Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Pálína.
Pálína María Gunnlaugsdóttir
Pálína with Grindavík in February 2015.
Personal information
Born (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 38)
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Career information
Playing career2000–2016
PositionShooting guard
Coaching career2019–present
Career history
As player:
2000–2007Haukar
2007–2013Keflavík
2013–2015Grindavík
2015–2016Haukar
2016Snæfell
As coach:
2019Iceland (assistant)
2021Stjarnan
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
Silver medal – second place 2009 Andorra National Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Luxembourg National Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Iceland National Team

Pálína María Gunnlaugsdóttir (born 2 January 1987) is an Icelandic sport TV host, basketball coach and a former player. She is currently a host for Stöð 2 Sport's Domino's Körfuboltakvöld (English: Domino's Basketball Night).[1] During her career she won the Icelandic championship five times[2][3] and was named the playoffs MVP in 2011[4] and 2013.[5][6] Pálína was named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year three-times, in 2008, 2012 and 2013.[7]

Playing career

Pálína started her senior team career with Haukar during the 2000–2001 season. After helping Haukar wing back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007, she signed with Keflavík. In her five seasons with Keflavík, Pálína won the national championship three times; in 2008, 2011 and 2013.[2] In 2013, she signed with Grindavík[8] After two seasons with Grindavík, where she won the Icelandic Cup in 2015, she returned to Haukar and helped the team to the 2016 Úrvalsdeild Finals. The following season she signed with Snæfell[9] but left the team in January 2017 for personal reasons.[10]

Icelandic national team

Between 2006 and 2016, Pálína played 36 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[11]

Coaching career

In 2019, Pálina was hired as an assistant coach to the Icelandic women's national basketball team.[12]

In April 2021, she replaced Margrét Sturlaugsdóttir as head coach of Stjarnan women's team.

Awards and honors

Awards

Titles

References

  1. ^ Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (March 27, 2017). "Sjáðu upphitunarþátt fyrir úrslitakeppni Domino's deildar kvenna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (3 June 2021). "Helena og Pálína deila toppsætinu eftir gærkvöldið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Allar stelpurnar í íslenska liðinu hafa orðið Íslandsmeistarar". KKI.is (in Icelandic). Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands. February 19, 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. ^ Sveinsson, Skúli Unnar (May 2, 2011). ""Líður svo ofboðslega vel í teinóttu"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Allt er þegar þrennt er". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). April 30, 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  6. ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (June 13, 2013). "Pálína vann þrettán titla á sex tímabilum í Keflavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (21 February 2015). "Pálína: Væri himnasending að vinna með þriðja liðinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Pálína samdi við Grindavík". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. ^ Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (29 September 2016). "Pálína samdi við Snæfell". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  10. ^ Jón Júlíus Karlsson (6 January 2017). "Pálína í ótímabundið leyfi". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  11. ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  12. ^ "Halldór og Pálína aðstoða Benedikt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.