Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir

Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir (born 22 July 1988) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic women's national basketball team. Over her 15 year career, she won the Icelandic championship six times and the Icelandic Basketball Cup four times.[1]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is matronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Bryndís.
Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir
Bryndís with Keflavík in 2015
Personal information
Born (1988-07-22) 22 July 1988
Keflavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
Playing career2003–2019
PositionForward
Number6, 7
Career history
2003–2009Keflavík
2009Royal Charleroi
2009–2011Keflavík
2011–2012KR
2012–2015Keflavík
2015–2017Snæfell
2018–2019Keflavík
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
2005 AndorraTeam
2009 CyprusTeam
2013 LuxembourgTeam
2015 IcelandTeam
2019 BarTeam
Championship for Small Countries
2014 AustriaTeam

Club career

After coming up the junior ranks of Keflavík, Bryndís played her first senior games during the 2003–2004 Úrvalsdeild season, averaging 4.1 points in 14 games.[2] She had her breakout season in 2004–2005, averaging 11.6 points and 8.1 rebounds, and was named as the Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year and to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.[3] She helped Keflavík to the Úrvalsdeild finals, scoring 21 points in the third and deciding game against ÍS in the semi-finals.[4] In the finals, Keflavík beat Grindavík in three games, winning their third straight national championship.[5]

In November 2007, Bryndís tore a cruciate ligament in her knee, resulting in her missing the rest of the season. In the four games she had played, she averaged 20.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists.[6][7]

In August 2009, Bryndís signed with Belgian club Royal SPIRO Monecu Charleroi[8] but left the club in November and rejoined Keflavík.[9]

Bryndís was selected as a starter to the 2011 All-Star game.[10] She averaged 14.0 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists during the 2010-2011 regular season and 15,1 points in the playoffs. She was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team and was a strong candidate for the Domestic Player of the Year award. In May 2011, Bryndís unexpectedly left Keflavík and signed with Reykjavík powerhouse KR.[11]

KR started well, blowing out Keflavík, 84-49, in the Supercup.[12] During the Úrvalsdeild season, KR however underperformed, posting a 13-15 record and missing the playoffs. Bryndís appeared in 21 games for KR during the 2011–2012 season, averaging 10.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. After the season, she left KR and signed back with Keflavík.[13]

In January 2013, she was selected to the 2013 All-Star game.[14]

Bryndís missed the first half of the 2014–2015 season due to personal reasons[15] but returned to help Keflavík reach the Cup finals[16] and the Úrvalsdeild finals.[17]

In the beginning of the 2015–2016 season, Bryndís developed a rift with newly hired Keflavík head coach Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir which ended with Bryndís reaching an agreement with Keflavík to terminate her contract and Margrét stepping down as assistant coach of the Icelandic national basketball team.[18][19][20] Shortly after, Bryndís signed a 2-year contract[21] with the reigning national champions Snæfell.[22] In her first game she scored the game winning basket by lobbing in an inbound pass from Haiden Palmer with 0.3 seconds remaining, giving Snæfell a 95-93 victory over Stjarnan.[23] With Snæfell, she won both the Icelandic Cup[24] and the national championship.[25] She helped Snæfell again to the finals in 2017 where they met her former team Keflavík. In the finals, Keflavík proved to be to strong and won 3-1.[26][27]

After sitting out the 2017–2018 season due to pregnancy,[28] Bryndís returned to Keflavík in July 2018.[29] For the season, Bryndís averaged 9.7 points and 7.4 rebounds during 2018–19 season, helping Keflavík to the Úrvalsdeild finals, and was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team for the eight time.[30]

On 30 August 2019, Bryndís announced her retirement from basketball, in part due to problems with her surgically repaired knee.[31][32]

National team career

Bryndís played 4 games for the Icelandic national basketball team from 2004 to 2018.[33] She won silver with Iceland at the Games of the Small States of Europe in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2015.[34] In 2014 she won silver with Iceland at the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.[35][36]

Titles, awards and achievements

Titles

Awards

Achievements
  • Icelandic All-Star game: 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013

References
  1. "Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir með barni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. "Tölfræði - Keflavík". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson (21 April 2005). "Helena og Sigurður útnefnd leikmenn ársins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. "Keflavík í úrslitin gegn Grindavík". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 23 March 2005. p. 48. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. Davíð Páll Viðarsson (7 April 2005). "Þriðji titillinn röð hjá Keflavík". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 2–3. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. "Bryndís er úr leik". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 7 November 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  7. "Keflavík". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  8. "Bryndís til liðs við Royal Charleroi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 August 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  9. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (18 November 2009). "Bryndís: Þessi sigur mun hjálpa okkur mikið í stigatöflunni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  10. "Bryndís fékk flest atkvæði". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 10 January 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  11. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (17 May 2011). "Bryndís búin að semja við KR - áfall fyrir Keflavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  12. "KR-ingar kjöldrógu tvöfalda meistara Keflavíkur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 10 October 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  13. Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (7 June 2012). "Bryndís komin heim til Keflavíkur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  14. "Stjörnuleikur kvenna í Keflavík í kvöld". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 30 January 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  15. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (4 September 2014). "Bryndís ekki með Keflavík fyrir áramót". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  16. Anton Ingi Leifsson (21 February 2015). "Umfjöllun, viðtöl og myndir: Grindavík - Keflavík 68-61 - Grindavík bikarmeistari kvenna 2015!". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  17. Skúli Unnar Sveinsson (27 April 2015). "Snæfell meistari eftir magnaðan sigur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  18. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (19 October 2015). "Margrét hættir að þjálfa landsliðið vegna Bryndísar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  19. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (19 October 2015). "Bryndís vildi ekki láta öskra á sig - Margrét bauðst til að hætta hjá Keflavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  20. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (20 October 2015). "Framlenging í Körfuboltakvöldi: Af hverju var Margrét að þessu?". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  21. "Bryndís til liðs við Snæfell". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 October 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  22. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (16 October 2015). "Bryndís samdi við Íslandsmeistarana". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  23. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (17 October 2015). "Sjáðu sigurkörfu Bryndísar - Myndband". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  24. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (13 February 2016). "Umfjöllun, viðtöl og myndir: Snæfell - Grindavík 78-70 - Bikarinn í Hólminn í fyrsta sinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  25. Hjörvar Ólafsson (26 April 2016). "Snæfell Íslandsmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  26. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (26 April 2017). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Keflavík - Snæfell 70-50 - Keflvíkingar Íslandsmeistarar í sextánda sinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  27. Kristján Jónsson (26 April 2017). "Keflavík Íslandsmeistari kvenna í körfuknattleik". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  28. "Bryndís mun ekki spila með Snæfelli í vetur". Skessuhorn (in Icelandic). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  29. "Bryndís og Hörður Axel með Keflavík í vetur". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  30. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (11 May 2019). "Helena og Kristófer valin best annað tímabilið í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  31. Davíð Eldur (30 August 2019). "Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir leggur skóna á hilluna "Fer sátt frá borði"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  32. Bjarni Helgason (31 August 2019). "Nýtt áhugamál á döfinni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  33. "A Landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  34. "Bryndís og Helena á sínum fjórðu Smáþjóðaleikum". Icelandic Basketball Federation (in Icelandic). 6 June 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  35. "Silfrið staðreynd hjá stelpunum eftir sex stiga tap". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  36. Pétur Hreinsson (21 July 2014). "Mun betra lið núna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 8. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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