Cinzia Tomezzoli

Information about the player
Cinzia Tomezzoli
birthday	April 16, 1988
place of birth	Zurich, Switzerland
Size	175 cm
position	Forward
Club information
society	BC Winterthur
league	National League A
Jersey number	#8th
Clubs as active
2002–2009 Zurich Wildcats 2005–2007 Opfikon Basket 2007–2009 BC Brunnen 2010–2011 BC Frauenfeld Since 2011 BC WinterthurSwitzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland 00Switzerland
National team
Since 2016 00	Switzerland Switzerland

Cinzia Tomezzoli (born April 16, 1988 in Zurich ) is a Swiss basketball player .

Career

Cinzia Tomezzoli first played for the BC fountain in the National League A. 2007 denied them still in junior age, along with the fountain Ligacupfinal and won their first title. In addition, she was a member of the U21 national team.

However, on July 17, 2009, she suffered a stroke of fate when her foot was run over by a truck on the Hardbrücke in Zurich . As a result of the accident, she lost three toes and, according to her doctors, she should play chess instead of basketball in the future. However, Tomezzoli fought her way back: a year after the accident she trained again at BC Frauenfeld, and two years later she played for BC Winterthur in the 2nd division. With her as captain, the club rose three times over the next few years and played in the National League A from 2015 onwards. In September 2015, she was called up for training for the national team for the first time. In December 2015, her story was portrayed in the program sportpanorama on SRF Zwei. On February 20, 2016, she played for the Swiss national team against Bulgaria for the first time . In 2017 she won the Swiss Cup and the Indoor Sports Supercup together with BC Winterthur . In 2019 she won the cup for the second time with BC Winterthur, and in 2020 she won the SBL Cup with the team for the second time in her career .

In 2018 she was voted Winterthur athlete of the year .

successes

Swiss Cup Winner: 2017 , 2019
Swiss Super Cup winner: 2017
SBL Cup winner: 2007, 2020
Winterthur Sportswoman of the Year: 2018
3rd place SBLeague: 2017/2018
2nd place SBLeague: 2018/2019
11th place FIBA 3x3 WorldCup 2018

Web links

Cinzia Tomezzoli on the Swiss Basketball website

Cinzia Tomezzoli on the FIBA website

Cinzia Tomezzoli on the FIBA 3x3 website

Incredible luck. Cinzia Tomezzoli in the show Aeschbacher of SRF on November 26, 2017

Portrait in the broadcast sportpanorama by SRF on December 20, 2015

Basketball is her life. , Cinzia Tomezzoli on Top Talk on Tele Top . on March 14, 2018

Individual evidence

↑ Stefan Kleiser: «We can achieve something great». In: The Landbote . February 25, 2017, p. 34.
↑ Cinzia Tomezzoli - the indestructible. (No longer available online.) In: indoorsports.ch. February 18, 2016, archived from the original on March 4, 2018 ; accessed on March 4, 2018 .
↑ «It was all worth it» ( Memento from July 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). In: The Landbote . September 10, 2015 (archived on the Winterthur basketball club website).
↑ Urs Stanger: The story behind the election. In: The Landbote. March 2, 2017, p. 33.

personal data
SURNAME	Tomezzoli, Cinzia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	April 16, 1988

[1] Stefan Kleiser: «We can achieve something great». In: The Landbote . February 25, 2017, p. 34.

[2] Cinzia Tomezzoli - the indestructible. (No longer available online.) In: indoorsports.ch. February 18, 2016, archived from the original on March 4, 2018 ; accessed on March 4, 2018 .

[3] «It was all worth it» ( Memento from July 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). In: The Landbote . September 10, 2015 (archived on the Winterthur basketball club website).

[4] Urs Stanger: The story behind the election. In: The Landbote. March 2, 2017, p. 33.