| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 September 1998 |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Listed height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2012–2020 |
| Position | Guard/ forward |
| Number | 8 |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2016 | Haukar |
| 2016–2018 | Stjarnan |
| 2018–2019 | Þór Akureyri |
| 2019–2020 | Valur |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Sylvía Rún Hálfdánardóttir (born 20 September 1998) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. [1]
Playing career
Sylvía Rún came up through the junior ranks of Haukar and broke into the senior team in 2012. She played with Haukar until 2016, winning the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2014 and the Icelandic Company Cup in 2015. [2]
After starting the 2016-2017 season with Stjarnan, [3] she stepped away from basketball after three games for personal reasons [4] but returned to the team the following season where she went on to average 11.0 points and 7.6 rebounds in 12 games.
In September 2018, Sylvía Rún joined 1. deild kvenna club Þór Akureyri. [5] On 5 January 2019, Sylvía posted a quadruple-double with 11 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals in a victory against Njarðvík. [6] On 16 March 2019, she scored a career high 40 points in a 70-67 victory against Hamar. For the season she averaged 21.7 points, 12.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists. After the season she was named to the 1. deild kvenna Domestic All-First Team. [7]
In May 2019, Sylvía signed with reigning national champions Valur. [2] She averaged 10.3 points and 6.6 rebounds in 22 games for Valur before the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland. Following the season, she retired from competitive basketball. [8]
National team career
In 2016, she was named to the Tournament All-First team during the 2016 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship Division B after leading Iceland to a 4th place finish. During the tournament she averaged 16.7 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.4 steals. Her best game came against Finland where she had 28 points and 20 rebounds. [9] From 2016 to 2019, she appeared in 4 games for the Icelandic national basketball team. [10]
Personal life
Sylvía's parents, Hálfdán Markússon and Sóley Indriðadóttir, both played basketball for Haukar. Her sister, Margrét Rósa Hálfdánardóttir, played college basketball for Canisius College and played 12 games for the Icelandic national team. [11]
Awards, titles and accomplishments
Individual awards
- Division I Domestic All-First Team: 2019
- U18 European Championship Division B All-First team: 2016
Titles
- Icelandic Basketball Cup: 2014
- Icelandic Company Cup: 2015
- Icelandic Super Cup: 2019
References
- ^ Bjarni Helgason (24 June 2021). "Hefði viljað vera barn aðeins lengur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Sylvía Rún til meistaranna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (17 September 2016). "Sylvía Rún, Danielle og Sigrún Guðný í Stjörnuna". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Guðrún Ósk Guðjónsdóttir (9 June 2017). "Sylvía er komin á góðan stað eftir erfiða baráttu við kvíða og þunglyndi – Tekur þátt í Ungfrú Ísland". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Páll Jóhannesson (10 September 2018). "Sylvía Rún Hálfdánardóttir til liðs við Þór". Þór Akureyri (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Kristinn Bergmann Eggertsson (6 January 2019). "Þrennuvaktin: Sylvía Rún með fjórfalda tvennu!". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Ólafur Þór Jónsson (15 May 2019). "Hrund best í 1. deild kvenna". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (23 September 2020). "Pálína: Valur missti ekki bara Helenu heldur líka langmesta karakterinn í Valsliðinu í fyrra". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (1 August 2016). "Sylvía Rún valin í úrvalslið EM". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "A landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (11 March 2016). "Hefur allt til að bera til þess að verða frábær". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 December 2019.