Manuel "Manolo" Martínez Gutiérrez (born December 7, 1974) is a retired Spanish shot putter.

Nicknamed the "Gentle Giant", his personal best throw outdoors is 21.47 metres and he has an indoor best of 21.26 m. These marks are the Spanish national records for the event.

His international career lasted from 1992 to 2011 and he earned national selection on 84 occasions – the most by any Spanish athlete.

He scored the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in May 2013 following an IAAF drug test disqualified the first-place participant.

[5] He was also the bronze medallist at the 2001 Goodwill Games, 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final, and 2005 European Indoor Championships.