Hafdís Helgadóttir


Hafdís Elín Helgadóttir is an Icelandic former basketball player. She spent a record 25 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, scoring 3,180 points in 362 games. She retired as the Úrvalsdeild all-time leader list in career games played but has since been surpassed by Birna Valgarðsdóttir. As a member of ÍS, she won the national championship in 1991 and the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 1991 and 2003. In 2001 she was named to the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century.

Playing career

Hafdís played her first game on 7 October 1985 with ÍS where she spent 22 seasons and played in six Basketball Cup finals, winning the cup twice. After ÍS folded in 2007, she transferred to Valur where she last played in 2013.

Coaching career

Hafdís was hired as an assistant coach to Ágúst Björgvinsson with Valur prior to the 2011-2012 Úrvalsdeild kvenna season. She won the Icelandic Company Cup with the team in 2013.

Icelandic national team

Hafdís played 13 games for the Icelandic women's national basketball team between 1986 and 1993.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards