Alejandro Zarzuela

Alejandro Zarzuela Beltrán[a] (born 2 April 1987) is a Spanish 3 point wheelchair basketball player.

He has represented Spain as a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the U-23 European Championships.

As a club wheelchair basketball player in Spain, he has played all but two seasons on the same team with his twin brother, Pablo.

[3][4] After joining a professional wheelchair basketball team at 16, Alejandro and his brother dropped out of school to compete full-time.

[2] Pablo and his mother met Buzón at a mall in Jerez de la Frontera.

[5][6] Playing for the under-23 Spain national team, Zarzuela won a pair European Championships[2] in 2006 and 2008.

He played in the 2016 squad that won the silver medal, losing to the United States in the final.

Alejandro left the team at the conclusion of the season after helping to guide them up to the División de Honor.

The club folded for economic reasons before the end of the season, which he then completed with BSR Marbella.

[3][5] In 2011, Zarzuela signed with ONCE in Spain's domestic wheelchair basketball, División de Honor,[3] on the same team as his twin brother.

Zarzuela (9) take a free throw shot for ONCE in 2013