Cindy Lima
Spanish basketball player
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| Born | 21 June 1981 Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1998-2000 | UB-Barça | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000-2001 | CAB Madeira | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Celta de Vigo Baloncesto | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Mann Filter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | CB San José | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | TTT Riga / KV Imperial / Ros Casares | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010-2011 | Ros Casares Valencia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Aix en Provence | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Tarsus Beledeyesi / Uni Gyor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | CB Conquero / Al-Gezira | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | SBS Ostrava / Tarbes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cindy Orquídea Lima García known as Cindy Lima (born 21 June 1981) is a former Spanish professional basketball player representing Spain, winning four medals including gold in the 2013 EuroBasket. She played in 15 teams and 9 countries in her career. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
Club career
Born in Barcelona to a Cuban mother and an Angolan father, Lima played in youth clubs Inmaculada Horta, [[Segle XX] and Santa Rosa de Lima. She made her debut in the top tier of the Spanish League in 1998 with UB-Barça. After her second season, she signed for [Portugal|Portuguese]] club CAB Madeira, where she remained for one year. She spent the following eight seasons in Spain: four at Celta de Vigo Baloncesto, two at Mann Filter and two at CB San José León.
She played in a variety of clubs from 2009 onwards: Latvia's TTT Riga, Cyprus's KV Imperial and Spain's Ros Casares Valencia just in the 2009-2010 season. She played for French team Aix en Provence in 2011-12. The following season Lima played for Turkish Tarsus Beledeyesi and Hungarian Uni Győr. The 2013-2014 season started for Lima at CB Conquero in Spain and finished at Egyptian team Al Gezira. Her last season as a professional player started for Lima at Czech Republic's SBS Ostrava and finished in France, playing for Tarbes.[2][3][4]
National team
She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 26. She played with the senior team for 7 years, from 2007 to 2014, getting 120 caps and 3.4 PPG.[5] She participated in the (Beijing 2008) Olympic tournament, one World Championships and four European Championships:[6]
- 5th 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women (youth)
1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (youth)- 5th 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women (youth)
2007 Eurobasket- 5th 2008 Summer Olympics
2009 Eurobasket
2010 World Championship- 5th2011 Eurobasket
2013 Eurobasket
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cindy Lima". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Cindy Lima deja las pistas". www.prodep.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Cindy Lima cuelga las botas definitivamente". Zona Dos Tres (in European Spanish). 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Cindy Lima : Entre modelo y baloncestista ". www.fameceleste.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
