Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir

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Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir

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Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir
Personal information
Born	(1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39) Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Listed height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career	2001–2018, 2020–2021
Position	Guard/forward
Career history
2001–2002	ÍR/Breiðablik
2002–2004	ÍR
2004–2009	Haukar
2009–2011	Hamar
2011–2015	Valur
2015–2017	Skallagrímur
2017–2018	Valur
2020–2021	ÍR

Career highlights and awards
4× Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (2008–2010, 2013) 3× Icelandic champion (2006, 2007, 2009) Icelandic Cup (2007) Icelandic Supercup (2006) 3× Icelandic Company Cup (2005, 2006, 2013) 8× Icelandic All-Star (2004, 2006–2009, 2011, 2013, 2014)

Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir (born 14 March 1985) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. During her career, she won the Icelandic championship three times as a member of Haukar.

Playing career

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Kristrún's first senior games where for the joint team of ÍR/Breiðablik in the second-tier league. After helping ÍR win the league and gain promotion in 2003, she debuted in the top-tier league during the 2003–2004 season where she averaged 10.5 points in 18 games.^[1] After ÍR's relegation that season, she transferred to Haukar^[2] where she won back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007. She was one of the league's best players during the 2008–2009 season,^[3]^[4] averaging a career high 19.4 points during the regular season. Despite battling a groin injury for all the playoffs,^[2] she helped Haukar beat KR in the playoff finals for the national championship.

After the season, she signed with Hamar.^[5] During her first season with Hamar, she averaged 17.5 points per game and helped the team to the national championship finals for the first time.^[6]^[7]

Kristrún played for Valur from 2011 to 2015 when she signed with Skallagrímur. She helped Skallagrímur win the 1. deild in 2016 and return to the Úrvalsdeild for the first time since 1976.^[8] She returned to Valur in September 2017^[9] and played one season before retiring in 2018.

After two seasons away, Kristrún made a comeback with ÍR in 2020. In her first game back, she had 16 points and 8 rebounds in a victory against Njarðvík.^[10]