Badalona, Catalonia is a place for sports lovers. Basketball is very popular, with the local team DKV Joventut having many supporters. Famous basketball player Pau Gasol is loved by many Catalans. Motorcycle racer Dani Pedrosa and tennis star Rafa Nadal are also celebrated sportspeople from Catalonia, though Dani Pedrosa is not considered very handsome. Swimmers David Meca and Gemma Mengual have also achieved success, though swimming is less popular than basketball. Catalonia has produced many talented athletes across different sports.
2. BADALONA - SPORTSLOVER As you probably know, Badalona is a basketball city. From here, we want to talk about this sport and others. We will write about the most famous Catalan sportspeople too.
3. DKV JOVENTUT DKV Joventut is our basketball team, and although there are lots of people here that support Bar巽a, the majority of people are followers of DKV joventut. In Badalona, the matches between Bar巽a and DKV are the most interesting. Lots of people go to the pavilion and the rivalry is in each of us.
4. PAU GASOL Do you know Pau Gasol? He is a famous basketball player. Before being in the ACB league, he was playing for FCB (Bar巽a). He is from Sant Boi, a city in Catalonia. Here we love him. Lots of people have posters of Gasol playing basketball. Many Catalans have seen him at least once.
5. DANI PEDROSA Another famous sportsman is Dani Pedrosa. He is a motorbike GP racer. He is only 22, and was born in Sabadell (Barcelona). He has won lots of cups . Because of his age, lots of teenagers seems to be in love with him! We think its normal, however, we dont think he is very good looking.
6. RAFA NADAL Rafa Nadal is another famous sportman. He is a good tennis player, and has won lots of prizes and trophies too. He is from Mallorca, and is very young - he is only 21. His idol is Carlos Moy, another important tennis player. His first championship was in Mallorca when he was 8. He is not the only good tennis player here, there are more, for example Alex Corretja, who is not playing professionally now.
7. DAVID MECA, GEMMA MENGUAL David Meca is a swimmer. He is important too, but here swimming is not as important as basketball, so we dont give it the acknowledgement that it deserves. However, everybody does knows who he is . Gemma Mengual is a swimmer too, but in an artistic way. S he has won lots of medals, and she will probably win many more in the future.
8. Marina Berruezo Oriol N炭単ez Paula Mayor As you can see, we love sports, and we can say we have lots of important sportspeople in Catalonia. We love sports, and we hope you love them too.