Helena Oma

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Helena Oma
HelenaOma partido.jpg
Oma with Uni Girona in 2018
No. 16Basket Zaragoza
Position Small forward [1]
League Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
Personal information
Born (1996-10-23) 23 October 1996 (age 27)
Terrassa, Spain
Listed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Career history
2016–2021 Uni Girona
2017–2018Sedis Bàsquet (loan)
2021–2022 Porta XI Ensino
2022– Basket Zaragoza
Medals
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Women's basketball
U20 EuroBasket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Portugal
Women's 3x3 basketball
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team

Helena Oma Giralt (born 23 October 1996) is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays as a small forward for Liga Femenina de Baloncesto club Basket Zaragoza and the Spain women's national 3x3 team. [2] [3] She was born to an Equatorial Guinean father and a Catalan mother.

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Career

She won a bronze medal at the 2023 European Games. [4] [5]

She played for Spar Citylift Girona, and Casedemont Zaragosa. [6] [7] She competed at 2019–20 EuroLeague Women. [8] and at 2020–21 EuroLeague Women. [9]

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References

  1. "Helena Oma". Basket Zaragoza.
  2. "Women's Team Faces 3x3 World Cup In Vienna With 12 Players by World Nation News Desk". The Vienna Grid. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. "COPA: Helena Oma y la culminación aragonesa de sus "siete años en el Tíbet"". FEB (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. "Helena Oma Giralt". play.fiba3x3.com. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. "OMA Helena". results.european-games.org. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. Eurobasket. "Helena Oma, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  7. "Helena Oma". Basket Zaragoza (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  8. "Helena OMA at the EuroLeague Women 2019-20". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  9. "Helena OMA at the EuroLeague Women 2020-21". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2023.