- Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez
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For the Spanish footballer, see Manuel Martínez Lara.This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.
Manuel Martínez 
Personal information Full name Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez Nickname(s) Gentle Giant, Supermanolo Nationality Spanish Born December 7, 1974
León, SpainHeight 1.85 metres (6 ft 1 in) Weight 140 kilograms (310 lb) Sport Country Spain Sport Track and field Event(s) Shot put Club C.D. Universidad León Atletismo Coached by Carlos Burón Retired 29 April 2011[1] Achievements and titles Personal best(s) Indoor: 21.26 metres (69 ft 9 in)
Outdoor: 21.47 metres (70 ft 5 in) (2002)Manuel "Manolo" Martínez Gutiérrez (born December 7, 1974) is a retired Spanish shot putter. Nicknamed the "Gentle Giant", his personal best throw outdoors is 21.47 metres and he has an indoor best of 21.26 m. These marks are the Spanish national records for the event. His international career lasted from 1992 to 2011 and he earned national selection on 84 occasions – the most by any Spanish athlete.[2]
Born in León, Spain, he established himself as a junior athlete at the age of seventeen by winning the silver medal at the World Junior Championships and becoming the European Junior Champion the following year. His first major medals as a senior thrower came indoors when he won silver at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships and then secured the bronze at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[2]
His career highlights also came indoors, as he won at the 2002 European Indoor Championships and went on to take the gold medal at the 2003 World Indoor Championships. Although he did not win an Olympic or outdoor world medal in his career, he came close on several occasions, including fourth place finishes at the 2001 World Championships and the 2004 Athens Olympics.[2]
He represented Spain at the Olympics four times consecutively from 1996 to 2008, and also competed at five consecutive editions of the European Athletics Championships. He participated in the shot put at every World Championships in Athletics from 1993 to 2009, with the sole exception of the 1999 event.[2]
In other competitions, he was a two-time gold medallist at the Mediterranean Games (2001 and 2009), including a Games record of 21.03 m,[3] won gold at the 2001 Summer Universiade,[4] and won three titles at the Ibero-American Championships.[5] He was also the bronze medallist at the 2001 Goodwill Games, 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final, and 2005 European Indoor Championships.
Martínez improved Spanish national records on 31 occasions in his career. He won 16 consecutive outdoor national titles in the shot put from 1993 to 2008, and also won 15 indoor titles.[6] He competed domestically for C.D. Universidad León Atletismo and was coached by Carlos Burón.[7] Martínez retired from competitive athletics in April 2011.[2]
Outside of shot putting, he is an artist and an actor.[2] He starred in Estigmas, a film directed by Adán Aliaga and produced by Jaibo Films.[8] The film is adapted from Lorenzo Mattotti's comic, Stigmate.[9] He performed the role of Goliath in 2011 film El Capitán Trueno y el Santo Grial.[10]
International performances
Year Competition Venue Position Notes 1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 2nd Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 2nd 1993 European Junior Championships San Sebastián, Spain 1st [11] Mediterranean Games Narbonne, France 5th World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 11th 1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 4th Ibero-American Championships Mar del Plata, Argentina 2nd European Championships Helsinki, Spain 7th (qualifying) 1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 11th (qualifying) 1996 European Indoor Championships Estocolmo, Sweden 7th Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 15th 19.12 m 1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 5th Universiade Catania, Italy 7th World Championships Athens, Greece 8th (qualifying) 1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 6th Ibero-American Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1st European Championships Munich, Germany 7th [12] 1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 4th 2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 2nd Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 6th 2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 3rd European Cup Bremen, Germany 1st World Championships Edmonton, Canada 4th 20.91 m Universiade Beijing, China 1st 20.16 m Mediterranean Games Radès, Tunisia 1st 21.03 CR[3] Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 3rd 2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st European Championships Munich, Germany 5th 20.45 m World Cup Madrid, Spain 6th 2003 European Indoor Cup Leipzig, Germany 2nd World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 1st European Cup Florence, Italy 1st World Championships Paris, France 8th (qualifying) World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 4th 2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 1st Olympic Games Athens, Greece 4th 20.84 m World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 3rd 2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 3rd European Cup Florence, Italy 2nd Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 2nd [3] World Championships Helsinki, Finland 9th (qualifying) 2006 European Indoor Cup Liévin, France 3rd World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 6th European Cup Málaga, Spain 2nd European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 9th 19.68 m World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 8th 2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 14th (qualifying) World Championships Osaka, Japan — NM 2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 14th (qualifying) Olympic Games Beijing, China 10th (qualifying) 2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 6th European Team Championships Leiria, Portugal 2nd Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 1st World Championships Berlin, Germany 19th 19.80 m 2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 25th 18.08 m 2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 19th (qualifying) References
- ^ "Manolo Martínez anunciará su retirada". Marca. http://www.marca.com/2011/04/29/atletismo/1304076516.html.
- ^ a b c d e f Spain’s former world and European indoor champion Martinez announces his retirement. European Athletics (2011-04-29). Retrieved on 201104-30.
- ^ a b c Mediterranean Games - GBR Athletics
- ^ Summer Universiade. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
- ^ Ibero-American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
- ^ Manuel Martínez biografía (Spanish). RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
- ^ Manuel Martínez anuncia su retirada (Spanish). RFEA (2011-04-29). Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
- ^ "Estigmas". http://www.jaibofilms.com/content/view/66/93/. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ "Estigmas Dossier". http://google.com/search?q=cache:iLP_DNjkEAsJ:www.ibcinema.com/estigmas/img_web/dossierweb.pdf+estigmas+jaibo&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ Manuel Martínez. IMDB. Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
- ^ European Junior Championships (Men) - GBR Athletics
- ^ 1998 European Championships, men's results - Sporting Heroes
- Competition statistics
- Manuel Martínez biografía. Real Federación Española de Atletismo (RFEA). Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
External links
- IAAF profile for Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez
World Indoor Champions in Men's Shot Put 1985: Remigius Machura (TCH) • 1987 – 1989: Ulf Timmermann (GDR) • 1991: Werner Günthör (SUI) • 1993: Mike Stulce (USA) • 1995: Mika Halvari (FIN) • 1997: Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) • 1999: Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) • 2001: John Godina (USA) • 2003: Manuel Martínez (ESP) • 2004: Christian Cantwell (USA) • 2006: Reese Hoffa (USA) • 2008: Christian Cantwell (USA) • 2010: Christian Cantwell (USA)
Mediterranean Champions in Men's Shot Put 1949: Angiolo Profeti (ITA) • 1951: Konstantinos Yataganas (GRE) • 1955: Raymond Thomas (FRA) • 1959: Georgios Tsakanikas (GRE) • 1963: Silvano Meconi (ITA) • 1967: Tomislav Šuker (YUG) • 1971: Nagui Asaad (EGY) • 1975: Ivan Ivančić (YUG) • 1979: Vladimir Milić (YUG) • 1983: Jovan Lazarević (YUG) • 1987: Dimitrios Koutsoukis (GRE) • 1991: Alessandro Andrei (ITA) • 1993: Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) • 1997: Alessandro Andrei (ITA) • 2001: Manuel Martínez (ESP) • 2005: Edis Elkasević (CRO) • 2009: Manuel Martínez (ESP)
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from León, Spain
- Spanish shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Spain
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