Lovísa Thompson
Icelandic handball player (born 1999)
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Lovísa Thompson (born 27 October 1999) is an Icelandic handball player who plays for Valur and played for Grótta, and the Icelandic national team.[2] She has won both the Icelandic championship and Icelandic Cup three times each.[3]
| Lovísa Thompson | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
27 October 1999 Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Nationality | Icelandic | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Valur | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2014–2018 | Íþróttafélagið Grótta | ||
2018– | Valur | ||
2022 | → Ringkøbing | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Iceland | 29[1] | (69) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2022 | |||
In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.[4]
Playing career
She started her career with Íþróttafélagið Grótta during the 2013–2014, appearing in her first game on 1 February 2014.[5] She helped Grótta win the national championship in 2015, scoring the game winning goal with 3 seconds left in the deciding game of the Úrvalsdeild Finals.[6][7][8]
After Grótta vas relegated to 1. deild kvenna in 2018, Lovísa signed with Úrvalsdeild club Valur.[9] In 2019, she won the Icelandic Cup with Valur[10][11] where she was also named the Cup Finals MVP.[12]
In May 2022, Lovísa was loaned to Ringkøbing Håndbold of the Damehåndboldligaen.[13] She left the club in October 2022.[14]
In December 2022, Lovísa was loaned to Tertnes HE as an attempt to help the club avoid relegation from the highest ranked league in Norway, REMA 1000-ligaen.[15] Due to an injury, she didn't appear in any games for Tertnes and returned to Iceland.[16] In February, it was reported that she was scheduled for a surgery to fix a bone chip that was pushing on her achilles tendon.[3]
Titles, awards and achievements
Titles
- Icelandic champion (4):
- 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023
- Icelandic Cup (2):
- 2015, 2019
Awards
- Icelandic Cup Finals MVP:
- 2019