Margrét Kara Sturludóttir
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 September 1989 Iceland |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Listed height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Career information | |
| College | Elon (2008) |
| Playing career | 2003–2012 2015–2016 2019–2020 |
| Position | Forward |
| Career history | |
| 2003–2005 | Njarðvík |
| 2005–2008 | Keflavík |
| 2008–2012 | KR |
| 2015–2016 | Stjarnan |
| 2019–2020 | KR |
| Career highlights | |
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Margrét Kara Sturludóttir (born 2 September 1989) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. She won the Icelandic championship in 2008 and 2010 and was named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year in 2011.[1]
Margrét Kara started her senior career with Njarðvík in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna during the 2003–2004 season before joining Keflavík in 2005.[2]
In 2008, Margrét Kara joined Elon University[3][4] She left the University in December that year and signed with KR in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[5][2] In her first game with KR, she had 17 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 blocks and 4 steals in a victory against Snæfell.[6]
She was named the best player of the first half of the 2008–2009 season[7] and helped KR reach the Úrvalsdeild finals[8] where it lost to Haukar 2-3. She was a key player in the KR team that won the 2010 national championship.[9][10]
In the last game of the 2010–2011 regular season, Margrét Kara struck Haukar's María Lind Sigurðardóttir in the head and was ejected from the game. Due to the disciplinary court taking a week to review the incident, she was able to play in KR's first round playoffs series against Snæfell where she averaged 23.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in the two-game sweep. On March 15, the disciplinary court suspended her for two games.[11] The verdict caused an uproar with Haukar who were unhappy with the short suspension.[12][13][14] She missed the first two games of KR's semi-finals playoff series against Keflavík, which the teams split. Keflavík went on to win the next two games after her return, and the series 3-1, advancing to the 2011 Úrvalsdeild finals. After the season Margrét Kara was named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year.[15][16]
In September 2012, Margrét Kara announced that she would miss the 2012–2013 season due to pregnancy.[1] She didn't return to the league until 2015[17] when she signed with Stjarnan.[18] She had a strong comeback year with Stjarnan, averaging 10.9 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists, and was selected to the national team during the summer of 2016.[19] However, in July 2016, it was confirmed that she would be stepping away from basketball again due to pregnancy.[20]
On 8 September 2019, Benedikt Guðmundsson, the head coach of KR, confirmed that she was training with the club with the possibility signing with the team.[21] She appeared in 22 games during the 2019-2020 season, averaging 5.9 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. On 3 September 2020, KR announced that Margrét had retired from basketball.[22]
Icelandic national team
Margrét Kara played 18 games for the Icelandic U-16 national team from 2004 to 2005[23] and 18 games for the U-18 team from 2006 to 2007.[24] Between 2006 and 2016, she played 15 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[25]