Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir
{{short description|Icelandic handball player (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Icelandic name|Hanna}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir
| image = Haukar - FH 118 (3223562536).jpg
| caption = Hanna in 2009 with Haukar.
| nationality = Icelandic
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|11|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| height = {{height|m=1.64|precision=0}}
| position = Right wing
| currentclub = Stjarnan
| clubnumber = 15
| years1 = 1995–2003 | clubs1 = Haukar
| years2 = 2003–2004 | clubs2 = Team Tvis Holstebro
| years3 = 2004–2010 | clubs3 = Haukar
| years4 = 2010–2023 | clubs4 = Stjarnan
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = Iceland
| nationalgoals1 = 458
| ntupdate = 2 July 2021
| medaltemplates =
}}
Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir (born 11 February 1979) is an Icelandic team handball player for Stjarnan of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She has won the Icelandic championship five times{{cite news|author1=Kristjana Arnarsdóttir|title=Hanna Guðrún: "99,9% líkur á því að ég hætti"|url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/hanna-gudrun-999-likur-a-thvi-ad-eg-haetti|accessdate=26 February 2018|work=RÚV|date=17 May 2017|language=Icelandic}} and the Icelandic Cup six times. She has been selected the Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year three times and led the league in scoring in 2003, 2005 and 2009. Hanna has participated in three major international tournaments with the Icelandic national team and is second all-time in both games and goals scored for the team with 458 goals in 142 games.
Career
Hanna started her career during the 1995-1996 season with Haukar.{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Hanna Guðrún tekur eitt tímabil enn og Sólveig Lára og Elena semja líka við Stjörnuna |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2019190719199 |accessdate=18 April 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=16 June 2019 |language=Icelandic}} Hanna joined Stjarnan in 2010.{{cite news|author1=Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson|title=Hanna Guðrún til Stjörnunnar|url=http://www.visir.is/g/201020181101|accessdate=26 February 2018|work=Vísir.is|date=10 June 2010|language=Icelandic}} On 15 January 2011, she scored 22 goals in a 49–17 win against ÍR.{{cite news |title=Hanna Guðrún skoraði 22 mörk |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2011/01/15/hanna_gudrun_skoradi_22_mork/ |access-date=23 April 2023 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=15 January 2011}} In July 2019, she signed a one-year contract extension with Stjarnan.{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Hanna Guðrún tekur eitt tímabil enn og Sólveig Lára og Elena semja líka við Stjörnuna |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2019190719199/hanna-gudrun-tekur-eitt-timabil-enn-og-solveig-lara-og-elena-semja-lika-vid-stjornuna- |accessdate=16 July 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=16 July 2019 |language=Icelandic}}
In July 2021, she signed a 2-year contract extension with Stjarnan.{{cite news |author1=Edda Sif Pálsdóttir |title=Enn lengist glæstur ferill Hönnu |url=https://www.ruv.is/frettir/ithrottir/2021-07-02-enn-lengist-glaestur-ferill-honnu |access-date=23 April 2023 |work=RÚV |date=2 July 2021 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=42 ára gerir tveggja ára samning |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2021/07/02/42_ara_gerir_tveggja_ara_samning/ |access-date=2 July 2021 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=2 July 2021 |language=Icelandic}} In April 2023, she announced that she would retire following the season.{{cite news |title=Hanna Guðrún mun leggja skóna á hilluna |url=https://www.visir.is/k/a8359d71-1b81-40d7-9b62-5d6e2f102b3e-1682191110303 |access-date=23 April 2023 |work=Vísir.is |date=22 April 2023 |language=Icelandic}}
National handball team
Hanna is the second most capped player in Iceland's national handball team history with 142 games. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/7cdd60f1-d892-4b69-8234-b2f4f06f5ffc/PDF/ISL.PDF
|title=XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roaster Iceland |publisher=International Handball Federation |accessdate=10 December 2011 }}
Awards, titles and accomplishments
=Awards=
- Icelandic Female Handball Player of the Year: 2009{{cite news |title=Hanna Guðrún og Ólafur Indriði handknattleiksfólk ársins |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2009/12/30/hanna_gudrun_og_olafur_indridi_handknattleiksfolk_a/ |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=30 December 2009 |language=Icelandic}}
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year (4): 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010
=Titles=
- Icelandic champion (5): 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005
- Icelandic Cup (5): 1997, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017
=Accomplishments=
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna Top goal scorer (5): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Iceland squad 2011 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Iceland squad 2012 European Women's Handball Championship}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stefansdottir, Hanna Gudrun}}