Javier Martín de Villa (born 23 August 1981) is a Spanish

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. Martín was born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

. He started ski mountaineering in 1998, competed first in the Trofeo Altos Pirineos race and became a member of the national team in the same year. He is also a member of the Dynafit team.

Selected results

* 2001: ** 7th, European Championship "juniors" class team race (together with Arnau Anguera) * 2002: ** 8th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

"espoirs" class single race ** 8th, Spanish Cup "espoirs" class single * 2003: ** 1st, Spanish Cup "espoirs" class single ** 1st, Spanish Championship "espoirs" class single ** 3rd, Spanish Cup "espoirs" class team (together with Germán Cerezo) ** 3rd, European Cup "espoirs" class single * 2004: ** 1st, Spanish Cup "espoirs" class ** 1st, Spanish Championship "espoirs" class team ** 1st, Open Internacional,

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** 2nd,

"espoirs" class single race ** 2nd, Spanish Championship "espoirs" class single ** 4th, World Championship relay race ("seniors" ranking, together with

Agustí Roc Amador Agustí Roc Amador (born 28 August 1971)View Racer: Agustí Ro ...

, Dani León Roca and

Manuel Pérez Brunicardi Manuel "Manu" Pérez Brunicardi (born 22 August 1978) is a Spanish ski mountaineer. Pérez was born in Segovia. He started ski mountaineering in 1995 and competed first in 1996. In 1999 he became a member of the national team. He won the Spani ...

) ** 5th, Spanish Cup ** 10th, World Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

("seniors" ranking) * 2005: ** 6th, European Championship relay race (together with Manuel Pérez Brunicardi, Germán Cerezo Alonso and Fernando Navarro Aznar) ** 8th, Spanish Cup ** 10th, World Cup team (together with

) * 2006: ** 4th,Spanish Championship single ** 6th,

relay race (together with

Federico Galera Díez Federico Galera Díez (born 11 February 1978) is a Spanish ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Galera was born in Madrid. He started ski mountaineering in 1996 and competed first in the same year. His twin brother Carlos is also a ski mountai ...

, Manuel Pérez Brunicardi and Agustí Roc Amador) * 2007: ** 2nd,

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n Championship single ** 4th, European Championship relay race (together with Agustí Roc Amador,

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and Manuel Pérez Brunicardi) ** 10th, European Championship vertical race ** 10th, European Championship single race * 2008: ** 3rd,

relay race (together with

Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet (; born 27 October 1987) is a Spanish professional sky runner, trail runner, ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. He is a six-time champion of the long-distance running Skyrunner World Series and has won some of the most ...

, Marc Solá Pastoret and Manuel Pérez Brunicardi) ** 5th, World Championship team race (together with Jordi Bes Ginesta) ** 7th, World Championship combination ranking * 2009: ** 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Kílian Jornet Burgada, Manuel Pérez Brunicardi and

Joan Maria Vendrell Martínez Joan Maria Vendrell Martínez (born 4 August 1976) is a Catalunyan ski mountaineer. Vendrell was born in Barcelona. He started ski mountaineering in 1992 and competed first in the ''Ransol-Serrera'' race in 1993. He has been member of the natio ...

) ** 4th, European Championship combination ranking ** 5th, European Championship single race ** 5th, European Championship team race (together with Kílian Jornet Burgada) ** 7th, European Championship vertical race * 2010: ** 4th,

relay race (together with Manuel Pérez Brunicardi,

Marc Pinsach Rubirola Marc Pinsach Rubirola (born 15 April 1989) is a Catalan ski mountaineer. Pinsach is born in Girona. He started ski mountaineering in 2000 and has been member of the Spanish national team since 2006. He lives in Cassà de la Selva. Selected res ...

and Kílian Jornet Burgada) * 2011: ** 4th,

relay, together with Marc Pinsach Rubirola, Kílian Jornet Burgada and Miguel Caballero Ortega

Pierra Menta

* 2010: 8th,

Pierra Menta The Pierra Menta has been an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the region of Beaufort, Savoie south-eastern France since 1986. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps (''les grandes trois de ...

together with Marc Pinsach Rubirola

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2010: 2nd ("seniors II" ranking), together with

Benedikt Böhm Benedikt "Bene" Böhm (born 15 August 1977 in Munich) is a German Ski mountaineering, extreme ski mountaineer and Extreme skiing, extreme skier. Together with Sebastian Haag he keeps the records in speed ski mountaineering at the Muztagata and th ...

and Pete Swenson''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''

External links

Javier Martín Villa
at ''skimountaineering.org''
Javier Martín de Villa
website of the FEDME

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin de Villa, Javier 1981 births Living people Spanish male ski mountaineers Sportspeople from Madrid