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Guðmundur Bragason

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Guðmundur Bragason
Guðmundur in January 2009.
Personal information
Born (1967-04-21) April 21, 1967 (age 57)
NationalityIcelandic
Career information
Playing career1984–2014
PositionCenter
Coaching career1989–2015
Career history
As player:
1984–1996Grindavík
1996–1998BCJ Hamburg
1998Grindavík
1999Weissenfelt
1999–2002Haukar
2002–2004Grindavík
2011–2014ÍG
As coach:
1989–1990Grindavík (Women's)
1993–1994Grindavík (Men's)
1998Grindavík (Men's)
2012–2013Grindavík (Women's)
2015Grindavík (Men's, assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Career Úrvalsdeild karla playing statistics
Points5,655 (16.3 ppg)
Games348
Career coaching record
Úrvalsdeild karla27–10 (.730)
Úrvalsdeild kvenna4–14 (.222)

Guðmundur Bragason (born 21 April 1967) is a former Icelandic professional basketball player and coach. He spent most of his career with Grindavík in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, winning the national championship there in 1996.[1][2][3]

Icelandic National Team

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Guðmundur is the highest capped player in the Icelandic national basketball team history, playing 164 games between 1987 and 2003.[4]

Team of the 20th century

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In 2001 Guðmundur was voted to the Icelandic team of the 20th century in basketball as a player.[5]

Personal life

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Guðmundur is married to Stefanía Jónsdóttir, a former member of the Icelandic women's national basketball team[6] He is the father of basketball players Jón Axel Guðmundsson and Ingvi Þór Guðmundsson.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Ég elska Grindavík
  2. ^ "Guðmundur Bragason leggur skóna á hilluna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). March 31, 2004. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Gaman að kljást við þá stóru". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). November 23, 1997. pp. 16, 18. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  5. ^ "Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 February 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. ^ "A-Landslið kvenna". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Grindvíkingar til umfjöllunar í St. Louis". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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