María Lucila Pascua Suárez (born 21 March 1983) is a Spanish

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center. She is a member of the

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at the Olympic Games of

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, Beijing 2008, and Rio 2016, achieving a silver medal in the latter. She is amongst the few players of Spain with more than 200 caps, and shares with

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 ...

and Laia Palau, the distinction of representing Spain in 4

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where Spain won silver and bronze medals. Having played most of her career in several professional teams in

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, she signed with ŽKK Novi Zagreb at the beginning of season 2013–2014. At the middle of the season she was released and moved to

PINKK-Pécsi 424 Pécsi Női Kosárlabda Klub Sportegyesület (PINKK Pécsi 424,) is a Hungarian women's basketball team, that competes in the top flight of the Hungarian women's basketball leagues. The club is a successor of Bajai NKK (and is officially located ...

with whom she won the Hungarian League. She returned to Spain to play for

CB Conquero 'Club Baloncesto Conquero', is a Spanish women's basketball club based in Huelva, that currently plays in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. History Created in 1999 from the merge of local clubs CB Gilest and CB Ciudad de Huelva, in 2008 it reached ...

during season 2014–2015. Since February 2019 she is at

AE Sedis Bàsquet Associació Esportiva Sedís Bàsquet, a.k.a. Cadí La Seu for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team of La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. The women's team currently plays in Liga Femenina while the men's one plays in Regional divisions after resigning ...

Club career

Pascua started playing at age 9, at home club in

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, and continued her formation at

CN Sabadell Club Natació Sabadell is a Spanish aquatic sports club from Sabadell. Founded in 1916, it is best known for its women's water polo team, which has been the most successful team in the national championship in recent years with nine titles since 2 ...

. She then joined Segle XXI, a project of the

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Federation for young prospects. She made her debut in the Spanish League with Mann Filter at 18. In the following four years, she was chosen as Best Center in the 2002-03 league, participated in the 2003-04 Eurocup Women and was

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runner-up in 2005. She spent the next four seasons at

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, participating in the Eurocup Women and again Spanish Cup runner-up in 2008. After two more years at Mann Filter, she signed for the

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champions

Perfumerías Avenida Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto formerly C.B. Halcón Viajes, is a women's professional basketball team based in Salamanca, Spain. The team currently plays in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. In 2011 Perfumerías Avenida won the Euroleague, and ...

, where she went to win the 2012 Cup and the 2013 League. She spent the 2013–14 season abroad, first at

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n team ZKK Novi Zagreb and then at Hungarian team

, winning the

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. Back in Spain, she spent two seasons at

, winning the 2016 Spanish Cup. Two days after winning the Cup, she was released by the club, looking to get more playtime for the incoming 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. She ended the season at Mann Filter, thus starting her third stint at Zaragoza. In November 2016, she became the League's all-time top rebounder with 2,510 rebounds, surpassing

Érika de Souza Érika Cristina de Souza (born 9 March 1982) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for BC Castors Braine of the EuroLeague.

National team

She made her debut with

at the age of 18. She has played with the senior team since 2001. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 244 caps and 3.7 PPG. She participated in three Olympic Games (

, Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016), four World Championships and six

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: *

1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women The 1999 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes was the 13th 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 Tulcea, Roman ...

(''youth'') *5th 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (''youth'') *5th 2002 World Championship * Bronze_medal_europe

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*6th

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*8th 2006 World Championship * Silver_medal_europe

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*5th

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2010 World Championship *9th

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2014 World Championship * Bronze_medal_europe

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pascua, Lucila 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Sabadell Spanish women's basketball players Basketball players from Catalonia Olympic basketball players of Spain Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Centers (basketball) People from Vallès Occidental Sportspeople from the Province of Barcelona ŽKK Novi Zagreb players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in basketball Spanish expatriate basketball people in Croatia Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Sportswomen from Catalonia