Hallveig Jónsdóttir (born 9 July 1995) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team.[1] During her career, she won the Icelandic Championship three times and the Icelandic Cup once.[2]
 Hallveig with Keflavík in 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 July 1995 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2011–2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Valur | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Keflavík | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2023 | Valur | |||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Career Úrvalsdeild kvenna statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Games | 353 | |||||||||||||||||
Medals
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Career
editHallveig started playing basketball at the age of nine with Breiðablik's junior teams. In 2012, she joined Valur where she played for three seasons before transferring to Keflavík in 2014.[3] During her lone season with Keflavík, she won the Icelandic Company Cup in September 2014.[4]
During the 2018–19 season, she helped Valur earn its first major trophies in women's basketball after the team won both the national championship and the Icelandic Cup. During the regular season, she averaged 9.8 points per game while shooting 35.2% from the three point range.
Valur started the 2019–20 season by defeating Keflavík, 105–81, in the annual Icelandic Super Cup.[5] It was Valur's first Super Cup win and the victory made them the holders of all four major national crowns, the others being the national championship, the national cup and the league championship which is awarded for the best regular season record in the Úrvalsdeild.[6] On 13 February 2020, she scored 29 points, including 7 three pointers, in a 99–105 overtime loss against Reykjavík rivals KR.[7]
On 2 June 2021, she won the national championship after Valur beat Haukar 3–0 in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[8]
On 28 April 2023, she won her third Icelandic championship after Valur defeated top-seeded Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals, 3–1.[9]
On 13 June 2023, she announced her retirement from basketball.[10][11]
Icelandic national team
editAfter playing with most of Iceland's junior national teams, Hallveig debuted with the senior team in 2013.[12] She participated with the team at the Games of the Small States of Europe in 2017[13] and 2019.[14] Between 2013 and 2021, she played 25 games for the national team.[15]
References
edit- ^ Haukur Harðarson (24 November 2016). "Ótrúleg sjö stig Hallveigar á 73 sekúndum". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Aron Guðmundsson (16 June 2023). "Hallveig leggur skóna á hilluna 27 ára gömul: „Langaði að hætta á toppnum"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (29 January 2016). "Vilt frekar hafa hana með þér í liði en á móti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (29 September 2014). "Unnu bæði Lengjubikarinn annað árið í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (29 September 2019). "Vandræðalaust hjá Val gegn Keflavík í Meistarakeppni KKÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Valur bætti fjórða bikarnum í safnið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (14 February 2020). "Hildur Björg sló bæði stiga- og framlagsmet Helenu í Höllinni í gær". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (2 June 2021). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Valur - Haukar 74-65 - Sópurinn á lofti og Valur Íslandsmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (28 April 2023). "Valskonur eru Íslandsmeistarar í körfubolta". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (14 June 2023). "Íslandsmeistari og fyrrverandi landsliðskona leggur skóna á hilluna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ Bjarni Helgason (25 June 2023). "„Ég veit að ég er ekki gömul"". Dagmál. Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
- ^ Starri Freyr Jónsson (19 December 2017). "Stefnir á titilinn í vor". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Hallveig og Helena með landsliðinu á Smáþjóðaleikana 2019". Valur (in Icelandic). 20 May 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "27 ára leggur skóna mjög óvænt á hilluna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.