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2023 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Amaya Valdemoro

MIES (Switzerland) - Amaya Valdemoro is being inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame in celebration of her achievements when wearing a Spanish national team jersey and for winning a stack of club honors.

A do-it-all small forward who set the tone at both ends of the court with her intense and competitive approach, Valdemoro thrived on the challenge and lit it up in countless big games during her majestic and highly productive career.

On the global stage, she took part in four FIBA Women's Basketball World Cups in 1998, 2002, 2006 and got onto the podium with a bronze medal on her last outing in 2010 in Czech Republic.

She is also a double-Olympian having represented Spain at Athens 2004 when she was the top scorer for her country and she also appeared at Beijing 2008.

But it was in the FIBA Women's EuroBasket where she really made her mark, appearing an amazing eight times and winning five medals across her last six editions. That included bronze in 2003, 2005 and 2009, plus a silver in 2007. It was at her last tournament in Orchies, France in 2013 - some 18 years after her debut in 1995 that she finally landed the gold medal she had craved all those years.

She also landed individual awards too, finishing in the All-Star Five at the 2005 edition when she was the leading scorer in the tournament and then being crowned the FIBA Women's EuroBasket MVP in 2007 - despite not being on the winning team.

Success at club level was also attained, with Valdemoro playing in the Spanish League when just 15-years-old and going on to eventually win eight Championships, nine Spanish Cups, and four SuperCups. She also won titles in Russia and proudly won the big club competitions on either side of the Atlantic.

In 1993 she won the EuroLeague Women title with Dorna Godella and then the Spanish ace went on to win three consecutive WNBA titles Stateside with Houston Comets.

She is being enshrined in the Class of 2023 that includes Penny Taylor (Australia), Yuko Oga (Japan), Katrina McClain (USA), Wlamir Marques (Brazil), Yao Ming (China), Liem Tjien Siong / Sonny Hendrawan (Indonesia), Angelo Monteiro dos Santos Victoriano (Angola); with both Carlos Loyzaga (Philippines) and Zurab Sakandelidze (Georgia) being inducted posthumously. The Class also includes deserved recognition for coaching duo Valerie Garnier (France) and Alessandro Gamba (Italy).

The 2023 FIBA Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place after the conclusion of the FIBA Congress on August 2023 in Manila, Philippines, ahead of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.

Name	Amaya VALDEMORO
Category of Inductee	Player (Small Forward)
Date of birth	August 18th 1976
Place of birth	Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Height	1.82m - 6ft
Clubs	Dorna Godella (1992-1994) Halcon Viajes (1994-1996) Pool Getafe (1996-1998) Houston Comets (1998-2000) Halcon Viajes (1998-2001) Ros Casares Valencia (2001-2005) ADCF Unimed Americana (2004) CSKA Samara (2005-2007) CSKA Moscow (2007-2008) Ros Casares Valencia (2008-2010) Rivas Ecopolis (2010-2012) Tarsus Beledeyesi (2012-2013) Real Canoe NC (2013) [/unordered]
Club highlights	World Cup for Clubs winner (1992) EuroLeague Women champion (1993) Three-time WNBA champion (1998–2000) Eight-time Spanish League champion (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010) Nine-time Spanish Cup winner (1994, 1997, 1998, 2002–2004, 2009–2011) Four-time Spanish Super Cup winner (2003, 2004, 2008, 2010) Russian League champion (2006) Three-time Russian Cup winner (2006–2008) [/unordered]
National Team highlights	U16 Women's European Championship silver medalist (1993) U18 Women's European Championship silver medalist (1994) Three-time Women's EuroBasket bronze medalist (2003, 2005, 2009) FIBA Women's EuroBasket silver medalist (2007) FIBA Women's EuroBasket gold medalist (2013) FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup bronze medalist (2010) [/unordered]
Individual highlights	Played in eight FIBA Women's EuroBasket competitions (1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) Played in four FIBA Women's Basketball World Cups (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) Played in two Olympic Games (2004, 2008) Debuted in Spanish League at fifteen years old (1992) Debuted with the National Team at 17 years old (1993) Spanish League Best Forward (2004) Spanish League MVP (2005) EuroLeague Women All Star Five (2005) FIBA Women's EuroBasket Top Scorer (2005) Russian League All Star Five (2006) Russian League Player of the Year (2006) Russian League best foreign player (2007) FIBA Women's EuroBasket MVP (2007) Spanish Hall of Fame (2019) [/unordered]

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