Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir
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Born | Keflavík, Iceland | 1 July 1968||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Icelandic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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College | Charleston Southern (1991–1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1986–1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1986–1991 | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011 | Iceland U-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Iceland (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Breiðablik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Stjarnan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir (born 1 July 1968) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former member of the Icelandic women's national basketball team.
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Margrét came up through the junior teams of Keflavík.[1]
National team career
[edit]Margrét played 6 games for the Icelandic women's national basketball team.[2] She won silver at the 1989 Games of the Small States of Europe and bronze at the 1991 Games.[3]
Coaching career
[edit]Margrét was hired as an assistant coach to the women's national team in 2014. She helped Iceland finish second on the 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe.[3]
In May 2015, Margrét was hired as the head coach of Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[4]
In October 2015, Margrét stepped down from the coaching staff of the national team due to a rift between her and her former player with Keflavík and then national team player, Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir.[5][6][7]
In January 2016, with Keflavík in third place, the board terminated its contract with Margrét,[8] stemming from a rift between her and two players,[9][10][11] including key-player Sandra Lind Þrastardóttir.[12]
On April 18, 2018, Margrét was hired as the head coach of Breiðablik, replacing Hildur Sigurðardóttir.[13][14] On 14 November 2018, she resigned from her post for health reasons.[15]
On 21 July 2019, she became the first Icelandic woman to receive the FIBA Europe coaching certificate.[16]
On 21 August 2019, Margrét was hired as the head coach of Stjarnan women's youth teams.[17] Prior to the 2020–21 season, Stjarnan fielded a women's senior team again with Margrét appointed as head coach. In October 2020, she was criticized for taking the team on a training trip to Hrútafjörður when all practices and games where barred in the capital region due to another Covid-19 outbreak in Iceland.[18] In April 2021, she was replaced as head coach by Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir.
Personal life
[edit]Margrét is married to former Icelandic international basketball player, Falur Harðarson. They have four daughters, Lovísa Falsdóttir, Elfa Falsdóttir, Urður Falsdóttir and Jana Falsdóttir.[19][20]
In 2017, Margrét was diagnosed with cancer.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ "Að ofan: Íslandsmeistarar ÍBK í 2. flokki kvenna í körfuknattleik". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 4 May 1984. p. 19. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "A-landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (2 June 2015). "Margrét mætt á Smáþjóðaleika á ný eftir 24 ára fjarveru". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Margrét tekur við af Sigurði". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 May 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (19 October 2015). "Margrét hættir að þjálfa landsliðið vegna Bryndísar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ 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 19 April 2018.
- ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (20 October 2015). "Framlenging í Körfuboltakvöldi: Af hverju var Margrét að þessu?". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (8 January 2016). "Margrét látin fara hjá Keflavík - Sigurinn í Grindavík var síðasti leikurinn hennar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Ekkert eitt varð Margréti að falli". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Margréti Sturlaugsdóttur sagt upp hjá Keflavík". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Jón Júlíus Karlsson (9 January 2016). "Margrét hættir með Keflavík". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (13 January 2016). "Tveir leikmenn boluðu Margréti burt: "Búið að gefa tóninn"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (18 April 2018). "Margrét tekur við af Hildi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Svindri Sverrisson (19 April 2018). "Snýr aftur eftir sprett í djúpu lauginni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (14 November 2018). "Margrét hættir sem þjálfari kvennaliðs Breiðabliks". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 July 2019). "Margrét fékk krabbamein en náði samt að klára FECC fyrst íslenskra kvenna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (21 August 2019). "Margrét tekur við Stjörnunni". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (12 October 2020). "Skelltu sér í æfingabúðir út á land þrátt fyrir tilmælin". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Skúli Unnar Sveinsson (22 December 2008). "Falur sér um kalkúninn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Léttir að fella grímuna". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Margrét í spjalli: "Körfuboltinn gefur mér eitthvað"". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 17 February 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Breiðablik women's basketball coaches
- Icelandic basketball coaches
- Icelandic expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Icelandic women's basketball players
- Keflavík women's basketball players
- Keflavík women's basketball coaches
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) players
- Guards (basketball)
- Sportspeople from Keflavík