Sigurður Þorvaldsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sigurður.

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 Þorvaldsson

Sigurður in a game between Snæfell and Njarðvík in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1980-11-25) 25 November 1980 (age 43)
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
Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (2005) 4x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (2005, 2007, 2009, 2010) 4x Icelandic champion (2010, 2017–2019) 4× Icelandic Basketball Cup (2001, 2008, 2010, 2017)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Iceland Games of the Small States of Europe 2015 Reykjavík National Team

In 2010, Sigurður was found guilty of rape and sentenced to two years in prison.^[1]

Basketball career

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

Individual awards

• Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (2005)
• 4x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (2005, 2007, 2009, 2010)

Club honours

• 4x Icelandic champion (2010, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• 4× Icelandic Basketball Cup (2001, 2008, 2010, 2017)
• 2x Icelandic Company Cup (2004, 2007)

National team career

Sigurður has played 56 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.^[8]

Legal history

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

1. "Körfuboltamaður ætlar að áfrýja nauðgunardómi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). June 22, 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
2. "Sigurður Þorvaldsson til Hollands". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). May 10, 2005. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
3. Meistarar tímabilið 2009-2010 2015-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
4. Meistarar tímabilið 2010-2011 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
5. Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (May 11, 2016). "Sigurður Þorvaldsson til KR". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
6. Kristján Jónsson (28 April 2018). "KR meistari fimmta árið í röð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
7. 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.
8. A-landslið karla: Leikjafjöldi leikmanna 2014-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
9. Ólafsdóttir, Kristín (September 16, 2017). "Fyrrverandi landsliðsmaður í körfubolta fékk uppreist æru". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
10. "Körfuknattleiksmaður fékk uppreist æru fimm árum eftir nauðgunardóm". Stundin (in Icelandic). September 16, 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

External links

• Úrvalsdeild statistics 2000-2007
• Icelandic statistics 2008-present
• Eurobasket profile