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Hildur Þorgeirsdóttir

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

Hildur Þorgeirsdóttir (born 11 March 1989) is an Icelandic handball coach and former player. She played Fram in Iceland and HSG Blomberg-Lippe and TuS Weibern in Germany. She also played for the Icelandic national team.[2]

Career

Þorgeirsdóttir began playing handball at FH Hafnarfjörður. In the 2008-09 season she scored 96 goals, which prompted a move to the top club Fram Reykjavík.[3] In her first period at the club she won the Icelandic cup in 2010 and 2011.[4][5]

In 2011 she signed a two year deal with the German Bundesliga team HSG Blomberg-Lippe.[6] In the two years she played at the club she scored 77 goals.[7][8] In 2013 she joined league rivals TuS Weibern.[9] Here she scored 118 goals in two years.[10][11]

After playing four seasons in Germany Hildur Þorgeirsdóttir signed with Fram in May 2015.[12] She won the Icelandic championship with Fram in 2017,[2] 2018 and 2022 and the Icelandic cup in 2018 and 2020. She retired after the 2021-2022 season.[13]

In 2012 she was part of the Icelandic team that qualified for the European Women's Handball Championship for the first team in history.[14]

References

  1. ^ "A landslið kvenna". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Sigurbjörg og Hildur áfram í Safamýrinni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 September 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Hildur til liðs við Framara" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Fram bikarmeistari í 13. sinn" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Fram bikarmeistari kvenna" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Isländische Talente für die HSG Blomberg-Lippe" (in German). lz.de. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Torschützenliste Bundesliga (Saison 2011/12)" (in German). hbf-info.de. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Torschützenliste Bundesliga (Saison 2012/13)" (in German). hbf-info.de. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Koblenz/Weibern verpflichtet Rückraumspielerin von Ligakonkurrenten" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Torschützenliste Bundesliga (Saison 2013/14)" (in German). hbf-info.de. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Torschützenliste Bundesliga (Saison 2014/15)" (in German). hbf-info.de. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  12. ^ Hans Steinar Bjarnason (26 May 2015). "Hildur Þorgeirsdóttir í Fram". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Ex-Bundesligaspielerin Hildur Thorgeirsdottir verkündet Karriereende in Island" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Ísland úr leik á EM eftir þriðja tapið" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 12 February 2022.