Basketball curriculum

NAME: Javier Martín Ortega
AGE: 20
CITY OF BIRTH: Madrid
ACTUAL RESIDENCE: Fulton, MO, USA
SPORT: Basketball
YEARS PRACTICING THE SPORT: 15

PATH

2000-2004 C.B. San Fernando

2004-2005 Alevin C.B. Coslada/Estudiantes/Real Madrid/Preselección Madrileña

2005-2007 Infantil C.B. Coslada/ Real Madrid

2007-2008 Cadete C.B. Coslada

2008-2009 Cadete A Cajasol de Sevilla/Selección de Sevilla

2009-2010 Junior B 1ª división Madrid Estudiantes

2010-2011 Junior A 1ª división Madrid/ Liga EBA Real Canoe

2011-2012 1ª Nacional C.B. Tajamar

2012-2013 1ª Nacional C.B. Tajamar

RECORDS

4º position de Madrid categoría Alevín C.B Coslada 2005

2º position national tournament Villa d´Alginet Real Madrid 2005

2º position national tournament de El Genoves Real Madrid 2005

2º position national tournament de Xativa Real Madrid 2005

2º position national tournament Villa de La Roda Real Madrid 2005

1º position Eskobasket Tres Cantos con el Real Madrid victory in the final against F.C. Barcelona 2006

2º position Campeonatos Escolares Comunidad de Madrid 2008

4º position international tournament Santa Coloma de Gramanet Cajasol de Sevilla 2008

1º position national tournament de las Palmas de Gran Canaria Cajasol de Sevilla 2008

1º position tournament  city of La Palma del Condado Cajasol de Sevilla 2009

1º position Campeonato de Andalucía selecciones provinciales Cadete Sevilla 2009

4º position national tournament Ciutat de Tarrasa Cajasol de Sevilla 2009

3º position Campeonato Andalucía Cadete Clubes Cajasol de Sevilla 2009

3º position Intersector classified  for the National Championship Cadete Cajasol de Sevilla 2009

9º position National Championship Cadete 2009

14º position in Madrid category Junior Estudiantes 2010

2º position nacional tournament de Albacete Estudiantes 2010

2º position nacional tournament de Badajoz Estudiantes 2010

3º position national tournament de Talavera de la Reina Real Canoe 2011

8º position in Madrid category Junior Real Canoe 2011

6º position in Madrid 1ª Nacional C.B. Tajamar 2012

As you can see here I have been playing in too many different teams, sometimes because they didn´t want me anymore, sometimes because I wanted to go to another team that offered me more, but the good thing about have been in a lot of teams is that I have a lot of different friends everywhere, and I know I can have them if I have any problem.

Friendship is one of the things I appreciate the most, maybe is because I have been playing since I was very young that I have learn how to appreciate when someone help you with something because you are not able to do it by yourself, and I think the best way to learn it is with sports, and it is because you have to trust your teammates during the whole season, even if they are not doing a good game or even practice.

Another thing why I have keep playing basketball is because I enjoy it when I am playing, even when I have had serious injuries, I have been going to every practice and every game and I have wait until I have been healthy enough to come back. But there has been some times I have come back earlier than I should and I have had troubles with my body, and I have been playing during long periods with a lot of pain, but as I saw that my teammates needed me, pain was temporary and even when I could not walk for 2 or 3 days after an the next days or after have been a whole week with high fever, I have gone to the gym and play with my teammates, my friends and my brothers.