Sandra Lind Þrastardóttir

Sandra Lind Þrastardóttir (born 14 June 1996) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team.[1][2] During her career, she won both the Icelandic and Danish championship along with the Icelandic and Danish Basketball Cup.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sandra Lind.
Sandra Lind Þrastardóttir
Sandra Lind with Keflavík in 2015.
Personal information
Born (1996-06-14) 14 June 1996
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight78 kg (172 lb)
Career information
Playing career2011–2018
PositionForward
Number12
Career history
2011–2016Keflavík
2016–2018Hørsholm 79ers
Career highlights and awards

Playing career

Sandra came up through the junior ranks of Keflavík and played her first senior game during the 2011-2012 season. She helped the club win the Icelandic Basketball Cup and the Icelandic championship in 2013.[3] During the 2015-2016 season, Sandra had a conflict with Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir, the head coach of Keflavík, which ended with Margrét's firing in January 2016.[4]

Sandra joined Hørsholm 79ers in 2016[3] and helped the club to the 2017 Dameligaen finals.[5][6]

On 27 January 2018, Sandra won the Danish Basketball Cup with Hørsholm after beating SISU BK, 71-64, in the cup finals.[7]

On 28 April 2018, Sandra won the Danish championship with the 79ers after beating Stevnsgade in the Dameligaen finals, 3-2.[8][9]

Icelandic national basketball team

Sandra first played for the Icelandic national basketball team from 2015[10] to 2018, playing 20 games in total for the team.[11]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Denmark

Iceland

References
  1. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (24 November 2015). "Gunnhildur og Sandra gerðu betur en flestar hafa gert í fyrsta EM-leik sínum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (24 February 2016). "Glímir við ungverska risann". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 14. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. Anna Lilja Þórisdóttir (5 November 2016). "Heitir ekki ni og halvfjerds". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (13 January 2016). "Tveir leikmenn boluðu Margréti burt: "Búið að gefa tóninn"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (12 April 2017). "Sandra Lind og félagar spila fyrsta leikinn í lokaúrslitum um danska titilinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. "Sandra í framlengdum oddaleik um titilinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  7. "Sandra Lind danskur bikarmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  8. Anton Lind (28 April 2018). "Hørsholm snyder Stevnsgade for DM-guldet i basket". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  9. Hjörvar Ólafsson (30 April 2018). "Sandra Lind varð þrefaldur meistari". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  10. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (6 July 2015). "Tveir nýliðar í hópnum sem fer til Danmerkur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  11. "A Landslið kvenna". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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