He Lointek Gernika Bizkaia announced the signing of the Navarrese power forward Irati Etxarri this Tuesday, from Uni Gironawho becomes the seventh player confirmed by the team for next season.

Before Etxarri, 25 years old and 1.89 tall, the club announced the additions of the Biscayan base Anne Olaetafrom the French forward Kendra Chery and the Dutch escort Laura Westerikand the renovations of Maya Dodson, Marta Alberdi and Itziar Ariztimuno.

Gernika values ​​the Navarrese, international in training and senior categories, as “one of the players with the greatest projection in the Women’s League” despite the fact that “due to injuries – she underwent surgery on her right knee in March 2023 – has not been able to show his full potential.

“We want to form a team with all the letters and above all that all the players feel part of it. I also want to recover my best level,” highlights the Pamplona interior in statements released by Gernika.

For his part, the technician, Lucas Fernandez, highlights that with the arrival of Etxarri they incorporate “a top-level competitor.” “She is a player who can give us a lot of consistency, both in daily work and in competition, on both sides of the court. I am convinced that she is going to help us fit the rest of the pieces of the squad together,” he emphasizes. she.

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