Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga (born August 18, 1976, in
Alcobendas
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It forms an urban continuum with the neighbouring municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The affluent residential area of La Moraleja lies within the municipal lim ...
,
Community of Madrid
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) is a Spanish former
basketball
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player. She won three
Women's National Basketball Association
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(WNBA) championship rings with the
Houston Comets
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, one
EuroLeague with
Dorna Godella, as well as eight
Spanish leagues and one
Russian Premier League
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. She was the
Russian League Player of the Year in 2006.
With the national team she competed in two Olympic Games,
Athens 2004
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and
Beijing 2008
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. won a bronze medal at the
2010 FIBA World Championship
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and won 5 medals at
EuroBasket women
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, including a gold medal at the
2013 EuroBasket Women.
Club career
1992-1998 Spanish clubs
She made her debut in the
Spanish league in 1992, at only 16 years of age, with
Dorna Godella, winning the national league and the
1992–93 Euroleague. In the 1993–1994 season, she won the league, the cup and was Euroleague