Embla Kristínardóttir

Embla Kristínardóttir
Embla in the 2015 Cup finals.
No. 8 – Keflavík
Position Point guard
League Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1995-10-27) October 27, 1995
Nationality Icelandic
Listed height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Career information
Playing career 2012–present
Position Point guard
Number 3, 8, 11
Career history
2012–2015 Keflavík
2015–2017 Grindavík
2017–present Keflavík
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
2013 LuxembourgTeam
2015 IcelandTeam
2017 San MarinoTeam

Ingunn Embla Kristínardóttir (born 27 October 1995) is an Icelandic basketball player for Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Keflavík[1] and a member of the Icelandic women's national basketball team.

Playing career

Club career

Embla played her first senior games with Keflavík during the 2012-2013 season where she averaged 6.8 points and 2.3 assists in 35 regular season and playoffs game[2] and helped the club to both the national championship and the Icelandic Cup. She missed most of the following season due to pregnancy.[3]

In January 2015, she helped Keflavík to the Cup finals, but was unable to prevent a loss to Grindavík.[4] In February 2015, Embla received a two-game suspension from the Icelandic Basketball Federation disciplinary court for kicking Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir.[5][6] She helped Keflavík to the Úrvalsdeild finals where they lost 0-3 to Snæfell.[7] For the season, Embla averaged 8.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists.

In August 2015, she signed a two year contract with Grindavík.[8] In 2016, she helped Grindavík take a 2-1 lead against Haukar in the semi-finals of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna playoffs.[9] Haukar won the next two games and advanced to the finals.[10] The next season, Embla was unable to prevent Grindavík from being relegated but agreed to play with the team during the 2017-2018 Division I season.[11]

Embla left Grindavík in December 2017, after averaging 21.3 points, 12.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists, and returned to Keflavík.[12] On January 13, 2018, she won the Icelandic Cup with Keflavík after defeating Njarðvík in the Cup finals, 74-63.[13] She led all Keflavík players in scoring with 20 points.[14]

National team career

Between 2013 and 2017, Embla played 14 games for the Icelandic women's national basketball team.[15] She helped the team to silver at the 2013, 2015[16] and the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe.

In an interview with RÚV in January 2018, she stated that she would no longer play for the national team while the Icelandic Basketball Federation would continue to select players convicted of sexual crimes to their national team programs.[17]

Personal life

When Embla was 13 years old, she was raped by a 20 year old member of the Icelandic national track and field team.[18] The man was convicted of the crime but received a suspended sentence.[19] Her story was featured in RÚV coverage of the Me Too movement in Iceland in January 2018.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Jón Júlíus Karlsson (8 December 2017). "Ingunn Embla heim til Keflavíkur". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Embla Kristínardóttir". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ingunn Embla leikur ekki með Keflavík í vetur". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Anton Ingi Leifsson (21 February 2015). "Umfjöllun, viðtöl og myndir: Grindavík - Keflavík 68-61 - Grindavík bikarmeistari kvenna 2015!". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ingunn Embla kærð". RÚV (in Icelandic). 2 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (4 February 2015). "Ingunn Embla dæmd í tveggja leikja bann". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Skúli Unnar Sveinsson (27 April 2015). "Snæfell meistari eftir magnaðan sigur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (12 August 2015). "Ingunn Embla til Grindavíkur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ég á helling inni". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 8 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  10. ↑ Stefán Árni Pálsson (11 April 2016). "Umfjöllun, viðtöl og myndir: Haukar - Grindavík 74-39 - Haukar flugu í úrslit". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Embla og Angela áfram í Grindavík". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (8 December 2017). "Keflvíkingar ekki lengi að redda landsliðskonu fyrir Emelíu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Keflavík bikarmeistari annað árið í röð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 13 January 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  14. ↑ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (13 January 2018). "Keflavík er bikarmeistari 2018". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "A Landslið kvenna". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Smáþjóðaleikar 2017 - Reynsla íslensku stelpnanna". Icelandic Basketball Federation (in Icelandic). 27 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Leikur ekki fyrir Íslands hönd á meðan dæmdir nauðgarar gera það". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  18. ↑ "Nauðgað af íþróttamanni og fékk samfélagið á móti sér". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  19. ↑ Birgir Olgeirsson (18 January 2018). "Embla segir frá því þegar henni var nauðgað á fjórtánda aldursári af frjálsíþróttamanni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  20. ↑ Alma Ómarsdóttir (18 January 2018). "Af hverju á okkur alltaf að líða svona illa?". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 April 2018.

Icelandic statistics at kki.is

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