Fernando Martín Espina


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martín.
































Fernando Martín

Fernando Martin Espina.jpg
Fernando Martín Espina during a game

Personal information
Born
(1962-03-25)March 25, 1962
Madrid, Spain
Died
December 3, 1989(1989-12-03) (aged 27)
Madrid, Spain
Nationality
Spanish
Listed height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight
220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
Estudiantes (Madrid, Spain)
NBA draft
1985 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38th overall

Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career
1979–1989
Position
Center / Power forward
Number
10
Career history
1979–1981
Estudiantes Mudespa
1981–1986
Real Madrid
1986–1987
Portland Trail Blazers
1987–1989
Real Madrid

Career highlights and awards


  • FIBA Club World Cup champion (1981)

  • 3× FIBA European Super Cup champion (1984, 1988, 1989)

  • 2× FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1984, 1989)


  • FIBA Korać Cup champion (1988)

  • 4× Spanish League champion (1982, 1984–1986)


  • Spanish Supercup winner (1984)

  • 3× Spanish King's Cup winner (1985, 1986, 1989)


  • FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)

  • No. 10 retired by Real Madrid



Stats at Basketball-Reference.com


FIBA Hall of Fame as player



Medals









Men's basketball
Representing  Spain

Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles

EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1983 France


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Espina.

Fernando Martín Espina (March 25, 1962 – December 3, 1989) was a Spanish professional basketball player who was considered to be one of the best Spanish basketball players ever.[citation needed] Martín was 2.06 m (6'9") tall, and he played primarily at the center position. He was considered a talented all-around athlete. He was a five-time swimming champion in Spain, as well as being a highly ranked athlete in the sports of handball, table tennis and judo.


Martín wore the number 10 jersey, which Real Madrid retired after his death. In 2007, he was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame.




Contents





  • 1 Professional career


  • 2 Spanish national team


  • 3 Death


  • 4 Personal life


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Professional career


Martín was the first Spanish player to play in the NBA, in 1986, and was also the second European to play in the league. He played for the Portland Trail Blazers and, earlier, in Spain for Estudiantes and Real Madrid. He played in only 24 games in the 1986–87 NBA season for the Blazers, being injured for two months. At the end of the season, he returned to Spain, to play again for Real Madrid.



Spanish national team


Martín also played for the senior Spanish national team, and he was a prominent player in the Spanish team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games. Martín also represented his country at the 1981 EuroBasket, the 1983 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal, and the 1985 EuroBasket, where he was selected to the All-Tournament Team.



Death


Martín died in a car accident in the M-30 motorway in Madrid, after crashing his own car, a limited edition Lancia Thema with a Ferrari engine. His death caused an enormous shock in Spanish basketball.



Personal life


His son, Jan Martín, made a start in the top-tier level Spanish pro league, the ACB, with Estudiantes, in the 2002–03 season, and he also played with the Spanish national junior teams. His nephew, Dominick Martín, played college basketball at Yale University, and also played professionally in Spain. His brother, Antonio Martín Espina, was also a professional basketball player.[1]


For his first dunk in the 2009 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, Portland Trail Blazers' player Rudy Fernández, wore a #10 Martín Blazers jersey, in his honor.



References




  1. ^ Full name: Fernando Martín Espina Related Olympians: Brother of Antonio Martín.




External links



  • Fernando Martín at realmadrid.com


  • Fernando Martín at acb.com (in Spanish)


  • Fernando Martín at feb.es (in Spanish)


  • Fernando Martin at FIBA


  • Fernando Martín Espina (and here) at Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)


  • Fernando Martín at the International Olympic Committee


  • Fernando Martín at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com







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