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.
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. won gold at the 2001 Summer Universiade, and won three titles at the Ibero-American Championships. 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. He competed domestically for C.D. Universidad León Atletismo and was coached by Carlos Burón. Martínez retired from competitive athletics in April 2011. The film is adapted from Lorenzo Mattotti's comic, Stigmate. He performed the role of Goliat in 2011 film El Capitán Trueno y el Santo Grial and the role of Tyson in the 2012 series La fuga.
International performances
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|rowspan=2|1992
|Ibero-American Championships
|Seville, Spain
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|17.49 m
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|World Junior Championships
|Seoul, South Korea
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|18.14 m
|-
|rowspan=3|1993
|European Junior Championships
|San Sebastián, Spain
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|19.02 m
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|Mediterranean Games
|Narbonne, France
|5th
|18.59 m
|-
|World Championships
|Stuttgart, Germany
|11th
|19.03 m
|-
|rowspan=3|1994
|European Indoor Championships
|Paris, France
|4th
|19.85 m
|-
|Ibero-American Championships
|Mar del Plata, Argentina
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|18.70 m
|-
|European Championships
|Helsinki, Finland
|14th (q)
|18.53 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|World Indoor Championships
|Barcelona, Spain
|4th
|19.97 m
|-
|World Championships
|Gothenburg, Sweden
|21st (q)
|18.50 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|European Indoor Championships
|Stockholm, Sweden
|7th
|19.50 m
|-
|Olympic Games
|Atlanta, United States
|15th (q)
|19.12 m
|-
|rowspan=3|1997
|World Indoor Championships
|Paris, France
|5th
|20.37 m
|-
|World Championships
|Athens, Greece
|12th (q)
|19.61 m
|-
|Universiade
|Catania, Italy
|7th
|19.05 m
|-
|rowspan=3|1998
|European Indoor Championships
|Valencia, Spain
|6th
|20.09 m
|-
|Ibero-American Championships
|Lisbon, Portugal
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|19.47 m
|-
|European Championships
|Munich, Germany
|7th
|20.02 m
|-
|1999
|World Indoor Championships
|Maebashi, Japan
|4th
|20.79 m
|-
|rowspan=3|2000
|European Indoor Championships
|Ghent, Belgium
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|20.38 m
|-
|Ibero-American Championships
|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|19.70 m
|-
|Olympic Games
|Sydney, Australia
|6th
|20.55 m
|-
|rowspan=6|2001
|World Indoor Championships
|Lisbon, Portugal
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|20.67 m
|-
|European Cup
|Bremen, Germany
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|21.03 m
|-
|World Championships
|Edmonton, Canada
|4th
|20.91 m
|-
|Universiade
|Beijing, China
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20.16 m
|-
|Mediterranean Games
|Radès, Tunisia
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|21.03 m
|-
|Goodwill Games
|Brisbane, Australia
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|20.44 m
|-
|rowspan=3|2002
|European Indoor Championships
|Vienna, Austria
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|21.26 m
|-
|European Championships
|Munich, Germany
|5th
|20.45 m
|-
|World Cup
|Madrid, Spain
|6th
|19.76 m
|-
|rowspan=5|2003
|European Indoor Cup
|Leipzig, Germany
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|19.60 m
|-
|World Indoor Championships
|Birmingham, United Kingdom
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|21.24 m
|-
|European Cup
|Florence, Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|21.08 m
|-
|World Championships
|Paris, France
|14th (q)
|19.78 m
|-
|World Athletics Final
|Monte Carlo, Monaco
|4th
|20.32 m
|-
|rowspan=4|2004
|World Indoor Championships
|Budapest, Hungary
|5th
|20.79 m
|-
|Ibero-American Championships
|Huelva, Spain
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|20.59 m
|-
|Olympic Games
|Athens, Greece
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|20.84 m
|-
|World Athletics Final
|Monte Carlo, Monaco
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|20.67 m
|-
|rowspan=4|2005
|European Indoor Championships
|Madrid, Spain
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|20.51 m
|-
|European Cup
|Florence, Italy
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|20.28 m
|-
|Mediterranean Games
|Almería, Spain
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|19.97 m
|-
|World Championships
|Helsinki, Finland
|14th (q)
|19.55 m
|-
|rowspan=5|2006
|European Indoor Cup
|Liévin, France
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|20.09 m
|-
|World Indoor Championships
|Moscow, Russia
|5th
|20.43 m
|-
|European Cup
|Málaga, Spain
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|20.58 m
|-
|European Championships
|Gothenburg, Sweden
|8th
|19.68 m
|-
|World Athletics Final
|Stuttgart, Germany
|8th
|19.79 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|European Indoor Championships
|Birmingham, United Kingdom
|14th (q)
|18.73 m
|-
|World Championships
|Osaka, Japan
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|NM
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|rowspan=2|2008
|World Indoor Championships
|Valencia, Spain
|13th (q)
|19.75 m
|-
|Olympic Games
|Beijing, China
|19th (q)
|19.81 m
|-
|rowspan=4|2009
|European Indoor Championships
|Turin, Italy
|6th
|19.65 m
|-
|European Team Championships
|Leiria, Portugal
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|20.39 m
|-
|Mediterranean Games
|Pescara, Italy
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20.30 m
|-
|World Championships
|Berlin, Germany
|18th (q)
|19.80 m
|-
|2010
|European Championships
|Barcelona, Spain
|23rd (q)
|18.08 m
|-
|2011
|European Indoor Championships
|Paris, France
|19th (q)
|18.62 m
|}
References
;Competition statistics
- Manuel Martínez biografía . Real Federación Española de Atletismo (RFEA). Retrieved on 2011-04-30.