Mara Fullin (born 13 January 1965 in
Venice
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) is a former
Italian
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women's professional
basketball
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player. She was inducted into the
Italian Basketball Hall of Fame
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, in 2014.
Club career
Fullin played throughout her career for
AS Vicenza and
Pool Comense, winning seven
EuroLeague Women titles. She retired in 1998.
Italian national team
Fullin was a member of the senior
Italian women's national team for thirteen years, taking part in the
1992 Summer Olympics
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, and the
1996 Summer Olympics
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. She also played at the
1990 FIBA World Championship for Women
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, and at five
EuroBasket Women
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tournaments.
Profile
in FIBA
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's archive
References
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Italian women's basketball players
1965 births
Living people
Olympic basketball players for Italy
Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
20th-century Italian women
Sportspeople from Venice