María Dolores Sánchez Gil (born 1 July 1964), known as Loli Sánchez, is a former

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professional

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player representing

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. She won the 1985-86

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with Avón Alcalá, and also played for CEPSA Tenerife and BEX Banco Exterior. In 1988 she joined the BEX project, a pre-olympic team which played together for several seasons in order to compete 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 ...

, but she stopped playing in the summer of 1990. She made her debut with

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at the age of 19. She played with the senior team for 7 years, from 1983 to 1990, with a total of 128 caps and 4.4 PPG. She participated in three

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: * 11th

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* 10th

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* 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 ...

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