15. Maria Conde - Spain (2014)
Conde played only a modest role for her country at the 2014 edition. She was 5th on the roster in minutes and points, but still came close to gold in a 77-75 Final defeat to USA. The winger has since become a leader for the senior side and was pivotal in firing them to Paris 2024 via the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
It will be her second Olympic outing and she also has three FIBA Women's EuroBasket appearances to her name as well.
14. Yuki Miyazawa - Japan (2010)
Featuring at the first ever edition in 2010, Miyazawa was on fire with a near tournament double-double of 21.9 points and 9.3 rebounds per game as Japan took a 5th place. She went on to be part of her nation's stunning rise .
The forward was second top scorer and also second best rebounder for Japan as they made history on home soil at Tokyo 2020 with that famous silver medal. She's also played at the Worlds and in plenty of Women's Asia Cups too.
13. Raquel Carrera - Spain (2016 and 2018)
Having played young at the 2016 edition, Carrera went to Belarus two years later and posted with a towering effort with 14 points per game. She's now an exciting and senior standout for Spain, excelling last year with silver at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2023 and impressing at the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024.
However, injury means she won't be at Paris 2024 to lead the frontcourt, having made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.
12. Iliana Rupert - France (2018)
The center was outstanding in Minsk and attained a near tournament double-double after harvesting more than 10 points and 8 boards per game. That propelled Rupert to a silver medal and All-Star Five status.
Now she is an anchor in the paint for the senior side, looking forward to a second Olympic outing on home soil in Paris after taking bronze at Tokyo 2020. Still only 22-years-old she already has three editions of FIBA Women's EuroBasket on her resume as well as a FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
11. Cecilia Zandalasini - Italy (2012)
The star of Italian basketball at youth level and on the senior stage, Zandalasini is a scoring machine and a major European star of the women' game. She made a modest impact in Amsterdam in 2012 with 8 points per game, but this was just a pre-cursor to the dominance in a national team jersey that would follow.
A spectacular FIBA Women's EuroBasket debut in 2017 was memorable and she's dropped some awesome scoring displays down the years.
Next time we will take a look at spots 10-6 in the third part of our four-part series.
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