Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir

Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir (born 14 August 1996) is an Icelandic basketball player who currently plays for Grindavík of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna and the Icelandic national basketball team. She won the Icelandic championship and the Icelandic Cup in 2013 as a member of Keflavík. In 2019, she was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Bríet Sif.
Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir
Grindavík
PositionShooting guard
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1996-08-14) 14 August 1996
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Career information
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011-2016Keflavík
2016-2019Stjarnan
2019-presentGrindavík
Career highlights and awards

Playing career

Bríet Sif came through the youth ranks of Keflavík[1] and played her first games with the senior team during the 2011-2012 season.

During the 2012-2013 season, she helped Keflavík win both the Icelandic Cup[2] and the national championship. She started the following season well, scoring 10 points in Keflavík's 77-74 victory against Valur in the Icelandic Super Cup on 13 October 2013.[3]

During the 2014-2015 season, Bríet helped Keflavík to the second best record in the league.[4][5] Keflavík swept Haukar in the semi-finals in the playoffs and met defending champions Snæfell in the finals[6] where they lost 0-3.

In 2016, she joined Stjarnan in the Úrvalsdeild and during her first season with the club, she averaged 8.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. She continued to improve during her second season with Stjarnan, upping her averaged to 13.0 and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 34.1% from the three point range. In January 2019, Bríet Sif was named to the Úrvalsdeild Team of the first half of the 2018-2019 season.[7] On 5 January 2019, she scored a career high 37 points, making 9 of 14 three point shots, in a victory against Breiðablik.[8][9] She helped Stjarnan to the playoffs[10] where it lost to Keflavík in the semi-finals, and to the Cup Finals, where it lost to Valur. For the season she averaged 13.4 points 4.3 rebounds per game and was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.[11]

On 9 July 2019, Bríet signed with newly promoted Grindavík.[11] On 4 January 2020, she scored a career high 39 points in a victory against Breiðablik.[12]

Icelandic national team

Bríet Sif played her first game for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2018 when the team faced Slovakia in the EuroCup.[13][14]

Personal life
Bríet Sif along with her twin sister Sara Rún during the 2014-2015 Úrvalsdeild kvenna season.

Bríet's twin sister is basketball player Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir.[15]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Titles

References
  1. Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson (11 November 2018). "Að tapa er bara að tapa og ég hata að tapa". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. "Keflvíkingar bikarmeistarar 2013". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 16 February 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  3. "Meistarar Keflavíkur stóðu undir nafni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 6 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (8 April 2015). "Sara Rún: Þetta verður erfið rimma". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  5. Andri Yrkill Valsson (8 April 2015). "Sigurviljinn mun ráða úrslitum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  6. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 April 2015). "Yrði algjört æði að kveðja með titli". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  7. "Domino's deildirnar - Úrvalslið og einstaklingsverðlaun fyrir fyrri hluta tímabilsins". Icelandic Basketball Federation (in Icelandic). 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  8. "Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  9. "Valur nálgast toppliðin - Bríet með 37 stig". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  10. "Býst ekki við neinu öðru en hörku leik". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 7 April 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  11. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (10 July 2019). "Bríet til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  12. Hjörvar Ólafsson (6 January 2020). "Bríeti líkar vel að spila á móti Breiðabliki". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  13. "Einn nýliði gegn Slóvakíu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  14. Hjörvar Ólafsson (8 November 2018). "Tveir nýliðar í leikmannahópi íslenska liðsins". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  15. "Keflvíkingar semja við lykilleikmenn". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 18 April 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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