Important pelotaris

Today I am going to talk a little about players who have been historic in the modality of pelota mano.

Mariano Juaristi Mendizábal, better known by the nickname of Atano III, is considered by many to be the biggest pelotari of all time, since he completely dominated the individual hand modality for more than two decades (1926-1948).

Augusto Ibáñez Sacristán, known as Titín III, is a pelotari from la Rioja, champion of the Cuatro y Medio in 2007 and champion of Mano Parejas in 1994, 2000, 2004 and 2012 . He is currently a pelotari of the company Garfe.

Important wins:

• Runner-up of the Spanish Championship of Pairs 1992-93.
• Champion of the Spanish Championship of Pairs 1993-94.
• Runner-up of the Championship of Euskadi of the 4 and 1/2 1997.
• Champion of the Spanish Championship of Couples 2000.
• Runner-up of the Championship of the LEP.M of the 4 and 1/2 2003.
• Champion of the Championship of the LEP.M of Couples 2004.
• Champion of the Championship of the LEP.M of the 4 and 1/2 2007
• Runner-up of the Championship of the LEP.M of Couples 2008.
• Champion of the Championship of the LEP.M of Couples 2012.

Juan Bautista Azcárate Egaña, known as Mondragonés was a professional pelotari of the hand specialty.

Mondragones was considered by all as the best pelotari of the moment because for almost ten years, between 1917 and 1926, he had no rival in the manomanista tournament, winning all his rivals with his great touch. However, in 1926 the eruption of the phenomenon Atano III ended this supremacy.

The dispute of the title was made to the best of three matches. winning Atano III to his rival in the three by 22-19, 22-12 and 22-9.

Bibliography:
1. Pelota vasca. (2019). Retrieved from https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelota_vasca