Lola Pendande
Personal information
Born (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000
El Ejido, Spain[1]
PositionCenter
Career history
CB Santfeliuenc
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Spain Spain
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place2023 Israel/Slovenia

María Dolores "Lola" Pendande Mendes (born 29 March 2000) is a Spanish basketball player who plays as a center for the Spain women's national team.[2][3] She was born to Bissau-Guinean parents.[4]

Career

She played at the 2018 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship,[5] and EuroBasket Women 2023, winning a silver medal.[6]

She played for University of Utah,[7][8] and University of Miami.[9][10][11]

She played for CB Santfeliuenc.[6]

National team career

Pendande made her international debut in 2016, when she was 16-years-old. In 2022, she made her debut with the senior national team at 22. She played at EuroBasket Women 2023, winning a silver medal.[12]

References

  1. "PENDANDE MENDES, MARIA DOLORES".
  2. Eurobasket. "Lola Pendande, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. "El viaje de Lola Pendande: raíces en Guinea-Bissau, racismo, March Madness, selección..." MARCA (in Spanish). 29 May 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. "Lola Pendande: "Quiero que mis padres se sientan orgullosos de mí"".
  5. "Lola PENDANDE MENDES at the FIBA U20 Women's European Championship 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Lola PENDANDE MENDES at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  7. "Lola Pendande - Women's Basketball". University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. "Comments: Utah Utes' Brynna Maxwell, Lola Pendande earn All-Pac-12 honors". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  9. "Lola Pendande". University of Miami Athletics. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  10. "Miami Women Add Transfer Lola Pendande to 2021-22 Roster". thesportsledger.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  11. "Lola Pendande Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  12. "Lola PENDANDE MENDES at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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