Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir


Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir is an Icelandic basketball player who currently plays for Haukar of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna and the Icelandic national basketball team. She won the Icelandic championship and the Icelandic Cup in 2013 as a member of Keflavík. In 2019, she was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.

Playing career

Bríet Sif came through the youth ranks of Keflavík and played her first games with the senior team during the 2011-2012 season.
During the 2012-2013 season, she helped Keflavík win both the Icelandic Cup and the national championship. She started the following season well, scoring 10 points in Keflavík's 77-74 victory against Valur in the Icelandic Super Cup on 13 October 2013.
During the 2014-2015 season, Bríet helped Keflavík to the second best record in the league. Keflavík swept Haukar in the semi-finals in the playoffs and met defending champions Snæfell in the finals where they lost 0-3.
In 2016, she joined Stjarnan in the Úrvalsdeild and during her first season with the club, she averaged 8.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. She continued to improve during her second season with Stjarnan, upping her averaged to 13.0 and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 34.1% from the three point range. In January 2019, Bríet Sif was named to the Úrvalsdeild Team of the first half of the 2018-2019 season. On 5 January 2019, she scored a career high 37 points, making 9 of 14 three point shots, in a victory against Breiðablik. She helped Stjarnan to the playoffs where it lost to Keflavík in the semi-finals, and to the Cup Finals, where it lost to Valur. For the season she averaged 13.4 points 4.3 rebounds per game and was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.
On 9 July 2019, Bríet signed with newly promoted Grindavík. On 4 January 2020, she scored a career high 39 points in a victory against Breiðablik. For the season she averaged 12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game but Grindavík was relegated after the season ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland.
On 9 July 2020, Bríet Sif signed with Úrvalsdeild club Haukar.

Icelandic national team

Bríet Sif played her first game for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2018 when the team faced Slovakia in the EuroCup.

Personal life

Bríet's twin sister is basketball player Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

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