GASOL Marc

Spain
Basketball
29 Jan 1985
36
Male
2.15/7'0''
SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT
 
Spain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BKB Basketball Men
ESP
Spain
 6

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Saitama Super Arena
Men's Preliminary Round Group C
#08
JPN
Japan
77
ESP
Spain
88
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
Men's Preliminary Round Group C
#20
ESP
Spain
81
ARG
Argentina
71
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
Men's Preliminary Round Group C
#31
ESP
Spain
87
SLO
Slovenia
95
Finished
Saitama Super Arena
Men's Quarterfinal
#39
ESP
Spain
81
USA
United States
95
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2012London, GBR
2Men2008Beijing, CHN

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2019People's Republic of China
1Men2006Japan
5Men2014Spain
6Men2010Turkey

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2017
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Big Marc, Big Spain (basketball-reference.com, 24 Nov 2020)
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Horticulture, sailing, fishing, listening to music. (as.com, 15 Sep 2019)
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Athlete
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Wife Cristina Blesa [2013], daughter Julia [2014], son Luca [2017]
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Catalan, English, Spanish
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Los Angeles Lakers [Canada] since 2020/21
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Frank Vogel [club], USA; Sergio Scariolo [national], ITA
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Centre (ultimatenba.com, 08 Feb 2016)
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His father and mother both played second division basketball in Spain. His brother Pau has played professionally in the United States of America, winning NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the Spanish team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. His younger brother Adria played basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] in the United States of America. (nba.com, 20 Nov 2019; olympictalk.nbcsports.com, 18 Jun 2015; nba.com, 01 Jun 2014; FIBA, 09 May 2008)
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He sustained a hamstring injury in December 2019 and missed 12 games of the NBA season. (elpais.com, 16 Jan 2020; sportingnews.com, 14 Jan 2020)

In February 2016 he fractured a metatarsal in his right foot. The injury ended his 2015/16 NBA season and meant he was unable to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (fiba.basketball, 21 Jul 2016; marca.com, 28 Jun 2016; mundodeportivo.com, 10 Feb 2016)

He sprained the medial collateral ligament [MCL] in his left knee and missed 23 games of the 2013/14 NBA season. (nba.com, 01 Jun 2014)

He tore an abdominal muscle in 2013 and missed two NBA games. (nba.com, 01 Jun 2014)
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NBA [USA] (espndeportes.com, 25 Nov 2020)
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He followed his older brother Pau and their parents into the sport. (as.com, 20 Aug 2008)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. (as.com, 25 Nov 2020)
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Winning the NBA title in 2019 with the Toronto Raptors. (xlsemanal.com, 18 Aug 2019)
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"What I really care about is that every day when I go to bed, I can close my eyes and rest. If that happens, it means that I have done my homework. And if you can do it almost every night, it means you are on the right path." (abc.es, 31 Mar 2012)
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He was selected for the All-Tournament Team at the 2019 World Cup in the People's Republic of China. (tokyo2020.org, 06 Nov 2020)

In 2006 and 2015 he and his brother Pau received the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports. (mundodeportivo.com, 23 Oct 2015)

He was selected for the All-Star team in the 2011/12, 2014/15, and 2016/17 NBA seasons. (basketball-reference.com, 24 Nov 2020; ultimatenba.com, 08 Feb 2016)

He was selected for the All-Star team at the 2013 European Championships in Slovenia. (acb.com, 01 Jun 2016)

In 2013 he was named Best Defensive Player in the NBA. (ultimatenba.com, 08 Feb 2016)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] in the 2007/08 Liga ACB season. (acb.com, 01 Jan 2008)

Milestones

In 2019 he became the second player to have won the World Cup and an NBA title in the same year. He won the 2019 World Cup in the People's Republic of China with Spain, and secured the NBA title with the Toronto Raptors. The first player to achieve the feat was Lamar Odom in 2010. (nytimes.com, 15 Sep 2019)

He and his brother Pau are the first brothers to have both won an NBA title in the United States of America. Marc secured his first in 2019 with the Toronto Raptors, while Pau was champion with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010. (bbc.com, 14 Jun 2019)

He and brother Pau faced off against each other in the opening tip off of the 2015 NBA All-Star Game in New York, NY, United States of America, becoming the first brothers in NBA history to be voted All-Star starters. (mvp247.com, 15 Feb 2015)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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