en Blanca Ares

Blanca Ares
Personal information
Born	30 December 1970 (age 53); Madrid, Spain
Listed height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
Playing career	1986–1997
Position	Small forward
Career history
1986-1988	Kerrygold Islas Canarias
1988-1989	Caja Toledo
1989-1994	BEX Banco Exterior
1994-1996	Costa Naranja
1996-1997	Pool Getafe
Career highlights and awards
	3x Liga Femenina champion (1995, 1996, 1997); 3x Copa de la Reina champion (1993, 1995, 1997);
Representing Spain
EuroBasket

Blanca Ares Torres^[a] (born 30 December 1970) is a former Spanish basketball player, representing Spain^[1] from 1988 to 1994 and winning a gold medal at the 1993 European Championship, scoring 24 points in the final against France.

Club career

Born and raised in Madrid, her family moved to Las Palmas (Canary Islands) when she was 13. She made her debut in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto with local club Sandra Gran Canaria under coach Domingo Díaz.^[2] As one of the most promising young players of her time, she got transferred to the Caja Toledo - BEX Banco Exterior project, with other young Spanish prospects in order to prepare for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

After the Olympic tournament, she won back-to-back leagues with Dorna Godella and Pool Getafe.

She was the first Spanish player to be called to the recently formed WNBA, but she retired from professional basketball at the age of 26.

National team

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 18. She played with the senior team for 6 years, from 1988 to 1994, with a total of 124 caps and 14.1 PPG. She participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, one World Championship^[3] and one European Championship:

9th 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women (youth)
6th 1988 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (youth)
5th 1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (youth)
5th 1992 Summer Olympics^[4]
1993 Eurobasket
8th 1994 World Championship

Notes

^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ares and the second or maternal family name is Torres.

References

^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ "Entrevista a Blanca Ares - www.baskonistas.com". baskonistas.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ "Blanca Ares Torres profile, World Championship for Women 1994". archive.FIBA.com. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Blanca Ares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.

External links

Personal webpage (in Spanish)
Blanca Ares at FIBA (archive)
Blanca Ares international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Blanca Ares at Olympedia (archive)
Blanca Ares Torres at Olympics.com
Blanca Ares Torres at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)

[1] In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ares and the second or maternal family name is Torres.

[2] "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[3] "Entrevista a Blanca Ares - www.baskonistas.com". baskonistas.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[4] "Blanca Ares Torres profile, World Championship for Women 1994". archive.FIBA.com. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[5] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Blanca Ares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.

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