Holly Winterburn

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Holly Winterburn
No. 7London Lions
Position Shooting guard
League Women's British Basketball League
Personal information
Born Northampton UK
NationalityBritish
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
High school Quinton House School and Charnwood College
College Oregon University (2019–2020), Loughborough University (2021) & University of East London (2022-2023)
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2019 Leicester Riders (women)
2019-2020 Oregon University
2020–2021 Leicester Riders (women)
2021-2024 London Lions
Career highlights and awards
  • 1x FIBA EuroCup Women Champion (2024)
  • WBBL Betty Codona Trophy champion (2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • WBBL WBBL Cup winner (2022, 2023)
  • 3x WBBL WBBL League Champion (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 3x WBBL WBBL Play-off Champion (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 3x WBBL Young Player of the year (2018, 2019, 2021)

Holly Winterburn is a British professional basketball player for the London Lions of the Women's British Basketball League. [1] [2] [3] She also plays for the Great Britain women's national basketball team. [4] In college, Winterburn played for Oregon Ducks women's basketball. [1] [5]

In April 2024, Holly became a EuroCup Women's Champion, as London Lions became the first British Team ever to win a European basketball Trophy when they beat Beşiktaş JK (women's basketball) to win the FIBA EuroCup Women title

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