José Salema

Further career

After the Games, Salema formed a duo with Eduardo Esteban Martínez. The pair took part in eight tournaments in 2001, including the World Championship in Klagenfurt; Salema and Martínez reached the sixteenth final where they were eliminated by the Germans Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann. The same year, Salema also played a match with Pedro Depiaggio. The following season, he competed with Pablo del Coto in two tournaments, after which he took a two-year break from beach volleyball. In 2005 Salema returned to the side of Martín Conde. They participated in nine regular FIVB tournaments and achieved three top ten places; in Shanghai the duo finished fifth, in Saint Petersburgseventh and in Zagreb ninth. In addition, they were active at the World Cup in Berlin. Salema and Conde lost in the fourth round to the Cuban duo Francisco Álvarez Cutiño and Oney Ramirez Bernal, after which they had to give up in the sixth repechage round against the later Brazilian world champions Márcio Araújo and Fábio Luiz Magalhães due to an injury.

The following season, Salema participated with Depiaggio in four tournaments in the World Tour. He then again took a break from playing, after which he formed a duo with Baracetti again from 2008 to 2009. They took part in fourteen tournaments in the World Tour in the first year with a third place in Sanya as the best result. The following year, Salema and Baracetti were eliminated in the group stage at the World Championships in Stavanger and in Stare Jabłonki both played their last game in the World Tour.