Sandra Lind Þrastardóttir
 Sandra Lind with Keflavík in 2015. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 June 1996 |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Listed height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Listed weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2011–2018 |
| Position | Forward |
| Number | 12 |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2016 | Keflavík |
| 2016–2018 | Hørsholm 79ers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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.
Playing career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Titles
[edit]Denmark
[edit]- Danish champion: 2018
- Danish Basketball Cup: 2018
Iceland
[edit]- Icelandic champion : 2013
- Icelandic Basketball Cup : 2013
- Icelandic Supercup (2): 2013
- Icelandic Company Cup: 2014
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (24 February 2016). "Glímir við ungverska risann". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 14. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ a b Anna Lilja Þórisdóttir (5 November 2016). "Heitir ekki ni og halvfjerds". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (13 January 2016). "Tveir leikmenn boluðu Margréti burt: "Búið að gefa tóninn"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sandra í framlengdum oddaleik um titilinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Sandra Lind danskur bikarmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Anton Lind (28 April 2018). "Hørsholm snyder Stevnsgade for DM-guldet i basket". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (30 April 2018). "Sandra Lind varð þrefaldur meistari". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (6 July 2015). "Tveir nýliðar í hópnum sem fer til Danmerkur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "A Landslið kvenna". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 11 July 2019.