Anna Montañana Gimeno (born October 24, 1980) is a former professional

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player, representing

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. She spent most of her career in Europe, and went to play in the WNBA for the

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in 2009.

Club career

Montañana was born in

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, where she started playing basketball, and she went to play for nearby Dorna Godella, the most important Spanish team at the time. While playing for the cadettes and the junior teams, she made her debut in the top tier of the Spanish League with the senior team one day before her 14th birthday. She played in several Spanish clubs from 1998 to 2001, when she moved to the

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to complete a college degree and play for the

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team. She continued most of her career in Europe (Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey and France), playing also for the

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. She retired in

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in 2015.

Coaching career

On 8 February 2017, Montañana signed with

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team

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for being assistant coach, thus becoming the first woman to be part of the technical staff in the Spanish men's top league.

National team

She made her debut with

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at the age of 25. She played with the senior team for 7 years, from 2005 to 2012, getting 129 caps and 11.1 PPG. She participated in one Olympic tournament (

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), two

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and three

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1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (''youth'') * 5th 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (''youth'') * Bronze medal europe

2005 Eurobasket * 8th 2006 World Championship * Silver medal europe

2007 Eurobasket * 5th

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2010 World Championship

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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George Washington statistics

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WNBA stats
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Montanana, Anna 1980 births Living people Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Minnesota Lynx players Olympic basketball players for Spain Spanish women's basketball players George Washington Revolutionaries women's basketball players Undrafted Women's National Basketball Association players Spanish basketball coaches Forwards (basketball) 21st-century Spanish sportswomen Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States