Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir

Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir (born 14 August 1996) is an Icelandic basketball player. She won the Icelandic championship and the Icelandic Cup in 2013 as a member of Keflavík. In 2019, she was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.

Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir
Keflavík
PositionShooting guard
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 28)
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011-2016Keflavík
2016-2019Stjarnan
2019-2020Grindavík
2020-2022Haukar
2022-2023Njarðvík
2024-presentKeflavík
Career highlights and awards

Playing career

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Bríet Sif came through the youth ranks of Keflavík[1] and played her first games with the senior team during the 2011-2012 season.

During the 2012-2013 season, she helped Keflavík win both the Icelandic Cup[2] and the national championship. She started the following season well, scoring 10 points in Keflavík's 77-74 victory against Valur in the Icelandic Super Cup on 13 October 2013.[3]

During the 2014-2015 season, Bríet helped Keflavík to the second best record in the league.[4][5] Keflavík swept Haukar in the semi-finals in the playoffs and met defending champions Snæfell in the finals[6] where they lost 0-3.

In 2016, she joined Stjarnan in the Úrvalsdeild and during her first season with the club, she averaged 8.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. She continued to improve during her second season with Stjarnan, upping her averaged to 13.0 and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 34.1% from the three point range. In January 2019, Bríet Sif was named to the Úrvalsdeild Team of the first half of the 2018-2019 season.[7] On 5 January 2019, she scored a season high 37 points, making 9 of 14 three point shots, in a victory against Breiðablik.[8][9] She helped Stjarnan to the playoffs[10] where it lost to Keflavík in the semi-finals, and to the Cup Finals, where it lost to Valur. For the season she averaged 13.4 points 4.3 rebounds per game and was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.[11]

On 9 July 2019, Bríet signed with newly promoted Grindavík.[11] On 4 January 2020, she scored a career high 39 points in a victory against Breiðablik.[12] For the season she averaged 12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game but Grindavík was relegated after the season ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland.

On 9 July 2020, Bríet Sif signed with Úrvalsdeild club Haukar.[13] On 10 March 2021, she scored a season high 34 points and made 8 out of 14 three point shots in a 120-77 victory against KR.[14] In 27 regular season and playoff games, she averaged 10.5 points per game, helping Haukar to the Úrvalsdeild finals where they lost to Valur in three games.

On 18 September 2021, Bríet won the Icelandic Cup with Haukar after a 94–89 victory against Fjölnir in the Cup finals.[15] On 19 March 2022, she won the Icelandic Cup again after Haukar defeated Breiðablik in the 2022 Cup Finals.[16]

In June 2022, Bríet Sif signed with Njarðvík.[17] On 18 September, she won the Super Cup with Njarðvík after winning her former team, Haukar, 94-87.[18]

After sitting out the 2023-2024 season, she joined Keflavík ahead of the 2024-2025 season.

Icelandic national team

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Bríet Sif played her first game for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2018 when the team faced Slovakia in the EuroCup.[19][20]

Personal life

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Bríet Sif along with her twin sister Sara Rún during the 2014-2015 Úrvalsdeild kvenna season.

Bríet's twin sister is basketball player Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir.[21]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

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Titles

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References

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  1. ^ Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson (11 November 2018). "Að tapa er bara að tapa og ég hata að tapa". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Keflvíkingar bikarmeistarar 2013". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 16 February 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Meistarar Keflavíkur stóðu undir nafni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 6 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (8 April 2015). "Sara Rún: Þetta verður erfið rimma". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  5. ^ Andri Yrkill Valsson (8 April 2015). "Sigurviljinn mun ráða úrslitum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  6. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 April 2015). "Yrði algjört æði að kveðja með titli". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Domino's deildirnar - Úrvalslið og einstaklingsverðlaun fyrir fyrri hluta tímabilsins". Icelandic Basketball Federation (in Icelandic). 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Valur nálgast toppliðin - Bríet með 37 stig". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Býst ekki við neinu öðru en hörku leik". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 7 April 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  11. ^ a b Ólafur Þór Jónsson (10 July 2019). "Bríet til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  12. ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (6 January 2020). "Bríeti líkar vel að spila á móti Breiðabliki". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  13. ^ Ísak Hallmundarson (9 July 2020). "Bríet Sif og Elísabeth til liðs við Hauka". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  14. ^ Davíð Eldur (10 March 2021). "Bríet Sif og Sara Rún settu samanlagt 62 stig er Haukar unnu KR örugglega". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  15. ^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (18 September 2021). "Umfjöllun, viðtöl og myndir: Fjölnir - Haukar 89-94 - Haukar bikarmeistari í sjöunda sinn eftir hörkuleik". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  16. ^ Árni Jóhannsson (19 March 2022). "Leik lokið: Haukar - Breiðablik 88-81 - Haukar bikarmeistarar 2022". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  17. ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (7 June 2022). "Bríet Sif gengur í raðir Íslandsmeistaranna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  18. ^ Atli Arason (18 September 2022). "Hún er tilbúin að deyja fyrir klúbbinn eftir aðeins tvær vikur í Njarðvík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Einn nýliði gegn Slóvakíu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  20. ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (8 November 2018). "Tveir nýliðar í leikmannahópi íslenska liðsins". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  21. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (1 February 2021). "Tvíburaendurfundir í landsliðinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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