Alda Leif Jónsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Alda Leif.
Alda Leif Jónsdóttir
Alda Leif in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1979-04-18) 18 April 1979 (age 45)
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Career information
Playing career1994–2008
2010–2018
PositionShooting guard
Number12
Career history
1994–1996Valur
1996–1999ÍS
1999–2000Keflavík
2000–2001Holbæk
2001–2005ÍS
2005–2006Den Helder
2006–2007ÍS
2007–2008Snæfell
2010–2018Snæfell
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Malta Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Andorra Team
FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
Gold medal – first place 1996 Malta National Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Wales National Team

Alda Leif Jónsdóttir (born 18 April 1979) is an Icelandic former basketball player. She has won the Icelandic championship four times and the Dutch championship once.[1] Alda was a seven-time selection for the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team and was named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year in 2002.[2][3]

Club career

During the 1999–2000 season, Alda led the Úrvalsdeild in assists, blocks, steals, shooting percent and free throw percent.[4][5] She spent the following season with Holbæk in the Dameligaen, averaging 11 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3,5 steals per game.[6]

In 2005, Alda signed with BV Den Helder (women) of the Dutch Women's Basketball League (WBL).[7] She was named to the 2006 Dutch All-Star game[8] and helped Den Helder to the Dutch championship.[1]

After missing most of the 2013–14 season due to surgery on both knees, Alda helped Snæfell win the national championship for the first time in 2014.[9] She helped the team to the championship again in 2015 and 2016.[10]

National team career

Between 1996 and 2005, Alda played 52 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[11]

Team of the 20th century

In 2001 Alda was voted as one of the twelve players on the Icelandic team of the 20th century.[12]

Personal life

Alda is the daughter of Kolbrún Leifsdóttir who was named one of the top 12 Icelandic basketball players of the 20th century.[12][13][14]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

Iceland

Titles

Holland

Iceland

Accomplishments

Holland

  • Dutch All-Star game: 2006

Iceland

References

  1. ^ a b Eredivisie Women: 2005-2006
  2. ^ Besti leikmaður kvenna
  3. ^ Úrvalslið ársins í úrvalsdeild kvenna
  4. ^ Efstu konur í tölfræði KKÍ 1994-2001
  5. ^ Titlar tölfræðinnar í 1. deild kvenna 1994-2003
  6. ^ "Alda Leif lykilmaður í besta árangri Holbæk frá upphafi". Dagblaðið Vísir. 16 February 2001. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  7. ^ "Alda Leif til hollensku meistaranna". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 20 August 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Alda Leif Jónsdóttir í stjörnuleikinn í Hollandi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). February 3, 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  9. ^ Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (8 April 2014). "Átti þrjú börn milli titla". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  10. ^ Jón Júlíus Karlsson (26 April 2016). "Snæfell Íslandsmeistari þriðja árið í röð". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  11. ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  12. ^ a b "Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn". Dagblaðið Vísir. 26 February 2001. Retrieved July 27, 2017. (in Icelandic)
  13. ^ "Ég get vissulega verið mamma þeirra sumra". Morgunblaðið. 17 February 1991. Retrieved 2017-05-31. (in Icelandic)
  14. ^ "Hvað segir leikstjórnandinn Alda Leif Jónsdóttir um kvennakörfuboltann?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). December 2, 1997. Retrieved 22 August 2017.