Nieves Anula

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.

Nieves Anula
Personal information
Born (1973-04-01) April 1, 1973
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
NationalitySpanish
Listed height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career1991–2006
PositionShooting guard
Career history
1991-1992CB Caja Segovia
1992-1994Arganda Intercambio (LF2)
1994-1997Real Canoe NC
1997-1998Pro-Getafe CDE
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 place2001 France

Club career

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

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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