Cindy Lima

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]

Cindy Lima
Personal information
Born21 June 1981
Valencia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
PositionCenter
Career history
1998-2000UB-Barça
2000-2001CAB Madeira
2001–2005Celta de Vigo Baloncesto
2005–2007Mann Filter
2007–2009CB San José
2009–2010TTT Riga / KV Imperial / Ros Casares
2010-2011Ros Casares Valencia
2011–2012Aix en Provence
2012–2013Tarsus Beledeyesi / Uni Gyor
2013–2014CB Conquero / Al-Gezira
2014–2015SBS Ostrava / Tarbes
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
World Championships
2010 Czech Republic
EuroBasket
2013 France
2007 Italy
2009 Latvia

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]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Cindy Lima deja las pistas". www.prodep.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  3. "Cindy Lima cuelga las botas definitivamente". Zona Dos Tres (in European Spanish). 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  4. "Cindy Lima : Entre modelo y baloncestista ". www.fameceleste.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  5. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  6. "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
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