Laura Quevedo
Laura Quevedo Cañizares (born 15 April 1996) is a Spanish basketball player for CB Al-Qázeres and the Spanish national team, where she participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| League | Spanish League | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 April 1996 Coslada, Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2008–2013 | Real Canoe NC (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Rivas Ecópolis | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Miami Hurricanes | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Pajariel Bembibre | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Universitario de Ferrol | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Perfumerías Avenida | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | CB Al-Qázeres | ||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Quevedo played as a child in local club CB Coslada from age 7 to 12, moving then to Real Canoe for five years. At 17, she signed for Rivas Ecópolis[2] of the Spanish first tier league, alternating the youth and the senior team. At age 18, she moved to Florida, USA to play for college team Miami Hurricanes of the NCAA,[3] where she averaged 22 MMP and 6 PPP, but after 15 games she decided to go back to Spain before the end of the season. Back in Spain, she played with Pajariel Bembibre for the remainer of the 2014-2015 season.[4][5][6] After one season with Universitario de Ferrol,[7] she signed in 2016 with the top team in the league, Perfumerías Avenida, winning the double league-cup in 2017.[8] In December 2017 she transferred to CB Al-Qázeres in search of more playtime.[9]
National team
Quevedo started playing with Spain's youth teams at 16, winning a total of seven medals from 2012 to 2016. She made her debut with the senior team in 2015, when she was 19 years old. Up to 2017, she had 25 caps with 1.2 PPG,[10] participating in the Rio 2016 Olympics:
2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)
2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth)- 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
- 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)- 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
- 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
2016 Summer Olympics- 2018 Mediterranean Games 3x3
References
- "FIBA profile". fiba.com. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- http://www.feb.es/2013/6/16/baloncesto/laura-quevedo-una-gran-promesa-para-rivas-ecopolis/48281.aspx
- http://www.hurricanesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4989
- http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-hurricanes/hurricanes-blog/sfl-um-women-lose-starter-laura-quevedo-20150115-story.html
- http://www.wangconnection.com/laura-quevedo-sobre-su-experiencia-en-estados-unidos-no-han-cumplido-lo-que-decian/
- http://www.gigantes.com/la-alero-espanola-laura-quevedo-deja-la-ncaa-desencantada-con-la-universidad-de-miami/
- http://lokosxelbaloncestofemenino.com/index.php/competiciones/2069-laura-quevedo-encuentra-su-sitio-en-ferrol
- http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=670963&c=1310004
- "Laura Quevedo cambia Salamanca por Cáceres | Baloncesto enCancha". www.encancha.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- http://seleccionfemenina.feb.es/Componente.aspx?c=1310004