José Martínez (volleyball)
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| Full name | José Manuel Martínez Rebollar | ||||
| Nickname | El Manu | ||||
| Nationality | Mexican | ||||
| Born | 23 January 1993 Tijuana, México | ||||
| Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 349 cm (137 in) | ||||
| Block | 334 cm (131 in) | ||||
| College / University | Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Middle Blocker | ||||
| Number | 21 | ||||
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Jose Martinez (born 23 January 1993) is a Mexican volleyball player. He is part of Mexico men's national volleyball team, and represented Mexico at the Olympic Games 2016 Rio. At club level he currently plays for the WA Steel, who play in the Australian Volleyball League[1] Previously, he played for Strasbourg Volley-Ball [2] in France.
Early life
[edit]Martínez was born in Tijuana, Baja California. He attended Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, California, where he started playing volleyball and graduated in 2011. A four-year varsity starter, he was named to the second All-Metro League team.[3] He also lettered in water polo under coach Guy Souza.[4]
Career
[edit]During the summer of 2016, Martínez along with Mexico men's national volleyball team, ended their 48-year absence in the Olympic Games, when they secured the final place at stake for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games through the World Olympic Qualification Tournament, which took place in their home turf in Mexico City.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "WA Steel". Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "A la découverte de José Martinez, nouveau joueur du SVB". Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Top of the class 2010-11: It's a banner year -- three CIF titles -- for Metro teams". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Jose Martinez MaxPreps profile –". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Mexico - Olympic Games". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- profile at FIVB.org
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Mexican men's volleyball players
- Sportspeople from Tijuana
- Olympic volleyball players for Mexico
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball
- 21st-century Mexican sportsmen
- Mexican volleyball biography stubs