Björg Hafsteinsdóttir

Björg Hafsteinsdóttir (born 22 October 1969) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. She played 12 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, winning the Icelandic championship seven times and the Icelandic Basketball Cup eight times. In 2001 she was named one of the twelve players of the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century by the Icelandic Basketball Federation. She was a six time Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team selection and was named the league's Player of the Year in 1990. She spent the vast majority of her career with Keflavík, outside of a few months in the fall of 1992 when she played for KR.

Basketball Club career She played her first senior team game on 10 October 1985 where she scored 7 point in a victory against KR. On 6 January 1994, she scored a career high 41 points in a 185–30 victory against ÍR. She retired from basketball following Keflavík's loss against eventual champions Grindavík in the 1997 playoffs.

National team career Between 1986 and 1997, Björg played 33 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.

Football Björg played for Keflavík's football team as a goalkeeper. In 1991, when the team was playing in the second-tier 2. deild kvenna, she helped the team to the Icelandic Football Cup finals after beating top-tier teams Breiðablik, where she saved two penalties in a penalty shootout, In the finals, Keflavík lost 1–6 against ÍA.

Personal life Björg is the mother of basketball player Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir.