Laura Gil

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Laura Gil
Laura Gil (24.05.21).jpg
No. 15Valencia Basket
Position Power forward
League LFB
Personal information
Born (1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 (age 31)
Murcia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2010 Segle XXI (LF2)
2010–2011 Perfumerías Avenida
2011–2012 Hondarribia-Irún
2012–2013 CB Ciudad de Burgos
2013–2014 Rivas Ecópolis
2014–2016 Cadí La Seu
2016–2020 Perfumerías Avenida
2020- Valencia Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Turkey
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 France
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Czech Republic
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Serbia/Latvia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Israel/Slovenia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Hungary/Romania

Laura Gil Collado [lower-alpha 1] (born 24 April 1992) is a Spanish basketball player for Valencia Basket and the Spain women's national basketball team. At club level, she has been on teams that won the 2011 EuroLeague, the 2021 EuroCup and three Spanish Leagues competitions. As a member of the Spain national teams, she has been a medallist in all the tournaments she has played in from 2007 to 2019: nine medals at youth level and seven medals at senior level. The last medal won was gold at the EuroBasket Women 2019.

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Club career

Gil played as a junior in the Segle XXI project from 2008 to 2010, where young talents are developed from youth teams to the Spanish second tier. In 2010, she signed for one of the top teams in the league Perfumerías Avenida, winning the 2011 EuroLeague and the Spanish League. She spent the next five years in four different clubs, winning the 2014 league, going back to former club CB Avenida in 2016, where they won the double league-cup in 2017 and 2018.

EuroLeague and EuroCup statistics

Winner
SeasonTeamGPMPPPPPRPPAPP
2010–11 EuroLeague Halcón Avenida 63.00.70.5
2013–14 EuroLeague Rivas Ecópolis 826.56.45.20.6
2016–17 EuroLeague Perfumerías Avenida 1719.74.53.20.7
2017–18 EuroLeague Perfumerías Avenida [1] 820.83.63.30.8
2017–18 EuroCup Perfumerías Avenida 421.25.05.50.8
2018–19 EuroLeague Perfumerías Avenida 1424.05.25.11.4
2018–19 EuroCup Perfumerías Avenida 227.48.56.00.0
2019–20 EuroCup Perfumerías Avenida 1024.97.94.62.2
2020-21 EuroCup Valencia Basket 726.410.63.93.6

National team

Gil started playing with Spain's youth teams at 15, winning a total of nine medals from 2007 to 2012. She made her debut with the senior team in 2013, when she was 21 years old. Up to 2021, she had 134 caps with 4.4 PPG: [2] [3]

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Giland the second or maternal family name is Collado.

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References

  1. "Laura GIL COLLADO at the EuroLeague Women 2018 – FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.