Ramune Pekarskyte (born 5 October 1980) is a Lithuanian-Icelandic handball player for Haukar of Úrvalsdeild kvenna, and the Icelandic national team.[2] Although born in Lithuania, she gained Icelandic citizenship on 14 June 2012[3][4] and has been available for the Icelandic team since then.[5]
| Ramune Pekarskyte | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
5 October 1980 Pasvalys, Lithuania | ||
| Nationality | Lithuanian / Icelandic | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Haukar | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2003-2010 | Haukar | ||
2010-2013 | Levanger Handball | ||
2013-2014 | SönderjyskE | ||
2014-2015 | Le Havre AC | ||
2015-2017 | Haukar | ||
2017-2018 | Stjarnan | ||
2018-present | Haukar | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1996-2009 | Lithuania | ||
2012- | Iceland | 38[1] | (103) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 25 February 2017 | |||
Career
editPekarskyte played for Haukar from 2003 to 2010 when she joined Levanger Handball.[6] In April 2013, she signed with SönderjyskE in Denmark.[7] In 2014, Pekarskyte signed with Le Havre AC of the French championship league.[8] In 2015 she signed back with Haukar in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna, where she played until 2017 when she signed with Stjarnan.[6] For the 2017–18 season, she led Stjarnan with 109 goals 19 games.[9]
References
edit- ^ "A landslið kvenna". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Ramune Pekarskyte". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ "Lög nr. 65 25. júní 2012" (in Icelandic). Alþingi. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Pekarskyte íslenskur ríkisborgari". RÚV (in Icelandic). 11 June 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Ramune til Stjörnunnar".
- ^ a b "Ramune til Stjörnunnar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 10 August 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Ramune þriðji Íslendingurinn hjá SønderjyskE". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 25 April 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ Ívar Benediktsson (29 May 2014). "Ramune flytur frá Danmörku til Le Havre í Frakklandi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ a b Arnar Geir Halldórsson (16 August 2018). "Ramune Pekarskyta snýr aftur í Hauka". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 August 2018.