Hrefna Ingimarsdóttir
Hrefna Ingimarsdóttir (30 August 1931 – 26 September 2005) was an Icelandic athletic coach, trainer and educator.[1] She was a pioneer in women's basketball in Iceland in the 1950s and the first coach of the ÍR women's basketball team[2] which she led to three national championships.[3][4] Early lifeHrefna was born in Hnífsdalur and graduated from Gagnfræðskóli Ísafjarðar and then from the Íþróttakennaraskólanum at Laugarvatn[1] where she learned basketball from Sigríður Valgeirsdóttir.[3] Personal lifeHrefna was married to Ingi Þór Stefánsson, himself a basketball player, from 1957 until his death in 1966.[1] Titles
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