Lovísa Thompson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Lovísa.
Lovísa Thompson
Personal information
Born (1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 (age 25)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Valur
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2018
 Íþróttafélagið Grótta
2018–
 Valur
2022
 → Ringkøbing
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–
 Iceland 29[1] (69)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 30 May 2022

Lovísa Thompson (born 27 October 1999) is an Icelandic handball player who plays for Valur, and the Icelandic national team.[2] She has won both the Icelandic championship and Icelandic Cup three times each.[3]

In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.[4]

Playing career

She started her career with Íþróttafélagið Grótta during the 2013–2014, appearing in her first game on 1 February 2014.[5] She helped Grótta win the national championship in 2015, scoring the game winning goal with 3 seconds left in the deciding game of the Úrvalsdeild Finals.[6][7][8]

After Grótta vas relegated to 1. deild kvenna in 2018, Lovísa signed with Úrvalsdeild club Valur.[9] In 2019, she won the Icelandic Cup with Valur[10][11] where she was also named the Cup Finals MVP.[12]

In May 2022, Lovísa was loaned to Ringkøbing Håndbold of the Damehåndboldligaen.[13] She left the club in October 2022.[14]

In December 2022, Lovísa was loaned to Tertnes HE as an attempt to help the club avoid relegation from the highest ranked league in Norway, REMA 1000-ligaen.[15] Due to an injury, she didn't appear in any games for Tertnes and returned to Iceland.[16] In February, it was reported that she was scheduled for a surgery to fix a bone chip that was pushing on her achilles tendon.[3]

Titles, awards and achievements

Titles

Awards

References

  1. ^ Ívar Benediktsson (30 May 2022). "Lovísa er á förum frá Val". handbolti.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (26 September 2018). "Lovísa ein af 20 vonarstjörnum evrópsks handbolta". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Sindri Sverrisson (7 February 2023). "Búin að vera að drepast í hásinunum í tvö og hálft ár". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ^ "20 rising stars to watch for the future". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Grótta – Valur (23–22)". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  6. ^ "15 ára og tryggði Gróttu titilinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). 13 May 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  7. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (23 November 2017). "Lovísa Thompson setti nýtt met í kaloríueyðslu í prófum landsliðsins – Myndband". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (1 June 2017). "Lovísa áfram á Nesinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  9. ^ Einar Örn Jónsson (2 May 2018). "Mikill liðsstyrkur til Vals". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  10. ^ Víkingur Goði Sigurðarson (9 March 2019). "Lovísa: Ótrúlega gaman að vera í Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  11. ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (19 March 2019). "Lovísa er langbesti leikmaðurinn í þessari deild". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  12. ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (9 March 2019). "Geggjað frá A til Ö". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  13. ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (31 May 2022). "Get verið ung og efnileg aftur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Lovísa farin frá Danmörku". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 7 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Tar grep for å unngå nedrykk: Lovisa (23) på plass i Bergen for å redde Tertnes". ba.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Hætt við félagaskipti Lovísu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.