Vega Gimeno
 Ygueravide in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 January 1991 Valencia, Spain |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Career information | |
| College | Robert Morris (2009–2010) |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
| Position | Small forward |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2009 | Segle XXI |
| 2010–2014 | Baloncesto Rivas |
| 2014–2015 | Islas Canarias |
| 2015–2017 | Bembibre |
| 2018–2020 | Stadium Casablanca |
| 2020–2021 | Ensino Lugo |
| 2021– | Basket Zaragoza |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals | |
Vega Gimeno Martínez[a] (born 8 January 1991) is a Spanish basketball player who plays as a small forward for Basket Zaragoza and the Spanish 3x3 team.
Professional career
[edit]A small forward, Gimeno started playing basketball at El Pilar College in Valencia and completed her training with the Segle XXI team. She competed in the NCAA with Robert Morris University (2009–10) and the following season, she made her debut in the Liga Femenina with Rivas Ecopolis.[1] With the Madrid team, she won a league title (2013–14) and two Copa de la Reina trophies (2011, 2013). Later, she played in Islas Canarias 2014 (2014–15), Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre (2015–17), Stadium Casablanca (2017–2020) and Ensino Lugo (2020–21), where she was the best national scorer of the season.[1] In the 2021–22 season, she signed for Basket Zaragoza, with whom she won her third Copa de la Reina (2023).[2][3]
National team career
[edit]Having completed internationally with the Spanish national team in youth categories, in which she became the U18 Eurobasket (2009) and U20 Eurobasket (2011) with these respective teams. She has also competed internationally with the 3x3 team, winning the Europe Cup (2021),[4] together with Sandra Ygueravide, Marta Canella and Aitana Cuevas, and runner-up twice (2019, 2023).[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gimeno and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Vega Gimeno, nueva jugadora de Casademont Zaragoza" (in Spanish). Gigantes. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ Robles, Andrea (25 January 2023). "Vega Gimeno, ante el reto de la profesionalización: "Con las futbolistas se ha visto mucha unión, eso nos ha faltado"" (in Spanish). Relevo. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ García Arlegui, David (3 May 2023). "Vega Gimeno: "El legado que vamos a dejar es el primer título para el club"". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Serbia and Spain win FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2021, presented by Caisse d'Epargne". FIBA. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ SD, Redacción (7 September 2023). "Vega Gimeno y Sandra Ygueravide, subcampeonas de Europa". Super Deporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Vega Gimeno at FIBA (archive)
- Vega Gimeno at FIBA 3x3
- Vega Gimeno at Eurobasket.com
- Vega Gimeno at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Vega Gimeno Martinez at Olympics.com
- Vega Gimeno Martinez at FEB (in Spanish)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Valencia
- Spanish women's basketball players
- Spanish women's 3x3 basketball players
- Robert Morris Colonials women's basketball players
- Small forwards
- 3x3 basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic 3x3 basketball players for Spain
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in 3x3 basketball
- European Games medalists in basketball
- European Games bronze medalists for Spain
- Basketball players at the 2015 European Games
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen