Nieves Anula
PositionShooting guard
Height cm174
Birth dateMay 1, 1973 (age 53)
Birth placeSanta Cruz de Tenerife
NationalitySpanish
Career start1991
Career end2006
Highlights
Years 11991-1992
Team 1CB Caja Segovia
Years 21992-1994
Team 2Arganda Intercambio (LF2)
Years 31994-1997
Team 3Real Canoe NC
Years 41997-1998
Team 4Pro-Getafe CDE
Years 51998-2000
Team 5Real Canoe NC
Years 62000-2001
Team 6Ros Casares Valencia
Years 72001-2002
Team 7Universitari
Years 82002-2006
Team 8Taranto Cras Basket

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.

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" (in es-ES). Planetacb. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  6. ^ "ABC (Madrid) - 11/11/1999, p. 84 - ABC.es Hemeroteca" (in Spanish). hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  7. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  8. ^ "Nieves Emilia Anula Alameda | European Championship for Women (2001) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.