Nieves Anula
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Born | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | April 1, 1973||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||
Listed height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||
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Playing career | 1991–2006 | ||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
1991-1992 | |||||||||||
1992-1994 | Arganda Intercambio (LF2) | ||||||||||
1994-1997 | Real Canoe NC | ||||||||||
1997-1998 | |||||||||||
1998-2000 | Real Canoe NC | ||||||||||
2000-2001 | Ros Casares Valencia | ||||||||||
2001-2002 | Universitari | ||||||||||
2002-2006 | Taranto Cras Basket | ||||||||||
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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]
- 9th 1995 Eurobasket
- 5th 1997 Eurobasket
- 5th 1998 World Championship
2001 Eurobasket[8]
References[]
- ^ "Game Report Bronze Medal Game: Lithuania - Spain | European Championship for Women (2001) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "CLUB DE BASQUET CANARIAS: JUGADORES CANTERANOS EN LA ELITE". CLUB DE BASQUET CANARIAS. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Basket/A1 donne - Taranto riscopre la Anula". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Nieves Anula, la primera jugadora All Star". Planetacb (in European Spanish). 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "ABC (Madrid) - 11/11/1999, p. 84 - ABC.es Hemeroteca". hemeroteca.abc.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Nieves Emilia Anula Alameda | European Championship for Women (2001) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Spanish women's basketball players
- Shooting guards