José Martínez Morote (born 5 February 1984 in Hellín, Albacete) is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T20 track and field events.

[1] He has an intellectual disability, attended school in Cruz de Mayo and serves as a mentor to local track and field athletes.

While he originally started sport playing football, he switched to athletics by the age of 16 at the suggestion of a teacher who noticed his speed with the ball.

[5] In 2008, Martínez earned a mention by the jury of the Culture and Sport at the annual award ceremony for the Federation of Employers of Albacete (FEDA).

[18] Competing at the 2011 IPC World Athletics Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, Martínez finished fourth in the T20 1,500 meter race.

[2][19][20][21][22][23] Participating at the 2011 World Games,[24] he won silver in 4x100 and competed in the 1,500 meters, and was a member of the gold medal-winning 4 × 400 relay team.

[30] In 2012, he competed in the World Intellectual Disability Indoor Athletics Championships, representing the Federation of Castilla la Mancha, where he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 meter event.

[2] He was one of three Spanish athletes competing in London from the Castilla-Mancha region including Francisco Javier Sánchez and Ricardo de Pedraza.