Birna_Valgarðsdóttir

Birna Valgarðsdóttir

Birna Valgarðsdóttir

Icelandic basketball player

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Birna.

Birna Ingibjörg Valgardsdóttir (born 19 January 1976) is an Icelandic former basketball player who won eight Icelandic championships, in a record twelve trips to the national finals,[1] and five Icelandic Cups. She was named the Icelandic Female Basketball Player of the Year in 2002 and 2004.[2]

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Birna was the second player to break the 5000 points barrier in Úrvalsdeild kvenna and is its all-time leading scorer.[3][4] In December 2014, she broke the Úrvalsdeild kvenna all-time record for games played[5] and held that record until March 2023, when it was broken by Sigrún Sjöfn Ámundadóttir.[6]

After difficult injuries during the later part of her career,[7] Birna retired following the 2014-2015 season.[8][9]

Icelandic national team

Between 1995 and 2009, Birna played 76 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[10]

Awards and honours

References

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    Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (27 March 2013). "Stelpur, nú þurfið þið að hjálpa mér". Fréttablaðið. Retrieved July 27, 2017. (in Icelandic)
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    Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (December 12, 2014). "Ég er alveg kölluð mamma en rosalega oft bara gamla". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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    Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (10 March 2023). "Allt um leikjamet Sigrúnar: „Geggjað að vera með henni í liði"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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    Daðason, Kolbeinn Tumi (December 17, 2013). "Birna: Þegar ég hætti þá verð ég alveg hætt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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    "Birna Valgarðs heiðruð í Höllinni". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). November 26, 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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    "Keflavík heiðrar Birnu Valgarðsdóttur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). October 20, 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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    "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
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