Sigurður Þorvaldsson Explained

Sigurður Þorvaldsson
Nationality:Icelandic
Birth Date:25 November 1980
Career Start:2000–2010
2012
Career End:2020
Career Position:Forward
Career Number:11, 23
Coach Start:2008
Coach End:2009
Years1:2000–2003
Team1:ÍR
Years2:2003–2005
Team2:Snæfell
Years3:2005–2006
Team3:Wool!Aris Leeuwarden
Years4:2006–2010
Team4:Snæfell
Years5:2012–2016
Team5:Snæfell
Years6:2016–2020
Team6:KR
Years7:2019
Team7:KR-b
Cyears1:2008–2009
Cteam1:Snæfell
Highlights:

Sigurður Ágúst Þorvaldsson (born 25 November 1980) is an Icelandic basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national team. During his career, he won the Icelandic championship and the Icelandic Cup four times each. He was a four-time Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team member and in 2005 he was named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year.

In 2010, Sigurður was found guilty of rape and sentenced to two years in prison.[1]

Basketball career

After spending his first five seasons with ÍR and Snæfell, Sigurður signed with Woon!Aris Leeuwarden in Netherlands in 2005.[2]

He later returned to Snæfell and in 2010, he was member of the Snæfell team that won all four major men's competitions in Icelandic basketball that year: the national championship, the Icelandic Basketball Cup, the Icelandic Company Cup and the Icelandic Supercup.[3] [4]

In 2017, Sigurður signed with KR.[5] On April 28, 2018, he won his third Icelandic championship after KR defeated Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[6]

On 4 May 2019 he won his 4th national championship after KR beat ÍR in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3–2.[7]

Awards and achievements

Individual awards

Club honours

National team career

Sigurður has played 56 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[8]

Legal history

In 2010, Sigurður was found guilty of raping a 17-year-old girl in November 2009 and sentenced to two years in prison.[1] The Supreme Court of Iceland confirmed the sentence in 2011 after an appeal. He was released from prison in 2012.[9] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Körfuboltamaður ætlar að áfrýja nauðgunardómi. 30 September 2017. Vísir.is. June 22, 2010. Icelandic.
  2. News: Sigurður Þorvaldsson til Hollands. 30 September 2017. Vísir.is. May 10, 2005. Icelandic.
  3. http://www.kki.is/meistaratitlar.asp?Adgerd=Timabil&Timabil=2010 Meistarar tímabilið 2009-2010
  4. http://www.kki.is/meistaratitlar.asp?Adgerd=Timabil&Timabil=2011 Meistarar tímabilið 2010-2011
  5. News: Sæmundsson. Ingvi Þór. Sigurður Þorvaldsson til KR. 30 September 2017. Vísir.is. May 11, 2016. Icelandic.
  6. News: Kristján Jónsson. KR meistari fimmta árið í röð. 28 April 2018. Morgunblaðið. 28 April 2018. Icelandic.
  7. News: Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir . Umfjöllun: KR - ÍR 98-70 - KR Íslandsmeistari sjötta árið í röð . 5 May 2019 . . 4 May 2019 . Icelandic.
  8. http://www.kki.is/landslid.asp?talning=180&adgerd=leikmenn&lid=alidkarla&rod=NafnRodun&ascdesc=ASC&bls=6 A-landslið karla: Leikjafjöldi leikmanna
  9. News: Ólafsdóttir. Kristín. Fyrrverandi landsliðsmaður í körfubolta fékk uppreist æru. 30 September 2017. Vísir.is. September 16, 2017. Icelandic.
  10. News: Körfuknattleiksmaður fékk uppreist æru fimm árum eftir nauðgunardóm. 30 September 2017. Stundin. September 16, 2017. Icelandic.