Estibalitz Alvarez

Estibalitz Alvarez Urkizu was born in Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, on 17 February 1997 and is a softball player from the Basque Country. The Basque Wikipedia article says she began playing softball at ten in Zarautz and Orio and was signed by Atlético San Sebastián in 2010 at only 13, winning three leagues and two cups with the team and the gold medal at the European Championship in 2019 and the silver in 2017. As a cadet she was Spanish champion in 2012 and 2013, receiving the best pitcher award in 2012 and the best player of the championship award in 2013. She joined the Spanish national team at 16, played the junior European Championships of 2014 and 2016 and the top-level European Championship in 2017 and 2019, finishing fifth in 2019 and qualifying for the pre-Olympic tournament, and in 2020 she was signed by CBS Rivas of Madrid. This entry is written from the Basque Wikipedia article on Estibalitz Alvarez, because the subject has no English Wikipedia article.