Pau Gasol

Pau Gasol is my model of the thoughtful giant. At 215 cm with a University of Barcelona background, he played the game with intelligence rather than brute force, and pairing with Kobe to win titles in Los Angeles cemented his legend. An 18-year NBA career running from Rookie of the Year to perennial All-Star is remarkable enough, but the Citizenship Award and the Princess of Asturias Award point to a person whose character matched his talent. He also carried Spain on the international stage. I simply love watching basketball played with that much grace and mind, and Gasol embodied it.

Name (English)

Pau Gasol

Name (Japanese)

パウ・ガソル

Reading

ぱう・がそる

Born

July 6, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

Origin

Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Spain

Height

215 cm

Occupation

basketball player / actor / professional athlete

University

University of Barcelona

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports
• 2002 NBA Rookie of the Year Award
• 2002 NBA All-Rookie Team
• 2012 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
• 2001 Catalan of the year Award
• 2017 Gold Medal of Work Merit
• 2007 Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit
• 2009 FIBA EuroBasket MVP

• Official sitehttps://www.paugasol.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/paugasol/
• Xhttps://x.com/paugasol
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau%20Gasol
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193052

Tags

• Barcelona Province
• basketball player
• actor
• professional athlete

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.