Olga Færseth

Olga Færseth

Personal information
Full name	Andrea Olga Færseth
Date of birth	(1975-10-06) 6 October 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Keflavík, Iceland
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1982–1990	Keflavík
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991	Keflavík	12	(54)
1992–1994	Breiðablik	37	(45)
1995–2002	KR	101	(144)
2003–2005	ÍBV	34	(45)
2006–2008	KR	45	(35)
2010	Selfoss	4	(3)
Total		233	(326)
International career
1991–1992	Iceland U17	9	(6)
1993–1995	Iceland U21	9	(3)
1994–2006	Iceland	54	(14)
Basketball career Career information Playing career 1990–1995 Position Guard Number 7, 12 Career history 1990–1994 Keflavík 1994–1995 Breiðablik Career highlights and awards As player: Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (1994) 2x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (1993, 1994) 4x Icelandic champion (1992–1995) 2× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1993, 1994) Medals Women's basketball Representing  Iceland Games of the Small States of Europe 1993 Malta National Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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]

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

• Úrvalsdeild: 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002
• Icelandic Women's Cup: 1994, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008

• Úrvalsdeild player of the year: 1998, 2001^[11]
• Icelandic Footballer of the Year: 2001^[12]
• Úrvalsdeild top goal scorer: 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002^[13]

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]

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]

• Icelandic champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
• Icelandic Basketball Cup: 1993, 1994

• Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (1994)^[22]
• Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (1993, 1994)^[23]