Lovísa Thompson

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Lovísa Thompson
Personal information
Born (1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 (age 22)
Reykjavik, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Valur
Number 35
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2018
 Íþróttafélagið Grótta
2018–
 Valur
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–
 Iceland 7[1] (10)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19 March 2019

Lovísa Thompson (born 27 October 1999) is an Icelandic handball player for Valur, of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna, and the Icelandic national team.[2] She has won the Icelandic championship twice, in 2015 and 2016.[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]

After Grótta vas relegated to 1. deild kvenna in 2018, Lovísa signed with Úrvalsdeild club Valur.[8] In 2019, she won the Icelandic Cup with Valur[9][10] where she was also named the Cup Finals MVP.[11]

Titles, awards and achievements[]

Titles[]

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "A landslið kvenna". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (26 September 2018). "Lovísa ein af 20 vonarstjörnum evrópsks handbolta". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (1 June 2017). "Lovísa áfram á Nesinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  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. ^ Einar Örn Jónsson (2 May 2018). "Mikill liðsstyrkur til Vals". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  9. ^ Víkingur Goði Sigurðarson (9 March 2019). "Lovísa: Ótrúlega gaman að vera í Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  10. ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (19 March 2019). "Lovísa er langbesti leikmaðurinn í þessari deild". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  11. ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (9 March 2019). "Geggjað frá A til Ö". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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