Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga ( born Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga ; born August 18, 1976 , Alcobendas , Madrid , Spain ) is a Spanish professional basketball player who played in the women's national basketball association for the Houston Comets club, with which she won three VNBA championships . In addition, in 1993 she won the Euroleague as part of Dorn Godella Valencia , as well as eight championships in Spain and one championship of the Russian Premier League . In 2006, she became the owner of the Golden Basket .
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 Amaya Valdemoro and Eliza Aguilar with the champion cup after winning the Eurobasket in 2013 | |
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| Position | Light forward |
| Growth | 183 cm |
| Weight | 78 kg |
| Citizenship |  Spain |
| Date of Birth | August 18, 1976 (42 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Madrid , Spain |
| VNBA draft | 30th, 1998 , Houston Comets |
As part of the Spanish national team , she participated in two Olympic Games: in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing in 2008 . In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2010 World Cup in the Czech Republic and won 5 different medals at the European Championships , including a gold medal at the 2013 European Championship in France .
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Club career
Spanish Clubs (1992-1998)
She made her debut in the Spanish League in 1992, at 16, in the Valencia team; victory in the national league and Euroleague 1992-93. In the 1993-1994 season, she won the championship, cup and Euroleague (second place). With her next club, Pool Getafe, she won the championship and cups in 1997 and 1998; and again in the Euroleague - second place in 1998.
Women's NBA (1998-2000)
Valdemoro was selected in the third round of the 1998 WNBA Draft at Houston Comets , winning three consecutive championships in 1998, 1999 and 2000 [1] .
Spanish Clubs (1998-2005)
After playing in the teams of Houston comets and Avenida for three seasons, she returned to Valencia (the club at that time changed its name to Ros Casares , where it won 2 leagues and 3 cups. For a short time, she played for the Brazilian team Unimed / Americana in 2004.
Russian clubs (2005-2008)
She spent three seasons in the Russian Premier League as part of VBM-SGAU BC Samara, and then in CSKA , winning 1 league and 3 cups.
Spanish Clubs (2008-2013)
After a short stay in Turkey , her last club was .
Spain National Team
She made her debut in the Spanish women's national basketball team at the age of 17. She played with the first team for 18 years, from 1995 to 2013. She is one of the most productive players, with a total of 258 caps and 10.6 PPG [2] . She participated in two Olympic Games ( Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 ) [3] , four world championships and eight European championships ; she left the national team as captain and champion of EuroBasket 2013 :
- 1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women ( youth )
- 1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women ( youth )
- 9th 1995 Eurobasket
- 5th 1997 Eurobasket
- 5th 1998 World Championship
- 5th 2002 World Championship
- 2003 Eurobasket
- 6th 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2005 Eurobasket
- 8th 2006 World Championship
- 2007 Eurobasket (MVP) [4]
- 5th 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2009 Eurobasket
- 2010 World Championship
- 9th 2011 Eurobasket
- 2013 Eurobasket
Notes
- ↑ Player File Archived September 15, 2008 on Wayback Machine WNBA.com
- ↑ Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto . seleccionfemenina.feb.es . Date of appeal September 24, 2017.
- ↑ Amaya Valdemoro at sports-reference.com
- ↑ Valdemoro named MVP Archived September 5, 2008 on Wayback Machine at eurobasketwomen2007.com