Alda_Leif_Jónsdóttir
Alda Leif Jónsdóttir
Icelandic basketball player
Alda Leif Jónsdóttir (born 18 April 1979) is an Icelandic former basketball player. She has won the Icelandic championship four times and the Dutch championship once.[1] Alda was a seven-time selection for the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team and was named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year in 2002.[2][3]
Personal information | |
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Born | (1979-04-18) 18 April 1979 (age 45) Iceland |
Nationality | Icelandic |
Listed height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1994–2008 2010–2018 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 12 |
Career history | |
1994–1996 | Valur |
1996–1999 | ÍS |
1999–2000 | Keflavík |
2000–2001 | Holbæk |
2001–2005 | ÍS |
2005–2006 | Den Helder |
2006–2007 | ÍS |
2007–2008 | Snæfell |
2010–2018 | Snæfell |
Career highlights and awards | |
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During the 1999–2000 season, Alda led the Úrvalsdeild in assists, blocks, steals, shooting percent and free throw percent.[4][5] She spent the following season with Holbæk in the Dameligaen, averaging 11 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3,5 steals per game.[6]
In 2005, Alda signed with BV Den Helder (women) of the Dutch Women's Basketball League (WBL).[7] She was named to the 2006 Dutch All-Star game[8] and helped Den Helder to the Dutch championship.[1]
After missing the most of the 2013–14 season due to surgery on both knees, Alda helped Snæfell win the national championship for the first time in 2014.[9] She helped the team to the championship again in 2015 and 2016.[10]
Between 1996 and 2005, Alda played 52 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[11]
In 2001 Alda was voted as one of the twelve players on the Icelandic team of the 20th century.[12]
Alda is the daughter of Kolbrún Leifsdóttir who was named one of the top 12 Icelandic basketball players of the 20th century.[12][13][14]
Individual awards
Iceland
- Icelandic Team of the 20th century
- Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year: 2002
- Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (7): 1997–2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
Titles
Holland
- Dutch champion: 2006
Iceland
- Úrvalsdeild (4): 2000, 2014, 2015, 2016
- Icelandic Basketball Cup (3): 2000, 2003, 2016
- Icelandic Super Cup: 2012
- Icelandic Company Cup (2): 1998, 2012
- 1. deild kvenna: 2008
Accomplishments
Holland
- Dutch All-Star game: 2006
Iceland
- Icelandic All-Star game: 2005, 2013
- Úrvalsdeild scoring champion: 2002
- Úrvalsdeild assists leader (5): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004
- Úrvalsdeild blocks leader (5): 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Úrvalsdeild steals leader: 2000
- "Alda Leif lykilmaður í besta árangri Holbæk frá upphafi". Dagblaðið Vísir. 16 February 2001. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
- "Alda Leif til hollensku meistaranna". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 20 August 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- "Alda Leif Jónsdóttir í stjörnuleikinn í Hollandi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). February 3, 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (8 April 2014). "Átti þrjú börn milli titla". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- Jón Júlíus Karlsson (26 April 2016). "Snæfell Íslandsmeistari þriðja árið í röð". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
- "Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn". Dagblaðið Vísir. 26 February 2001. Retrieved July 27, 2017. (in Icelandic)
- "Ég get vissulega verið mamma þeirra sumra". Morgunblaðið. 17 February 1991. Retrieved 2017-05-31. (in Icelandic)
- "Hvað segir leikstjórnandinn Alda Leif Jónsdóttir um kvennakörfuboltann?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). December 2, 1997. Retrieved 22 August 2017.