José Ramón Oyarzábal Uranga (born 7 January 1957) is a Spanish

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. He competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

and the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

. He has also participated in several

World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships is an international Rowing (sport), rowing regatta organized by International Rowing Federation, FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer ...

. He finished in sixth place in Munich in 1981, fourth place in 1982 in Lucerne; sixth place in 1983 in Duisburg (RFA) all of them in the two (without coxed) together with Luis Mari Lasurtegui. In 1985 he finished 11th in the four without coxed in Hazewinkel (Belgium) and in 1986 ninth in Nottingham (United Kingdom). He was responsible for the technical improvement rowing center in

Legutiano Legutio (also known as ''Legutiano''; ''Villarreal de Álava'' in Spanish) is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe ...

for 16 years, from its opening (1988) to 2003 (two years before its closure). Later he has collaborated in preparatory work in clubs such as the Arraun Lagunak in Donostia-San Sebastián and in

Hondarribia Hondarribia (; ; ) is a Spanish town situated on the west shore of the Bidasoa river's estuary, in Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community. The border town is situated on a little promontory facing Hend ...

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1957 births Living people Spanish male rowers Olympic rowers for Spain Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics People from Oiartzun Rowers from Gipuzkoa Rowers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-rowing-bio-stub