Oier Zearra Garabieta, also known as Zearra (born in

Galdakao Galdakao is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is located in the Greater Bilbao, in the valley of the Ibaizabal river, near the Ganguren mountain range. I ...

Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

on January 12, 1977), is a

Basque pelota Basque pelota (Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronton ...

player for the

Asegarce Baiko Pilota —named Asegarce until January 2019
("Asegarce will be renamed ...

company. He plays as back-player.

Professional career

He debuted at the

Astelena fronton The Astelena fronton, nicknamed ''Cathedral of Basque Hand-pelota'', is a Fronton (court), fronton located in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. Astelena is a short 41 meter-long fronton wh ...

(

Eibar Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat ...

) on June 22 of 1997. His main achievement has been the subchampionship in the 2006

1st Hand-Pelota doubles championship The Bare-handed Pelota First League Doubles known as Campeonato de España de mano parejas is the second most important tournament of Hand-pelota category in Basque pelota, after the 1st Hand-Pelota singles championship The Bare-handed Pelota Fi ...

, along with

Olaizola II 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 Goizueta is a town and municipality located in the ...

1st Hand-Pelota doubles championships

2nd Hand-Pelota singles championship

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

Aspe Aspe (, ca-valencia, Asp) is a town and municipality located in the ''comarca'' of Vinalopó Mitjà, in the province of Alicante, Spain. The town is located in the valley of the river Vinalopó, from Alicante city. The economy of Aspe is based ...

and Asegarce.

2nd Hand-Pelota doubles championships

Sources & references

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1977 births Amaiur politicians Living people Spanish pelotaris People from Galdakao Sportspeople from Biscay Pelotaris from the Basque Country (autonomous community) {{Spain-sport-bio-stub