Aimar Olaizola

Olaizola II
Olaizola II
	Pelotari, brother of Olaizola I.
Full name	Aimar Olaizola
Born	13 November 1979 (age 41); Goizueta, Navarre
Province	Navarre
Height	1,83 m
Weight	87 kg
Debut date	April 12, 1998
Debut fronton	Jaian Jai fronton
Categories	Hand-pelota
Position	Forward
Management	Asegarce
Singles
1st Hand-Pelota singles championship	2005, 2007
2nd Hand-Pelota singles championship	1999
Doubles
1st Hand-Pelota doubles championship	2008
Cuatro y Medio
Cuatro y Medio	2002, 2004, 2005, 2008

Aimar Olaizola Apezetxea, known as Olaizola II is a pelotari, brother of Olaizola I.

Early life[]

Olaizola started to play pelota on the local fronton of his hometown, Goizueta, Navarre.

Professional career[]

During his career, Olaizola II won in 2005, 2007, 2012 and 2013 the main hand-pelota championship — the singles championship — additionally reaching the finals of 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2015.

1st hand-pelota singles championship finals[]

Year	Champion	Subchampion	Score	Fronton
2003	Patxi Ruiz	Olaizola II	22-7	Atano III
2005	Olaizola II	Martínez de Irujo	22-18	Atano III
2006	Martínez de Irujo	Olaizola II	22-17	Atano III
2007	Olaizola II		22-10	Atano III
2009	Martínez de Irujo	Olaizola II	22-12	Atano III
2012	Olaizola II	Martínez de Irujo	22-07
2013	Olaizola II	Martínez de Irujo	22-07
2015		Olaizola II	22-19

Cuatro y Medio championship finals[]

Year	Champion	Subchampion	Score	Fronton
	Olaizola II		22-13	Ogueta
	Olaizola II		22-08	Ogueta
	Olaizola II		22-05	Atano III
	Olaizola II	Martinez de Irujo	22-17	Atano III
2011	Olaizola II	Martínez de Irujo	22-12
2012	Olaizola II	Bengoetxea VI	22-9	Ogueta
2013	Olaizola II	Martínez de Irujo	22-16	Ogueta
2014	Martínez de Irujo	Olaizola II	22-17

1st hand-pelota doubles championship finals[]

Year	Champions	Subchampions	Score	Fronton
2003	Koka - Beloki	Olaizola II -	22-15	Atano III
2006	Martínez de Irujo -	Olaizola II - Zearra	22-11	Ogueta
2008	Olaizola II -	Titín III -	22-17	Ogueta
2009	Mtz. de Irujo -	Olaizola II -	22-21	Atano III
2011	Olaizola II -	-	22-14
2014	Martínez de Irujo -	Olaizola II -	22-13
2016	Olaizola II -	Martínez de Irujo -	16-10

2nd Hand-Pelota singles championship[]

Year	Champion	Subchampion	Score	Fronton
1999 (1)	Olaizola II	Hirigoyen	22-16	Astelena

(1) Two championships were played in 1999, due to disagreements between the two main professional Basque-pelota companies — Aspe and Asegarce.

Sources & references[]

(in Basque) Olaizola II profile