Íngrid Pons Molina (born 27 February 1975 in

Montgat Montgat () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Badalona (Barcelonès) and El Masnou, to the north-east of Barcelona. The town is both a tourist centre and a (somewhat ex ...

) is a Spanish former

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player who played for the Spanish National team from 1996 to 2004, winning two bronze medals in the 2001 and 2003 Eurobaskets. She competed in the

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Club career

Pons spent her formative years in clubs in nearby

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: Montgat, Mireria and Segle XXI. She played for 16 years in the Spanish top tier league at Universitari Barcelona (1992-1998, 2004-2007) and Popular Godella / Ros Casares (1998-2004), winning a total of four leagues and three domestic cups. She retired in 2008 at EBE Promociones PDV.

National team

She made her debut with

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at the age of 21. She played with the senior team for 8 years, from 1996 to 2004. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 127 caps and 6.1 PPG. She participated in the (

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Olympics, two

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and three

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: * 9th

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(''youth'') * 5th

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* 5th 1998 World Championship * Bronze_medal_europe

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* 5th 2002 World Championship * Bronze_medal_europe

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* 6th

References

1975 births Living people Spanish women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Spain Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Power forwards People from Maresme Basketball players from the Province of Barcelona Sportswomen from Catalonia {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub