Guðrún Ósk Ámundadóttir (born 7 May 1987) is an Icelandic basketball basketball coach and player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. As a player, she won the national championship twice and the Icelandic Cup five times.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1987 |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Listed height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2003–2019 |
| Position | Guard |
| Coaching career | 2019–2021 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2003–2007 | Haukar |
| 2007–2009 | KR |
| 2009–2015 | Haukar |
| 2015–2019 | Skallagrímur |
| As coach: | |
| 2018–2019 | Skallagrímur (assistant) |
| 2019–2021 | Skallagrímur |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As coach:
| |
| Career coaching record | |
| Úrvalsdeild kvenna | 23–23 (.500) |
Club career
editAfter coming up through the junior programs of Skallagrímur,[2] Guðrún started her senior team career with Haukar in 2003 and helped the team win two national championships and five Icelandic Cups. She played for KR from 2007 to 2009, winning the Icelandic Cup during her later season with the team.[3]
She returned to her hometown team of Skallagrímur in 2015.[4] In her first game, she posted a triple-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.[5] In 2017 she helped Skallagrímur to the Cup finals[1] where it eventually lost to Valur. She retired from playing after being hired as the head coach of Skallagrímur in September 2019.
Titles
edit- Icelandic champion (2): 2006, 2007
- Icelandic Cup (5): 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014
- Icelandic Company Cup (3): 2005, 2006, 2011
- Icelandic Super Cup: 2006
- 1. deild kvenna (2) : 2004, 2016
National team career
editGuðrún played in nine games for the Icelandic national basketball team from 2008 to 2009.[6]
Coaching career
editAfter serving as an assistant coach to Biljana Stanković for the 2018–19 season, she was hired as the head coach of Skallagrímur in September 2019.[7] In February 2020, she guided Skallagrímur to its first major title since 1964 when the team defeated KR in the Icelandic Cup finals.[8] In the Úrvalsdeild, the team posted á 15–10 record before the rest of the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland.[9]
In May 2020, she signed a contract extension for the 2020–21 season.[10] On 20 September 2020, she guided Skallagrímur to its first victory in the Icelandic Super Cup by defeating Valur 74–68.[11] She resigned from her post as head coach on 1 July 2021.[12]
Titles
edit- Icelandic Cup: 2020
- Icelandic Super Cup: 2020
Personal life
editGuðrún is the sister of basketball players Sigrún Sjöfn Ámundadóttir and Arna Hrönn Ámundadóttir.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (11 February 2017). "Systurnar úr Borgarnesi hafa aldrei tapað bikarúrslitaleik saman". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Guðrún þjálfar Skallagrím". Skessuhorn (in Icelandic). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 February 2014). "Guðrún hefur unnið bikarinn í öll fjögur skipti sín í Höllinni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (5 July 2015). "Kristrún, Guðrún Ósk og Signý í Skallagrím". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Sigur í fyrsta leik og fyrsta þrenna vetrarins". Skessuhron (in Icelandic). 12 October 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "A landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (26 September 2019). "Guðrún tekur við Skallagrími". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (15 February 2020). "Bikarinn fer í Borgarnes á blótið". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Samið um að Guðrún Ósk þjálfi Skallagrím áfram". Skessuhorn (in Icelandic). 19 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (18 April 2020). "Þjálfari bikarmeistaranna heldur áfram". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Bikarmeistararnir gegn Íslandsmeisturunum" (in Icelandic). Vísir.is. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (1 July 2021). "Guðrún Ósk hættir með Skallagrím". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (29 October 2016). "Það snýst allt um þetta á heimilinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 16 May 2020.