the 2020–21 season, Stjarnan fielded a women's senior team again with Margrét appointed as head coach. In October 2020, she was criticized for taking the team on a training trip to Hrútafjörður when all practices and games where barred in the capital region due to another Covid-19 outbreak in Iceland.[18] In April 2021, she was replaced as head coach by Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir.

Personal life

Margrét is married to former Icelandic international basketball player, Falur Harðarson. They have four daughters, Lovísa Falsdóttir, Elfa Falsdóttir, Urður Falsdóttir and Jana Falsdóttir.[19] [20]

In 2017, Margrét was diagnosed with cancer.[21]

Notes and References

  1. News: Að ofan: Íslandsmeistarar ÍBK í 2. flokki kvenna í körfuknattleik . 27 November 2020 . . 4 May 1984 . 19 . Icelandic.
  2. Web site: A-landslið. kki.is. Icelandic Basketball Federation. 19 April 2018. Icelandic.
  3. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Margrét mætt á Smáþjóðaleika á ný eftir 24 ára fjarveru. 19 April 2018. Vísir.is. 2 June 2015. Icelandic.
  4. News: Margrét tekur við af Sigurði. 19 April 2018. Morgunblaðið. 4 May 2015. Icelandic.
  5. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Margrét hættir að þjálfa landsliðið vegna Bryndísar. 19 April 2018. Vísir.is. 19 October 2015. Icelandic.
  6. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Bryndís vildi ekki láta öskra á sig - Margrét bauðst til að hætta hjá Keflavík. 19 April 2018. Vísir.is. 19 October 2015. Icelandic.
  7. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Framlenging í Körfuboltakvöldi: Af hverju var Margrét að þessu?. 19 April 2018. Vísir.is. 20 October 2015. Icelandic.
  8. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Margrét látin fara hjá Keflavík - Sigurinn í Grindavík var síðasti leikurinn hennar. 19 April 2018. Vísir.is. 8 January 2016. Icelandic.
  9. News: Ekkert eitt varð Margréti að falli. 19 April 2018. Morgunblaðið. 16 January 2016. Icelandic.
  10. News: Margréti Sturlaugsdóttur sagt upp hjá Keflavík. 19 April 2018. Víkurfréttir. 8 January 2018. Icelandic.
  11. News: Jón Júlíus Karlsson. Margrét hættir með Keflavík. 19 April 2018. RÚV. 9 January 2016. Icelandic.
  12. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Tveir leikmenn boluðu Margréti burt: "Búið að gefa tóninn". 19 April 2018. Vísir.is. 13 January 2016. Icelandic.
  13. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Margrét tekur við af Hildi. 19 April 2018. Vísir.is. 18 April 2018. Icelandic.
  14. News: Svindri Sverrisson. Snýr aftur eftir sprett í djúpu lauginni. 19 April 2018. Morgunblaðið. 19 April 2018. Icelandic.
  15. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Margrét hættir sem þjálfari kvennaliðs Breiðabliks . 14 November 2018 . . 14 November 2018 . Icelandic.
  16. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Margrét fékk krabbamein en náði samt að klára FECC fyrst íslenskra kvenna . 22 July 2019 . . 22 July 2019 . Icelandic.
  17. News: Davíð Eldur . Margrét tekur við Stjörnunni . 21 August 2019 . Karfan.is . 21 August 2019 . Icelandic.
  18. News: Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason . Skelltu sér í æfingabúðir út á land þrátt fyrir tilmælin . 15 October 2020 . . 12 October 2020 . Icelandic.
  19. News: Skúli Unnar Sveinsson. Falur sér um kalkúninn. 19 April 2018. Morgunblaðið. 22 December 2008. Icelandic.
  20. News: Léttir að fella grímuna. 19 April 2018. Víkurfréttir. 13 January 2017. Icelandic.
  21. News: Margrét í spjalli: "Körfuboltinn gefur mér eitthvað". 19 April 2018. karfan.is. 17 February 2018. Icelandic.

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