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Nuria Martínez Prat (born February 29, 1984) is a Spanish professional
1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (''youth'')
* 6th 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (''youth'')
* 5th 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (''youth'')
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2003 Eurobasket
* 6th 2005 Eurobasket
* 8th 2006 World Championship
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2010 World Championship
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2014 World Championship
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Player profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Nuria 1984 births Living people Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi basketball players Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Catalonia Guards (basketball) Minnesota Lynx players Olympic basketball players of Spain People from Mataró Sportspeople from the Province of Barcelona Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Spanish women's basketball players
basketball
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player for Spar CityLift Girona.
Club career
Martínez made her debut in the Spanish top tier Liga Femenina in hometown clubUB-Barça
Club Bàsquet Femení Universitari de Barcelona–FC Barcelona was a Spanish Catalonia, Catalan women's basketball team. Initially named CBF Universitari de Barcelona, belonging just to the University of Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, it lat ...
in 2002, soon signing for powerhouse CB 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, an ...
, where she won the 2005-06 Spanish League and Cup. She played one game for WNBA team Minnesota Lynx in 2005. Martínez spent the following ten seasons mostly playing abroad in Russia (Dynamo Moscow
MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...
, Turkey ( Kayseri Kaski, Galatasaray S.K.) and Italy ( Liomatic Umbertide, PF Schio
Pallacanestro Femminile Schio, also known as Beretta Famila Schio for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian women's basketball team based in Schio that competes in Serie A.
Founded in 1973, Schio enjoyed its first successes between 1996 and 2002, wi ...
, with just one season in Spain at Ros Casares Valencia
Ros Casares Godella was a professional women's basketball team based in Godella, Spain. It played in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto between 1996 and 2012, when it resigned to play in EuroLeague and Spanish League. It continued playing in Primera ...
and a second summer at Minnesota Lynx, playing 15 games in the 2010 WNBA season
The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began with a televised (ESPN2) meeting between the defending champion Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks in Phoenix, Arizona on M ...
.
In 2017 she returned to Spain to play at Spar CityLift Girona.
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
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National team
She made her debut withSpain 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 17. She played with the senior team for 15 years, from 2001 to 2015, with a total of 145 caps and 4 PPG. She participated in two Olympic Games
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, three World Championships
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and in four European Championships
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:
* 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (''youth'')
* 6th 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (''youth'')
* 5th 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (''youth'')
* 2003 Eurobasket
* 6th 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
* 2005 Eurobasket
* 8th 2006 World Championship
* 2007 Eurobasket
The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to th ...
* 5th 2008 Summer Olympics
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* 2010 World Championship
* 2014 World Championship
* 2015 Eurobasket
EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 S ...
References
External links
Player profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Nuria 1984 births Living people Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi basketball players Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Catalonia Guards (basketball) Minnesota Lynx players Olympic basketball players of Spain People from Mataró Sportspeople from the Province of Barcelona Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Spanish women's basketball players