Pau Gasol

Pau Gasol is a Spanish professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. He is a six-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA team selection. Gasol has won two NBA championships, both with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, being the first non-American player to have won that award.

Internationally, Gasol has won a FIBA World Cup title, three EuroBasket titles, two Olympic silver medals, and an Olympic bronze medal with the Spanish national basketball team. Gasol was named MVP of the 2006 FIBA World Cup, and MVP of the 2009 and 2015 FIBA EuroBasket.

In 2003 he was named a UNICEF ambassador, and since then has repeatedly taken part in different campaigns. Gasol has worked in support of infant survival and for the rights of children in other African countries as well as in campaigns against malnutrition in the Horn of Africa.

In December 2010 he took part, along with other NBA stars, in We Are Bigger Than Aids, a campaign against the HIV virus.

In September of 2018, after the publication of his book "Bajo el aro" Gasol said that in spite of not being a doctor he tries to use his public profile to help others. In July 2019 he was named Global Champion for Nutrition and Zero Childhood Obesity by UNICEF Global.