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Icelandic basketball player and coach This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðmundur.
Guðmundur Bragason
Guðmundur in January 2009.
Personal information
Born (1967-04-21) April 21, 1967 (age 57)
NationalityIcelandic
Career information
Playing career1984–2014
PositionCenter
Coaching career1989–2015
Career history
As player:
1984–1996Grindavík
1996–1998BCJ Hamburg
1998Grindavík
1999Weissenfelt
1999–2002Haukar
2002–2004Grindavík
2011–2014ÍG
As coach:
1989–1990Grindavík (Women's)
1993–1994Grindavík (Men's)
1998Grindavík (Men's)
2012–2013Grindavík (Women's)
2015Grindavík (Men's, assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Career Úrvalsdeild karla playing statistics
Points5,655 (16.3 ppg)
Games348
Career coaching record
Úrvalsdeild karla27–10 (.730)
Úrvalsdeild kvenna4–14 (.222)

Guðmundur Bragason (born 21 April 1967) is a former Icelandic professional basketball player and coach. He spent most of his career with Grindavík in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, winning the national championship there in 1996.

Icelandic National Team

Guðmundur is the highest capped player in the Icelandic national basketball team history, playing 164 games between 1987 and 2003.

Team of the 20th century

In 2001 Guðmundur was voted to the Icelandic team of the 20th century in basketball as a player.

Personal life

Guðmundur is married to Stefanía Jónsdóttir, a former member of the Icelandic women's national basketball team He is the father of basketball players Jón Axel Guðmundsson and Ingvi Þór Guðmundsson.

References

  1. Ég elska Grindavík
  2. "Guðmundur Bragason leggur skóna á hilluna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). March 31, 2004. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. "Gaman að kljást við þá stóru". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). November 23, 1997. pp. 16, 18. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  5. "Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 February 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. "A-Landslið kvenna". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  7. "Grindvíkingar til umfjöllunar í St. Louis". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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