Amaya Valdemoro

Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga (born August 18, 1976, in Alcobendas, Community of Madrid) is a Spanish former basketball player. She won three Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) championship rings with the Houston Comets, one EuroLeague with Dorna Godella, as well as eight Spanish leagues and one Russian Premier League. She was the Russian League Player of the Year in 2006.

Amaya Valdemoro
Personal information
Born (1976-08-18) August 18, 1976
Alcobendas, Community of Madrid
NationalitySpanish
Listed height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Career information
Playing career1992–2013
PositionSmall forward
Career history
1992–1994Dorna Godella
1994-1996Halcón Viajes
1996-1998Pool Getafe
1998-2000Houston Comets
1998-2001Halcón Viajes
2001–2005Ros Casares Valencia
2005–2007CSKA Samara
2007-2008CSKA Moscow
2008-2010Ros Casares Valencia
2010-2012Rivas Ecópolis
2012-2013Tarsus Beledeyesi
2013Real Canoe NC
Career highlights and awards
  • EuroLeague champion (1993)
  • 3x WNBA champion (1998–2000)
  • 8× Spanish League champion (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010)
  • 9x Spanish Cup champion (1994, 1997, 1998, 2002–2004, 2009–2011)
  • Russian League champion (2006)
  • 3x Russian Cup champion (2006–2008)
Medals
Representing  Spain
World Championship
2010 Czech Republic
EuroBasket
2013 France
2007 Italy
2003 Greece
2005 Turkey
2009 Latvia

With the national team she competed in two Olympic Games, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. won a bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and won 5 medals at EuroBasket women, including a gold medal at the 2013 EuroBasket Women.

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