Juan Martínez de Irujo (born 4 November 1981) is a professional Basque pelota player for the Aspe team.Juan Martínez de Irujo profile in the website of Aspe.
Early life Martínez de Irujo was born in 1981 in Ibero, Olza. He is the son of Juan Angel Martinez de Irujo and the nephew of the late professional pelotari (pelota player) Javier Martínez de Irujo.
Professional career Martinez de Irujo made his debut on the Labrit fronton in 2003, and soon became an important player, winning the Hand-pelota championship and runner-up with Lasa III on the doubles tournament held the same year. In 2005 he was again runner-up of the 1st hand-pelota championship, but won the doubles with Goñi III. In 2006 he won the three pelota titles: hand single, hand doubles and Cuatro y Medio like Julián Rategui had done back in 1990. In 2008 he was again runner-up at cuatro y medio to Olaizola II. In 2009 he again won the doubles championship along with Fernando Goñi, and won his third single hand-pelota title against Olaizola II.
1st Hand-pelota championship finals Year Champion Runner-up Score Fronton2004Martínez de IrujoXala22-12Atano III2005Olaizola IIMartínez de Irujo22-18Atano III2006Martínez de IrujoOlaizola II22-17Atano III2009Martínez de IrujoOlaizola II22-12Atano III2010Martínez de IrujoXala22-13Atano III2014Martínez de IrujoRetegi Bi22-9Atano III
Doubles hand-pelota championship finals Year Champions Runners-up Score Fronton2004Titín III - Goñi IIIMartínez de Irujo - Lasa III22-8Atano III2005Martínez de Irujo - Goñi IIIBengoetxea VI - Beloki22-12Atano III2006Martínez de Irujo - Martínez de EulateOlaizola II - Zearra22-11Ogueta2009Martínez de Irujo - Goñi IIIOlaizola II - Mendizabal II22-21Atano III2013Martínez de Irujo - ZabaletaBerasaluze VIII - Albisu22-4Bizkaia2014Martínez de Irujo - BadiolaOlaizola II - Aretxabaleta22-13Bizkaia2016Urrutikoetxea - Olaizola IIMartínez de Irujo - Rezusta16-10Bizkaia
Cuatro y Medio Euskadi Championships Year Champion Runner-up Score Fronton2006Martínez de IrujoBarriola22-21Ogueta2008Olaizola IIMartínez de Irujo22-17Atano III2009Sébastien GonzálezMartínez de Irujo22-18Atano III2010Martínez de Irujo Barriola22-17Atano III2011Olaizola IIMartínez de Irujo22-12Bizkaia2013Olaizola IIMartínez de Irujo22-16Ogeta2014Martínez de IrujoOlaizola II22-17Bizkaia2015UrrutikoetxeaMartínez de Irujo22-20Bizkaia
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