Erla Þorsteinsdóttir (basketball) explained
Erla Þorsteinsdóttir |
College: | AUM (1998–1999) |
Birth Date: | 1978 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Keflavík, Iceland |
Nationality: | Icelandic |
Career Position: | Power forward / center |
Career Number: | 14 |
Career Start: | 1993 |
Career End: | 2005 |
Years1: | 1993–2004 |
Team1: | Keflavík |
Years2: | 2004–2005 |
Team2: | Grindavík |
Years3: | 2005 |
Team3: | Keflavík |
Highlights: | - Icelandic Team of the 20th century
- Icelandic Women's Basketball Player of the Year (2000)
- Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (2000)
- 5× Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (1998, 2000, 2002–2004)
- 6× Icelandic champion (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004)
- 7× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1994–1998, 2000, 2004)
- 3× Icelandic Supercup (1996, 2001, 2003)
- 2× Icelandic Company Cup (2002, 2003)
- Icelandic All-Star Game MVP (2004)
- 2× Icelandic All-Star (2004, 2005)
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Erla Þorsteinsdóttir (born 8 March 1978) is an Icelandic former basketball player. She was a key player on the Keflavík team[1] [2] [3] that won six Icelandic championships and seven Icelandic basketball cups during her stay there. In 2001 she was voted as one of the twelve players on the team of the 20th century.[4] She was named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year in 2000.[5]
Early life
Erla was born in Keflavík in 1978.[6] She started practicing basketball with Keflavík at the age of 11.[7] She was a promising golfer in her youth and was a member of the Icelandic junior national golf teams.[8] Following her retirement from basketball due to injuries, she returned to practicing golf.[9]
National team career
Between 1995 and 2004, Erla played 34 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[10]
Notes and References
- News: Var sagt að hætta á síðasta vori . 5 May 2021 . . 11 March 2002 . 28 . Icelandic.
- News: Stoppa þær Hildi og Erlu? . 5 May 2021 . . 7 February 2004 . 34 . Icelandic.
- News: Stoppa þær Eru og Hildi í Smáranum? . 5 May 2021 . . 20 December 2003 . 82 . Icelandic.
- News: Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn . . 26 February 2001 . 5 May 2021.
- News: Met hjá Teiti - Teitur og Erla valin best í körfunni í ár . 5 May 2021 . . 8 May 2000 . 30 . Icelandic.
- News: Kjartan, draumabíllinn er nýr Passat . 5 May 2021 . . 22 February 2001 . 18 . Icelandic.
- News: Grindavík fær mikinn liðsstyrk . 5 May 2021 . . 10 May 2004 . B1 . Icelandic.
- News: Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir . Mikið að Verja . 5 May 2021 . Vera . 1 October 2003 . 34–35 . Icelandic.
- News: Í golfinu ertu einn í liðinu . 5 May 2021 . . 15 July 2010 . D14 . Icelandic.
- Web site: KKÍ | A landslið . kki.is. 2021-05-05.