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Hrefna Ingimarsdóttir

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Icelandic athletic trainer and educator This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Hrefna.
Hrefna Ingimarsdóttir
Personal information
Born(1931-08-30)30 August 1931
Hnífsdalur, Kingdom of Iceland
Died26 September 2005(2005-09-26) (aged 74)
Kópavogur, Iceland
Career history
As coach:
1950–1959ÍR
Career highlights and awards

Hrefna Ingimarsdóttir (30 August 1931 – 26 September 2005) was an Icelandic athletic coach, trainer and educator. She was a pioneer in women's basketball in Iceland in the 1950s and the first coach of the ÍR women's basketball team which she led to three national championships.

Early life

Hrefna was born in Hnífsdalur and graduated from Gagnfræðskóli Ísafjarðar and then from the Íþróttakennaraskólanum at Laugarvatn where she learned basketball from Sigríður Valgeirsdóttir.

Personal life

Hrefna was married to Ingi Þór Stefánsson, himself a basketball player, from 1957 until his death in 1966.

Titles

References

  1. ^ "Hrefna Ingimarsdóttir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 October 2005. p. 30. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. "Stutt ágrip af sögu ÍR". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 12 November 1978. p. 39. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ Ágúst Ásgeirsson (11 March 2007). Heil öld til heilla - Saga ÍR í 100 ár. Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur. pp. 562, 590–591.
  4. Skapti Hallgrímsson (2001). Leikni framar líkamsburðum. Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands. p. 56. ISBN 9979-60-630-4.
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