José María Sarasol Soler ( El Genovés 1970), Sarasol II, is a

Valencian pilota Valencian pilota ( ca-valencia, pilota valenciana "Valencian ball") is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known. Rules variations within the generic ''Pilota Valenciana'' category are frequent fr ...

professional player. His brother Enric was ''Sarasol I''. He has been member of the

Valencian Pilota Squad The Valencian Pilota Squad are the Valencian pilota professional or amateur players chosen to take part in the Handball International Championships representing Spain, even though all of them are Valencians and they use the Valencian flag This is ...

for 11 years and has deserved to be awarded as the ''Best Player'' at the Argentina'02

Handball International Championships The Handball International Championships are yearly held competitions where many countries and regions play the handball sports derived from the Jeu de paume. It is organized by the International Ball game Confederation, and there are three offici ...

. For many years, he as a and his brother as a were a strong team at the trinquets when playing the

Escala i corda Escala i corda (, "stairs and rope") is the most prestigious variant of Valencian pilota, and the only one apart from raspall to have professional players. History The "Escala i corda" variant began around 1910, when the player Nel de Murla se ...

variant, until Enric's retirement. ''Sarasol II'' keeps playing for the

ValNet ValNet is an association of Valencian pilota professional players. In 2005 the retired ''pilotaris'' Alfred Hernando ( ''Fredi''), Daniel Ribera ( ''Ribera II'') and the trinquet owner Emili Peris, joined to create a brand new company that profes ...

company.

Trophies

* Winner of the Campionat Nacional d'Escala i Corda 1987 and 1992 * Runner-up Campionat Nacional d'Escala i Corda 1990 * Winner of the

Circuit Bancaixa The Circuit Bancaixa (; "Bancaixa League"), officially Liga Profesional Escala i Corda, is the professional league of Valencian pilota. Circuit Bancaixa name is taken from its main sponsor, the Valencian Savings bank CaixaBank. During the period ...

1992, 1998 and 1999 * Runner-up of the Circuit Bancaixa 1993, 2001, 2004,

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and

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* Winner of the 5 Nations

Llargues Llargues (, "long ones") is the oldest Valencian pilota modality. It is played on the streets, where two teams formed by 3, 4 or 5 players throw each other the ball with the hand try to surpass an imaginary line which changes every game. There ar ...

Championship,

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1993 * Runner-up of the European Llargues Championship,

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1994 * Winner of the European Llargues Championship,

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(

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) 1999 * Winner of the World Llargues Championship, València 1996 * Winner of the World Llargues Championship,

Maubeuge Maubeuge (; historical nl, Mabuse or nl, Malbode; pcd, Maubeuche) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated on both banks of the Sambre (here canalized), east of Valenciennes and about from the Belgian border ...

(France) 1998 * Winner of the World Llargues Championship, València 2000 * Winner of the European Frontó and

International game The International game ( ca-valencia, joc internacional, ) is a ball game that is related to many sports derived from and similar to Jeu de paume. It is played in the Handball International Championships by teams from the Americas and Europe. Hi ...

Championship,

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

2001 * Runner-up of the European Llargues Championship, Netherlands 2001 * Winner of the World Llargues, Frontó and International game Championship,

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

2002

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarasol, Jose Maria 1970 births Living people People from Costera Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia Pilotaris from the Valencian Community