Emelía Ósk Gunnarsdóttir
 Emelía Ósk in December 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Keflavík | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Úrvalsdeild kvenna | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Icelandic | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2021 | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||
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Emelía Ósk Gunnarsdóttir (born 26 May 1998) is an Icelandic basketball player for Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Keflavík. She won the Icelandic championship in 2017 with Keflavík. The previous year, she debuted for the Icelandic national basketball team.
Playing career[edit]
Emelía played her first senior team games for Keflavík during the later part of the 2013–2014 season. During the 2015-2016 season she averaged 6.5 points per game.[1] She had her breakout season in 2016-2017, becoming one of the league's top defensive players.[2][3]
In December 2017, Emelía tore her ACL in a game against Skallagrímur and missed the rest of the season. At the time of her injury, she was averaging 10.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.[4] She returned in March 2019, appearing in four regular season and eight playoff games.
In July 2021, she left the team to pursue an education in Sweden.[5] In January 2023, Emelía rejoined Keflavík.[6]
National team career[edit]
Emelía played her first games for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2016.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (1 November 2016). "Sú stigahæsta elskar það að spila vörn". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (16 December 2016). "Hlynur og Tyson-Thomas best í fyrri hluta Domino´s-deildanna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Ívar Benediktsson (14 December 2016). "Lykilmaður landsliðsins á næstu árum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 2. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Emelía Ósk með slitið krossband". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (11 July 2021). "Emelía Ósk yfirgefur Keflavík". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (2 January 2023). "Toppliðinu berst mikill liðsstyrkur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Gunnhildur fer með til Slóvakíu - Ívar valdi bæði Emelíu Ósk og Thelmu Dís". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 16 November 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "A landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 8 August 2020.