Georgía Olga Kristiansen | |
Position: | Basketball referee |
Birth Date: | 1979 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Iceland |
Nationality: | Icelandic |
Career Start: | 1993 |
Career End: | 2006 |
Career Number: | 7 |
Referee Start: | 2006 |
Years1: | 1993–1998 |
Team1: | KR |
Years2: | 1998–2000 |
Team2: | ÍS |
Years3: | 2001-2006 |
Team3: | KR |
Georgía Olga Kristiansen (born 3 January 1979) is an Icelandic basketball referee and a former player. She was the first female referee to officiate in the highest competitive tier men's basketball league in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild karla,[1] and the second female referee to officiate in the top-tier Icelandic women's basketball league, Úrvalsdeild kvenna, after Indíana Sólveig Marquez.[2] [3] Georgía and Indíana were also the first female referee pair to officiate together a highest competitive tier game in Iceland.[4] [5] [6]
Georgía is the great granddaughter of the Danish-born Georgia Björnsson, who she is named after, and Sveinn Björnsson, the first president of Iceland.[7] Georgía's brother is Davíð Tómas Tómasson, a musician and FIBA referee.[8] [9] On 7 December 2017 they became the first siblings to officiate together a highest competitive tier game in Iceland.[10]