Guðmundur Bragason

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

Guðmundur Bragason

Guðmundur in January 2009.
Personal information
Born	(1967-04-21) April 21, 1967 (age 57)
Nationality	Icelandic
Career information
Playing career	1984–2014
Position	Center
Coaching career	1989–2015
Career history
As player:
1984–1996	Grindavík
1996–1998	BCJ Hamburg
1998	Grindavík
1999	Weissenfelt
1999–2002	Haukar
2002–2004	Grindavík
2011–2014	ÍG
As coach:
1989–1990	Grindavík (Women's)
1993–1994	Grindavík (Men's)
1998	Grindavík (Men's)
2012–2013	Grindavík (Women's)
2015	Grindavík (Men's, assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: Icelandic Team of the 20th century 2x Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year (1991, 1996) Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (1994) 8x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (1988–1990, 1992–1996) Icelandic League champion (1996) 3× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1995) Icelandic Supercup (1998) As coach: Úrvalsdeild Men's Coach of the Year (1994) Icelandic Men's Supercup (1998)
Career Úrvalsdeild karla playing statistics
Points	5,655 (16.3 ppg)
Games	348
Career coaching record
Úrvalsdeild karla	27–10 (.730)
Úrvalsdeild kvenna	4–14 (.222)

Guðmundur Bragason (born 21 April 1967) is a former Icelandic professional basketball player and coach. He spent most of his career with Grindavík in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, winning the national championship there in 1996.[1][2][3]

Icelandic National Team

Guðmundur is the highest capped player in the Icelandic national basketball team history, playing 164 games between 1987 and 2003.[4]

Team of the 20th century

In 2001 Guðmundur was voted to the Icelandic team of the 20th century in basketball as a player.[5]

Personal life

Guðmundur is married to Stefanía Jónsdóttir, a former member of the Icelandic women's national basketball team[6] He is the father of basketball players Jón Axel Guðmundsson and Ingvi Þór Guðmundsson.[7]

References

1. Ég elska Grindavík
2. "Guðmundur Bragason leggur skóna á hilluna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). March 31, 2004. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
3. "Gaman að kljást við þá stóru". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). November 23, 1997. pp. 16, 18. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
4. "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
5. "Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 February 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
6. "A-Landslið kvenna". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
7. "Grindvíkingar til umfjöllunar í St. Louis". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

External links

• Úrvalsdeild stats