Sigurður Ágúst Þorvaldsson (born 25 November 1980) is an Icelandic basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national team. During his career, he won the Icelandic championship and the Icelandic Cup four times each. He was a four-time Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team member and in 2005 he was named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year.
 Sigurður in a game between Snæfell and Njarðvík in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 November 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Icelandic | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2000–2010 2012–2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 11, 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2008–2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | ÍR | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Snæfell | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Wool!Aris Leeuwarden | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Snæfell | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Snæfell | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | KR | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → KR-b | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Snæfell | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Medals
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In 2010, Sigurður was found guilty of rape and sentenced to two years in prison.[1]
Basketball career edit
After spending his first five seasons with ÍR and Snæfell, Sigurður signed with Woon!Aris Leeuwarden in Netherlands in 2005.[2]
He later returned to Snæfell and in 2010, he was member of the Snæfell team that won all four major men's competitions in Icelandic basketball that year: the national championship, the Icelandic Basketball Cup, the Icelandic Company Cup and the Icelandic Supercup.[3][4]
In 2017, Sigurður signed with KR.[5] On April 28, 2018, he won his third Icelandic championship after KR defeated Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[6]
On 4 May 2019 he won his 4th national championship after KR beat ÍR in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3–2.[7]
Awards and achievements edit
Individual awards edit
- Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (2005)
- 4x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (2005, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Club honours edit
- 4x Icelandic champion (2010, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- 4× Icelandic Basketball Cup (2001, 2008, 2010, 2017)
- 2x Icelandic Company Cup (2004, 2007)
National team career edit
Sigurður has played 56 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[8]
Legal history edit
In 2010, Sigurður was found guilty of raping a 17-year-old girl in November 2009 and sentenced to two years in prison.[1] The Supreme Court of Iceland confirmed the sentence in 2011 after an appeal. He was released from prison in 2012.[9][10]
References edit
- ^ a b "Körfuboltamaður ætlar að áfrýja nauðgunardómi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). June 22, 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Sigurður Þorvaldsson til Hollands". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). May 10, 2005. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Meistarar tímabilið 2009-2010 Archived 2015-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Meistarar tímabilið 2010-2011 Archived 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (May 11, 2016). "Sigurður Þorvaldsson til KR". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Kristján Jónsson (28 April 2018). "KR meistari fimmta árið í röð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (4 May 2019). "Umfjöllun: KR - ÍR 98-70 - KR Íslandsmeistari sjötta árið í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ A-landslið karla: Leikjafjöldi leikmanna Archived 2014-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ólafsdóttir, Kristín (September 16, 2017). "Fyrrverandi landsliðsmaður í körfubolta fékk uppreist æru". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Körfuknattleiksmaður fékk uppreist æru fimm árum eftir nauðgunardóm". Stundin (in Icelandic). September 16, 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
External links edit
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