Big Marc, Big Spain, la Tanqueta or Big Burrito. Marc Gasol has been collecting several nicknames in his long and successful basketball career, but they all refer to his great stature and none to any detail of his private life or his personality. The center from Sant Boi announced this Wednesday that he is retiring from professional basketball, and has justified it like this: “I want to be a better father, a better husband, a better friend. Basketball makes you isolate yourself many times and not be present as you should.”
Marc Gasol’s discreet family life that he developed in the United States during his time as an NBA player has been a constant since he returned to Catalonia in 2021. The athlete is married to Cristina Blesa, with whom he began dating in 2007 and They married in 2013. Together they have had two children, Julia and Luca, whose ages do not exceed 10 years, but Marc does not share images of family moments on his social networks.
Little is known about Cristina Blesa, who during her time in the United States was a discreet WAG and since her return to Spain, apart from a few posed at select parties, she has only been photographed during vacations, usually in the Mediterranean. Precisely that is the activity that the family enjoys the most. “My wife and I are boat skippers. Sometimes I go out fishing, sometimes I go to the beach before anyone else arrives, and I do my hour and a half kayaking, and I have a great time by myself. I enjoy it,” he commented ago. years.
The couple got married civilly at the Can Riera de la Pineda farmhouse in Arbúcies, Girona, in a date that had extreme security measures. According to Vanity Fair, Cristina Blesa is 1.75 meters tall, a fact that could be irrelevant to anyone’s wife, but is curious if your partner is 2.15 meters tall.
Another of Marc’s hobbies off the court is horticulture. The basketball player is an organic farmer who is very conscious of his diet, because as he has commented on occasions, he knows well the importance of correct nutrition. When he was young he was not so clear, because as he himself has said, he was addicted to fast food. “I spent so much money at McDonald’s that now it is the most beautiful there is, they have been putting in everything new, even LED lights,” he admitted in an interview.
