Olga_Færseth

Olga Færseth

Olga Færseth

Icelandic multi-sport athlete

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Olga.

Andrea Olga Færseth (born 23 May 1975) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete. She was a member of the Icelandic national teams in both football and basketball. In 1994, Olga won the national championship and national cup in both football and basketball.[1]

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Football

Club career

Olga started her senior career with Keflavík in 1991[2] but moved to Breiðablik in 1992 where she became Icelandic champion in 1992 and 1994.[3][4] In 1995 she joined KR where she became Icelandic champion three years in a row (1997-1999).[5][6][7] She is the leading scorer in the Icelandic women's top division, scoring 269 goals in 217 games.[8][9]

International career

Olga played 54 games for the Icelandic national football team, scoring 14 goals.[10]

Honours

Club

Individual

Basketball

Club career

Olga played for five seasons in the Icelandic top-tier league, winning the national championship four times. She was voted the domestic player of the year in 1994[14] and was twice selected for the domestic All-first team, in 1993 and 1994.[15] In 1994 she set a finals record by scoring 111 points in the finals series (22.2 points per game).[16] The record stood for 22 years until it was broken by Haiden Denise Palmer in 2016.[17] She spent the 1995-96 season in United States, playing for Brewton–Parker College in Georgia.[18] After tearing a cruciate ligament in her knee in 1996 she decided to retire from basketball an focus solely on football.[19]

International career

Between 1991 and 1994, Olga played 16 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[20] She was a member of the team that won bronze at the 1993 Games of the Small States of Europe in Malta.[21]

Honours

Club

Individual

References

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    Einar Örn Jónsson (1 December 2018). "Var fegin að sleppa við undirbúningstímabil". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 December 2018.
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    Ég stökk bara hærra
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    Íslandsmót - 1. deild kvenna 1992
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    Íslandsmót - 1. deild kvenna 1994
  5. [5]
    Íslandsmót 1997
  6. [6]
    KR konur bestar
  7. [7]
    Blikar í öðru
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    Magnússon, Elvar Geir (1 August 2010). "Olga Færseth tekur fram skóna að nýju - Skiptir í Selfoss". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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    Olga Færseth hætt í fótboltanum?
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    Félagsmaður - Olga Færseth
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    "Bestu og efnilegustu leikmenn kvenna". ksi.is. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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    "Knattspyrnufólk ársins". ksi.is. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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    "Markahæstu leikmenn í efstu deild kvenna". ksi.is. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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    Besti leikmaður úrvalsdeildar kvenna
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    Úrvalslið úrvalsdeildar kvenna
  16. [16]
    Metið hennar Olgu Færseth lifði af áhlaup Unnar Töru
  17. [17]
    Haiden Palmer setti nýtt stigamet í lokaúrslitum kvenna
  18. [18]
    Olga valin leikmaður vikunnar
  19. [19]
    Slitið liðband batt enda á körfuboltaferilinn
  20. [20]
    "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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    Þau keppa á Möltu
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    "Besti leikmaður úrvalsdeildar kvenna". kki.is. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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    "Úrvalslið úrvalsdeildar kvenna". kki.is. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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