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 Copa Federación with Avón Alcalá, and also played for CEPSA Tenerife and

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. In 1988 she joined the BEX project, a pre-olympic team which played together for several seasons in order to compete in the

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, 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

References

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