Nieves Anula

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Nieves Anula
Personal information
Born (1973-04-01) April 1, 1973 (age 50)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
NationalitySpanish
Listed height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career1991–2006
PositionShooting guard
Career history
1991-1992 CB Caja Segovia
1992-1994Arganda Intercambio (LF2)
1994-1997 Real Canoe NC
1997-1998 Pro-Getafe CDE
1998-2000 Real Canoe NC
2000-2001 Ros Casares Valencia
2001-2002 Universitari
2002-2006 Taranto Cras Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
EuroBasket
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 France

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.

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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]

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