Fanney Lind Guðmundsdóttir Thomas (born 13 December 1989) is an Icelandic basketball. She is a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team.
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Fanney came up through the junior ranks of Hamar, playing her first senior match during the 2007–2008 season. She was a key player on the Hamar team that advanced to the 2010 Úrvalsdeild kvenna finals where it lost to KR in five games.[1] In 2011, she joined French club Union Sportive de La Glacerie.[2][3]
She spent the next three seasons with Fjölnir,[4] Hamar and Valur before signing with Þór Akureyri in 1. deild kvenna prior to the 2015-2016 season. She was named to the Domestic All-First Team[5] after averaging 13.4 and 7.9 rebounds per game for the season.
In November, 2016, Fanney left Þór Akureyri and joined newly promoted Skallagrímur in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[6] She helped Skallagrímur to the Icelandic Cup finals in 2017, scoring 11 points in a losing effort against Keflavík.[7] In the playoffs, she averaged 8.2 points and 5.6 rebounds but was unable to prevent Skallagrímur from losing against Keflavík, 2-3, in the semi-finals.[8][9]
On 12 November 2017, Fanney announced she was stepping away from basketball due to head injuries she sustained in a game against Valur a month earlier.[10][11]
On 12 January 2019, she had a one-game comeback to the court with Tindastóll, going scoreless in 11 minutes in an overtime victory against Njarðvík in 1. deild kvenna.[12]
In September 2019, Fanney signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Breiðablik.[13]
After two seasons with Breiðablik, Fanney signed with 1. deild club Aþena-UMFK in October 2021.[14][15]
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