Nieves Anula
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| Born | April 1, 1973 Santa Cruz de Tenerife | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1991–2006 | |||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||
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| 1991-1992 | CB Caja Segovia | |||||||||||
| 1992-1994 | Arganda Intercambio (LF2) | |||||||||||
| 1994-1997 | Real Canoe NC | |||||||||||
| 1997-1998 | Pro-Getafe CDE | |||||||||||
| 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
[edit]She spent most of her career in Spanish clubs[2] (CB Caja Segovia, Real Canoe NC, Pool Getafe, Ros Casares Valencia and Universitari),[3] playing in the Spanish first tier. In 1998 she won the league and the cup with Pool Getafe, 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, Italian Cup 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.