Jack Michael Martínez

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for the  Dominican Republic
FIBA Americas Championship
Bronze 2011 Argentina Team
Pan American Games
Silver 2003 Dominican Republic Team
Centrobasket
Gold 2004 Dominican Republic Team
Bronze 2008 Mexico Team
Silver 2010 Dominican Republic Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze 2006 Colombia Team
FIBA CBC Championship
Silver 2007 Puerto Rico Team

Jack Michael Martínez (born October 12, 1981 in Santo Domingo) is a professional male basketball player from the Dominican Republic. He is a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) power forward, who also plays as a center. The nephew of Soterio Ramírez, he played in Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Italy, Dominican Republic and Mexico.

Martínez made his debut for the Dominican Republic National Team in 2001. He was named MVP at the 2004 Central American Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where his team claimed the gold medal by defeating Puerto Rico in the final.

Jack Martinez attended Artesia High School in Lakewood, CA and played along side Jason Kapono and Jón Arnór Stefánsson before it was found out that the foreign players were illegally recruited by Coach Wayne Merino.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Los Angeles Times (2000-06-02). "Artesia Forfeits Titles; Merino Won't Return". http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jun/02/sports/sp-36741. Retrieved 2011-09-04. 
  2. ^ The Dallas Morning News. "CIF finds eight abuses". http://apse.dallasnews.com/contest/2000/writing/all.investigative.second9.html. Retrieved 2011-09-04. 

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