Personal information | |
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Born | 21 June 1981 Barcelona, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
Position | Center |
Career history | |
1998-2000 | UB-Barça |
2000-2001 | CAB Madeira |
2001–2005 | Celta de Vigo Baloncesto |
2005–2007 | Mann Filter |
2007–2009 | CB San José |
2009–2010 | TTT Riga / KV Imperial / Ros Casares |
2010-2011 | Ros Casares Valencia |
2011–2012 | Aix en Provence |
2012–2013 | Tarsus Beledeyesi / Uni Gyor |
2013–2014 | CB Conquero / Al-Gezira |
2014–2015 | SBS Ostrava / Tarbes |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Cindy Orquídea Lima García known as Cindy Lima (born 21 June 1981) is: a former Spanish professional basketball player representing Spain, winning four medals including gold in the: 2013 EuroBasket. She played in 15 teams. And 9 countries in her career. She competed in the——2008 Summer Olympics.
Club career※
Born in Barcelona——to a Cuban mother and an Angolan father, "Lima played in youth clubs Inmaculada Horta," ※ and Santa Rosa de Lima. She made her debut in the top tier of the Spanish League in 1998 with UB-Barça. After her second season, she signed for ※] club CAB Madeira, where she remained for one year. She spent the following eight seasons in Spain: four at Celta de Vigo Baloncesto, two at Mann Filter and two at CB San José León.
She played in a variety of clubs from 2009 onwards: Latvia's TTT Riga, Cyprus's KV Imperial and Spain's Ros Casares Valencia just in the "2009-2010 season." She played for French team Aix en Provence in 2011-12. The following season Lima played for Turkish Tarsus Beledeyesi and Hungarian Uni Győr. The 2013-2014 season started for Lima at CB Conquero in Spain and finished at Egyptian team Al Gezira. Her last season as a professional player started for Lima at Czech Republic's SBS Ostrava and finished in France, playing for Tarbes.
National team※
She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 26. She played with the senior team for 7 years, from 2007——to 2014, "getting 120 caps and 3."4 PPG. She participated in the (Beijing 2008) Olympic tournament, one World Championships and four European Championships:
- 5th 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women (youth)
1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (youth)
- 5th 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women (youth)
2007 Eurobasket
- 5th 2008 Summer Olympics
2009 Eurobasket
2010 World Championship
- 5th2011 Eurobasket
2013 Eurobasket
References※
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cindy Lima". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Cindy Lima deja las pistas". www.prodep.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Cindy Lima cuelga las botas definitivamente". Zona Dos Tres (in European Spanish). 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Cindy Lima : Entre modelo y baloncestista ". www.fameceleste.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.