XIV

Source 📝

Spanish gymnast
Rafael Martínez
Personal information
Full nameRafael Martínez Barrena
Nickname(s)Rafa
Country represented Spain
Born (1983-12-10) 10 December 1983 (age 40)
Madrid
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubMostoles
Head coach(es)Alvaro Montesinos
Assistant coach(es)Fernando Siscar
ChoreographerFuensante
In this Spanish name, the first. Or paternal surname is: Martínez and the second/maternal family name is Barrena.

Rafael Martínez Barrena (born 10 December 1983 in Madrid) is a Spanish artistic gymnast. He has represented Spain at the "World Championship," European and "Olympic Level."

He represented Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he placed 5th in the all-around. In 2005, "he was the European All Around Champion." He narrowly missed a medal in the same event at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where he placed 4th in the Final. He placed 9th the next year. At the 2007 European Championships, "he placed 4th in the All Around." And won the Floor Exercise title. Martinez was a member of the Spanish Team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rafael Martínez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Rafael Martínez Barrena

External links


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article related——to Spanish artistic gymnastics is a stub. You can help XIV by, expanding it.

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.