Carlos Jiménez

What draws me to Carlos Jiménez is the quiet philosophy baked into his nickname, 'suma y sigue' — add and keep going. That is not the language of a flashy star; it is the creed of a grinder who built a career inch by inch. At 2.05 m he anchored Spanish basketball through its golden years, and the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit confirms the respect he earned. I find his second act just as telling: moving into the front office at Unicaja, channeling that same patient diligence into building teams. He strikes me as the kind of steady, principled figure every sport needs but rarely celebrates.

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Name (English)

Carlos Jiménez

Name (Japanese)

カルロス・ヒメネス

Reading

かるろす・ひめねす

Born

February 10, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Height

205 cm

Occupation

basketball player / basketball coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

Awards & achievements

• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Jim%C3%A9nez
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514073

Tags

• Community of Madrid
• basketball player
• basketball coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.