Carolina Mújica Vallejo (born September 14, 1964) is a former Spanish basketball player, captain of the Spanish team which won the gold medal at the 1993 European Championship.

Club career

Born and raised in Madrid, she played at

Real Canoe NC Real Canoe Natación Club is a Sports club, multisport club based in Madrid, Spain. The club was founded in 1930. History The club was founded in 1930 via a merger of "Club Natación Atlético" & "Canoë Club." Mr Julián López became the club' ...

from her junior years to her debut in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, where she won 3 consecutive titles from 1984 to 1986. As one of the most promising young players of her time, she got transferred to the Caja Toledo - BEX Banco Exterior project, with other young Spanish prospects in order to prepare for the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. She played one last year at Real Canoe, where she retired at the end of the 1994–95 season.

National team

She made her debut with

Spain women's national basketball team The Spain women's national basketball team ( es, Selección Española de Baloncesto Femenina) represents Spain in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Spanish Basketball Federation, the governing body for baske ...

at the age of 20. She played with the senior team for 11 years, from 1984 to 1995, with a total of 202 caps and 6.3 PPG. She participated in the

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

, one World Championship and three

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

: * 10th

1980 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women The 1980 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes was the third edition of the European basketball championship for U16 women's teams, today known as FIBA U16 Women's European Championship. 12 teams featured in the competition, held in Zalaegerszeg ...

(''youth'') * 8th

1983 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

(''youth'') * 6th

1987 Eurobasket The 1987 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1987, was the 25th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Greece between 3 and 14 June 1987. Twelve national teams entered the ev ...

* 5th

1993 Eurobasket The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1993, was the 28th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Germany between 22 June and 4 July 1993. Sixteen national teams entered ...

* 8th 1994 World Championship * 9th

1995 Eurobasket The 1995 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1995, was the 29th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to e ...

References

Living people Spanish women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Spain Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1964 births Small forwards Basketball players from Madrid {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub