Laura Nicholls
No. 4 – Casademont Zaragoza
PositionPower forward / center
LeagueLa Liga Feminina
Personal information
Born (1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 34)
Santander, Cantabria, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2009Celta Vigo
2009–2010Hondarribia-Irún
2010–2014Rivas Ecópolis
2014–2015Kayseri Kaski
2015–2016WBC Wisła Kraków
2016–2017Virtus Eirene Ragusa
2017–2018CB Avenida
2018–2019Nadezhda Orenburg
2019-2020Fenerbahce Oznur Kablo
2020-presentCasademont Zaragoza
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2013 France
Gold medal – first place 2017 Czech Republic
Gold medal – first place 2019 Serbia/Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Hungary/Romania

Laura Nicholls González (born 26 February 1989) is a Spanish basketball player who plays for Casademont Zaragoza of La Liga Feminina. She is a regular member of the Spain women's national basketball team since 2008,[1] having won eight medals in final tournaments.

Club career

She started playing as a child in Cantabria before moving to Catalonia as a junior in 2004 to play at Segle XXI, a club which works in lower division developing young prospects. Her first club in the top tier of the Spanish League was Celta Vigourbán in 2007, at 18 years of age. For good performance in the season she received her first call-up with the Spanish senior team for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The following year she transferred to Hondarribia-Irún for one just season before signing with Rivas Ecópoolis, where she played from 2010–11 to 2013–14, winning one Spanish League in 2014 and two Spanish Cups in 2011 and 2013, and playing for four seasons in the EuroLeague Women, reaching the final in the 2011–12 EuroLeague edition.

She played the next three seasons in three different countries: Kayseri Kaski S.K. from Turkey, Wisła Kraków from Poland (winning the Polish League) and Virtus Eirene Ragusa from Italy. She went back to Spain to play for CB Perfumerías Avenida in 2017.[2] She signed for Russian team Nadezhda Orenburg for the 2018-19 season, winning the 2018-19 EuroCup Women. In 2019, she signed for Turkish team Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo. In 2020, she signed with Casademont Zaragoza of La Liga Feminina.

European cups statistics

Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2010–11 EuroLeague Spain Rivas Ecopolis 12 13.9 4.2 2.4 0.6
2011–12 EuroLeague Spain Rivas Ecopolis 21 26.0 7.6 6.5 1.4
2012–13 EuroLeague Spain Rivas Ecopolis 11 26.6 5.2 5.0 1.5
2013–14 EuroLeague Spain Rivas Ecopolis 15 35.4 14.0 8.6 1.5
2014–15 EuroLeague Turkey Kayseri Kaski 11 25.8 6.4 5.2 1.5
2015–16 EuroLeague Poland WBC Wisla Krakow 15 33.7 9.4 7.1 2.7
2016–17 EuroCup Italy Virtus Eirene Ragusa 8 29.3 7.9 7.8 1.1
2017–18 EuroLeague Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 23.2 5.0 4.6 0.9
2017–18 EuroCup Spain Perfumerías Avenida 4 18.7 4.0 4.0 0.8
2018–19 EuroLeague Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 6 33.3 6.8 8.2 3.0
2018–19 EuroCup Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 6 33.8 5.5 7.5 2.7
2019–20 EuroLeague Turkey Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo

National team

In the Spanish youth teams since she was 15, she won medals in tournaments of all age groups (U-16, U-18, U-20).

She made her debut with the Spanish senior team at 19, and has been in all tournaments that the team has played. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 157 caps and 4.9 PPG.[3] She participated in two Olympic Games, two World Championships and in six European Championships:[4]

Personal life

Nicholls is of Curaçaoan descent through her paternal grandfather.[5]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laura Nicholls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Laura Nicholls, nueva guerrera para Perfumerías Avenida". www.feb.es. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  5. ^ Martínez, Daniel (20 August 2016). ""Hemos pedido a la Virgen de Valmayor la medalla para mi nieta"". El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2019.

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Spain squads
Nadezhda Orenburg 2018–19 EuroCup Women champions
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