After more than 20 years of career, six different countries and seven titles, Sandra Ygueravide says goodbye to 5×5 basketball. The Valencian player, of 40 yearssays goodbye to this discipline after returning toL Spar Girona To the European elite in the last season of the Endesa League. In fact, the Catalan club managed to qualify for the next women's Euroleague.
Sandrawho returned to Spain after an 'erasmus' almost 10 years for different foreign clubs and winning a Eurocup with Nadezhda Orenburg Russianhe played the last three campaigns of his career in national clubs, the Lointek Gernika y el Spar Girona.
After Paris's success, it was the right time to close this stage
Ygueravide says that the time has come to make a decision in his career: “I think that, after the success of Paris, it was the right time to close this stage, which has lasted many years. I am very proud of everything I have done. There is a lot of work behind … It was the right time to say goodbye. ”
Sandra Ygueravide, during the video in which she communicated her withdrawal.
The Valencian, who throughout her professional career defended the colors of several clubs, explains that all these experiences have marked her career as a player and as a person. In addition, looking back, it is clear about what I would say to the sandra that took her first steps in basketball: “Enjoy the way and work. Without work, few things are achieved. In these 20 years, it is what I have done most: work. ”
Sandra Ygueravide, during the Paris Games.
“Until enduring 3×3”
Despite having made this decision and saying goodbye to the classical modality of basketball, Sandra Ygueravide Yes it will continue to compete in 3×3, a specialty in which it became a great reference. In 2024, at the Paris Olympic Games, the silver medal was hung with Spain along with Vega Gimeno, Juana Camilion and Gracia Alonso de Armor.
“My head was saying 'enough' with 5×5, but The 3×3, in the end, is what has given me the most life in recent years since I started playing it. It has made me extend all this until I reached an Olympic Games and the idea is to continue until it endures, ”says Sandra Ygueravide.
