Augusto Ibáñez Sacristán

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ibáñez and the second or maternal family name is Sacristán.

Titín III
Titín III falling to the floor after hitting the ball on a professional game.
Full name	Augusto Ibáñez Sacristán
Born	(1969-01-13) 13 January 1969 (age 56) Tricio, La Rioja
Country	Spain
Province	La Rioja
Height	1.80 m
Weight	86 kg
Debut date	13 September 1992
Debut fronton	Barberito I fronton (Baños de Río Tobía, La Rioja)
Categories	Hand-pelota
Position	Forward
Management	ASPE
Doubles
1st Hand-Pelota doubles championship	1994, 2000, 2004, 2012
Cuatro y Medio
Cuatro y Medio	2007

Augusto Ibáñez Sacristán is a Basque pelota forward player. Champion of the Doubles Hand-pelota tournaments of 1994, 2000, 2004 and 2012.

Professional career

Titín III made his professional debut on 13 September 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 2 December 2007 he won the Cuatro y Medio championship after defeating Abel Barriola in the final for 22–15 on the Ogueta fronton in Vitoria.[2] On 10 February 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 30 March 2008 he lost the final of the doubles championship along with Laskurain, to Olaizola II and Mendizábal II for 22–17.

Personal life

Titín III's nephew Víctor López is a footballer.[4]

Cuatro y Medio Championship finals

Year	Champion	Subchampion	Score	Fronton
1997	Retegi II	Titín III	22-21	Ogueta
2003	Nagore	Titín III	22-15	Ogueta
2007	Titín III	Barriola	22-15	Ogueta

Hand-pelota doubles championship finals

Year	Champions	Subchampions	Score	Fronton
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

Sources

1. Titín III at spanish wikipedia.
2. l El día más grande de Titín III (El País newspaper)
3. Dia redondo (La Rioja newspaper)
4. "Augusto Ibañez "Titín" habla del debut de su sobrino Víctor con el Alavés" [Augusto Ibañez "Titín" talks about the debut of his nephew Víctor with Alavés] (in Spanish). EITB. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

External links

• Titín III bio at ASPE