Nieves Emilia Anula Alameda, known as Nieves Anula (born 1 May 1973 is a Spanish former

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player. She scored 28 points against

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in the third-place match of the 2001 Eurobasket, winning the bronze medal with the Spanish national team.

Club career

She spent most of her career in Spanish clubs ( CB Caja Segovia, Real Canoe NC, Pool Getafe, Ros Casares Valencia and Universitari), 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, winning the domestic treble in 2002 ( Italian League,

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and Supercup). In 1999 she became the first to woman to participate in the men's Three-Point Contest during the ACB All-Star weekend, and she tried again in 2000.

National team

She made her debut with

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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

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and three

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: * 9th

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* 5th

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* 5th 1998 World Championship * Bronze_medal_europe

2001 Eurobasket

References

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