Nickname: | Titín III |
Fullname: | Augusto Ibáñez Sacristán |
Birth Date: | 1969 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Tricio, La Rioja |
Height: | 1,80 m |
Weight: | 86 kg |
Countryflag: | Spain |
Province: | La Rioja |
Debut Date: | September 13, 1992 |
Debut Fronton: | Barberito I fronton (Baños de Río Tobía, La Rioja) |
Categories: | Hand-pelota |
Position: | Forward |
Management: | ASPE |
1Sthanddoubles: | 1994, 2000, 2004, 2012 |
Cuatroymedio: | 2007 |
Augusto Ibáñez Sacristán is a Basque pelota forward player. Champion of the Doubles Hand-pelota tournaments of 1994, 2000, 2004 and 2012.
Titín III made his professional debut on September 13, 1992, on the Barberito I fronton, from Baños de Río Tobía, losing the game along with Maiz II to Bengoetxea IV and Berna for a final score of 22–21.[1] In 1994 along with Arretxe won his first Doubles Hand-pelota Championship, and repeated the title again in 2000 and 2004 with different partners on the defense. On December 2, 2007, won the Cuatro y Medio championship after defeating Abel Barriola in the final for 22–15 on the Ogueta fronton in Vitoria.[2] On February 10, 2008, a sculpture of his hand along with a gigantography of him on the hitting wall were inaugurated on Adarraga fronton in Logroño.[3] On March 30, 2008, loss the final of the doubles championship along with Laskurain, to Olaizola II and Mendizábal II for 22–17.
Titín III's nephew Víctor López is a footballer.[4]
Year | Champion | Subchampion | Score | Fronton | |
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1997 | Retegi II | Titín III | 22-21 | Ogueta | |
2003 | Nagore | Titín III | 22-15 | Ogueta | |
2007 | Titín III | Barriola | 22-15 | Ogueta |
Year | Champions | Subchampions | Score | Fronton | |
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1992-93 (1) | Alustiza - Maiz II | Titín III - Arretxe | 22-20 | Ogueta | |
1993-94 | Titín III - Arretxe | Retegi II - Beloki | 22-14 | Ogueta | |
2000 | Titín III - Lasa III | Unanue - Errasti | 22-19 | Ogueta | |
2004 | Titín III - Goñi III | Martínez de Irujo - Lasa III | 22-8 | Atano III | |
2008 | Olaizola II - Mendizábal II | Titín III - Laskurain | 22-17 | Ogueta |