Anna María Sveinsdóttir

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Anna María.
Anna María Sveinsdóttir
Personal information
Born (1969-11-22) November 22, 1969 (age 54)
Keflavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Career information
Playing career1984–2006
PositionCenter
Number14
Career history
As player:
1984–1990Keflavík
1990Brunell
1990–2000Keflavík
2001–2006Keflavík
As coach:
1997–1999Keflavík
2001–2003Keflavík
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Malta Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Andorra Team
FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
Gold medal – first place 1996 Malta National Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Andorra National Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Wales National Team

Anna María Sveinsdóttir (born November 22, 1969) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. She won eleven Icelandic championships and eleven Icelandic basketball cups, and is regarded as one of the best women's players in Icelandic basketball history.[1][2]

She was the first player to break the 5000 points barrier in Úrvalsdeild kvenna and finished her career as its all-time leading scorer with 5001 points in 324 games.[3][4] The scoring record stood until April 23, 2013, when it was broken by Birna Valgarðsdóttir.[5]

Coaching career

Anna María served as a player-coach for four seasons with Keflavík, accumulating a 56-20 record (73,7%) and two national championships.[6]

Team of the 20th century

In 2001 Anna María was voted the Icelandic basketball player of the century and as one of the twelve players on the team of the 20th century.[7]

Icelandic national team

Between 1986 and 2004, Anna María played 60 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Hafa ekki unnið án Önnu Maríu í 14 ár". Fréttablaðið. 16 February 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2017. Template:Is icon
  2. ^ "Anna María hætt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). May 18, 2000. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Fyrst kvenna yfir 5.000 stig". Fréttablaðið. 2 March 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2017. Template:Is icon
  4. ^ "Anna María kvaddi með 5001 stig". Dagblaðið Vísir. 3 March 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2017. Template:Is icon
  5. ^ "Birna bætti stigametið". Fréttablaðið. 28 March 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2017. Template:Is icon
  6. ^ Óskar Ó. Jónsson and Rúnar Gíslason (15 April 2014). "Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar kvenna í körfubolta". KKI.is. Retrieved July 27, 2017. Template:Is icon
  7. ^ "Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn". Dagblaðið Vísir. 26 February 2001. Retrieved July 27, 2017. Template:Is icon
  8. ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-07-27.

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