Nieves Anula

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Nieves Anula
Personal information
Born (1973-04-01) April 1, 1973 (age 48)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
NationalitySpanish
Listed height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career1991–2006
PositionShooting guard
Career history
1991-1992
1992-1994Arganda Intercambio (LF2)
1994-1997Real Canoe NC
1997-1998
1998-2000Real Canoe NC
2000-2001Ros Casares Valencia
2001-2002Universitari
2002-2006Taranto Cras Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2001 France

Nieves Emilia Anula Alameda, known as Nieves Anula (born 1 May 1973 is a Spanish former basketball player. She scored 28 points against Lithuania in the third-place match[1] of the 2001 Eurobasket, winning the bronze medal with the Spanish national team.

Club career[]

She spent most of her career in Spanish clubs[2] (, Real Canoe NC, , Ros Casares Valencia and Universitari),[3] playing in the Spanish first tier. In 1998 she won the league and the cup with , but the club was disbanded shortly afterwards. In 2002 she signed for Italian team Taranto Cras Basket,[4] winning the domestic treble in 2002 (Italian League, and Supercup).

In 1999 she became the first to woman to participate in the men's Three-Point Contest[5][6] during the ACB All-Star weekend, and she tried again in 2000.

National team[]

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 22. She played with the senior team for 6 years, from 1995 to 2001, with a total of 87 caps and 10.7 PPG. She participated one World Championships and three European Championships:[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Game Report Bronze Medal Game: Lithuania - Spain | European Championship for Women (2001) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  2. ^ "CLUB DE BASQUET CANARIAS: JUGADORES CANTERANOS EN LA ELITE". CLUB DE BASQUET CANARIAS. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  3. ^ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  4. ^ "Basket/A1 donne - Taranto riscopre la Anula". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  5. ^ "Nieves Anula, la primera jugadora All Star". Planetacb (in European Spanish). 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  6. ^ "ABC (Madrid) - 11/11/1999, p. 84 - ABC.es Hemeroteca". hemeroteca.abc.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  7. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  8. ^ "Nieves Emilia Anula Alameda | European Championship for Women (2001) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
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