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María Pilar Alonso
María Pilar Alonso López, known as ''Piluca Alonso'' (born October 8, 1968) is a former Spanish basketball player, member of the Spain women's national basketball team, Spanish team at the Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal at the EuroBasket Women 1993, 1993 European Championship. Club career Born and raised in León, Spain, León, she started playing basketball with school club Dominicos, and later in nearby Casa Galicia Baloncesto. She transferred to one of the top teams of the time, the Celta de Vigo Baloncesto, Celta Citroën in 1983. At 1.95m, she was the tallest player in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. Being only 16, she won her first title, the Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto, 1984 Copa de la Reina. She played at Celta Citroën until the team disappeared for financial reasons. After one season at Amanecer Alcorcón, she signed for Ros Casares Valencia, Dorna Godella / Costa Naranja, where she won EuroLeague_Women, FIBA Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
León, Spain
León (; ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the province of León, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a population of 124,303 (2019), by far the largest municipality in the province. The population of the metropolitan area, including the neighbouring San Andrés del Rabanedo and other smaller municipalities, accounts for around 200,000 inhabitants. Founded as the military encampment of the ''Legio VI Victrix'' around 29 BC, its standing as an encampment city was consolidated with the definitive settlement of the ''Legio VII Gemina'' from 74 AD. Following its partial depopulation due to the Umayyad invasion of Hispania, Umayyad conquest of the peninsula, 910 saw the beginning of one its most prominent historical periods, when it became the capital of the Kingdom of León, which took active part in the Reconquista against the Moors, and came to be one of the fundamental ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
