Personal information | |
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Born | Iceland | 3 January 1979
Nationality | Icelandic |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1993–2006 |
Position | Basketball referee |
Number | 7 |
Officiating career | 2006–present |
Career history | |
1993–1998 | KR |
1998–2000 | ÍS |
2001-2006 | KR |
Georgía Olga Kristiansen (born 3 January 1979) is an Icelandic basketball referee and a former player. She was the first female referee to officiate in the highest competitive tier men's basketball league in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild karla, [1] and the second female referee to officiate in the top-tier Icelandic women's basketball league, Úrvalsdeild kvenna, after Indíana Sólveig Marquez. [2] [3] Georgía and Indíana were also the first female referee pair to officiate together a highest competitive tier game in Iceland. [4] [5] [6]
Georgía is the great granddaughter of the Danish-born Georgia Björnsson, who she is named after, and Sveinn Björnsson, the first president of Iceland. [7] Georgía's brother is Davíð Tómas Tómasson, a musician and FIBA referee. [8] [9] On 7 December 2017 they became the first siblings to officiate together a highest competitive tier game in Iceland. [10]