Laura Quevedo

Laura Quevedo Cañizares[lower-alpha 1] (born 15 April 1996) is a Spanish basketball player for CB Estudiantes and the Spanish national team, taking part in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2021 Eurobasket.[1]

Laura Quevedo
No. 9 – CB Estudiantes
PositionForward
LeagueSpanish League
Personal information
Born (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996
Coslada, Madrid
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2008–2013Real Canoe NC (youth)
2013–2014Rivas Ecópolis
2014Miami Hurricanes
2015Pajariel Bembibre
2015–2016Universitario de Ferrol
2016–2017Perfumerías Avenida
2017-2018CB Al-Qázeres
2018-2019CD Zamarat
2019-2021Araski AES
2021-presentCB Estudiantes
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place2023 Israel/Slovenia

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Silver medal – second place2018 TarragonaTeam 3x3

Club career

Quevedo played as a child in local club CB Coslada from age 7 to 12, moving then to Real Canoe for five years. At 17, she signed for Rivas Ecópolis[2] of the Spanish first tier league, alternating the youth and the senior team. At age 18, she moved to Florida, USA to play for college team Miami Hurricanes of the NCAA,[3] where she averaged 22 MMP and 6 PPP, but after 15 games she decided to go back to Spain before the end of the season. Back in Spain, she played with Pajariel Bembibre for the remainer of the 2014-2015 season.[4][5][6] After one season with Universitario de Ferrol,[7] she signed in 2016 with the top team in the league, Perfumerías Avenida, winning the double league-cup in 2017.[8] In December 2017 she transferred to CB Al-Qázeres in search of more playtime.[9]

National team

Quevedo started playing with Spain's youth teams at 16, winning a total of seven medals from 2012 to 2016. She made her debut with the senior team in 2015, when she was 19 years old. Up to 2021, she had 37 caps with 1.7 PPG,[10] participating in the Rio 2016 Olympics and the 2021 Eurobasket:

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quevedo and the second or maternal family name is Cañizares.

References
  1. "FIBA profile". fiba.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. "Laura Quevedo, una gran promesa para Rivas Ecópolis".
  3. "Laura Quevedo". 2 June 2017.
  4. "UM women lose starter Laura Quevedo".
  5. "Laura Quevedo, sobre su experiencia en Estados Unidos: "No han cumplido lo que decían" | WangConnection".
  6. "La alero española Laura Quevedo deja la NCAA desencantada con la Universidad de Miami". www.gigantes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18.
  7. "Laura Quevedo Encuentra Su Sitio en Ferrol".
  8. "Competiciones FEB".
  9. "Laura Quevedo cambia Salamanca por Cáceres | Baloncesto enCancha". www.encancha.com. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  10. "Selecciones - Federación Española de Baloncesto".
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