{"id":12417,"date":"2019-04-29T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=12417"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:59:25","slug":"puma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/puma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker\/","title":{"rendered":"PUMA reedita su cl\u00e1sica zapatilla Ralph Sampson"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/es\/\">Inicio<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/es\/category\/sportstyle\/\">Sportstyle<\/a>\/ PUMA relanza su cl\u00e1sica zapatilla Ralph Sampson.\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/H1-Ralph-Sampson.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sportstyle\/\">Sportstyle<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Fpuma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Fpuma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/puma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Fpuma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >Las ventajas de ser un atleta de 2,24 metros de altura<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >PUMA reedita su cl\u00e1sica zapatilla Ralph Sampson<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">29 de abril de 2019 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;PUMA re-issues its classic Ralph Sampson sneaker&quot;, \"text\": &quot;1980s basketball legend Ralph Sampson is an impressive 7 feet and 4 inches (2.24 m) tall. His shoe size is 17.\\nBack in the days, PUMA had to start from scratch creating a signature shoe just for him to properly compete.\\n&quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/puma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/puma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sportstyle\/puma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Fpuma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsportstyle%2Fpuma-re-issues-its-classic-ralph-sampson-sneaker%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">La leyenda del baloncesto de los a\u00f1os 80, Ralph Sampson, mide la impresionante altura de 2,24 metros. Su talla de calzado es 17.<\/span>\n<span class=\"textStyle_intro\">En aquellos tiempos, PUMA tuvo que empezar desde cero creando unas zapatillas exclusivas para \u00e9l, con el fin de que pudiera competir en condiciones.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/><strong>Miembro del Sal\u00f3n de la Fama de la NBA<\/strong> Ralph Sampson jug\u00f3 para los Houston Rockets despu\u00e9s de ser elegido en primera posici\u00f3n en el draft de la NBA de 1983. Como novato, promedi\u00f3 21,0 puntos y 11,1 rebotes gracias a su incre\u00edble altura y su sorprendente agilidad, ya que sobresal\u00eda por encima del resto de jugadores en la cancha.<br\/>\n<br\/>Fabricar zapatos para los pies de Sampson, que calzaba un 48, result\u00f3 ser\u00a0<strong>Todo un reto.<\/strong>De ese desaf\u00edo surgi\u00f3 un <strong>Nueva l\u00ednea de zapatos de sal\u00f3n con el mismo nombre.<\/strong> \u2013 Las PUMA Ralph Sampson, fabricadas a medida para satisfacer sus necesidades y adaptadas a sus pies. Hace 30 a\u00f1os, que los deportistas tuvieran su propia l\u00ednea de zapatillas no era tan habitual como lo es hoy en d\u00eda.<br\/>\n<br\/>En 2019, la versi\u00f3n relanzada de las zapatillas de baloncesto exclusivas de Ralph Sampson marca el\u00a0<strong>crossover<\/strong> De los tribunales a las calles.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/G2-Ralph-Sampson.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">El Ralph Sampson original de la d\u00e9cada de 1980.<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/G1-Ralph-Sampson.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">El Ralph Sampson OG de 2019<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/><strong>\u201cFue una experiencia humilde y emocionante. Tener unas zapatillas exclusivas y poder competir al m\u00e1s alto nivel fue incre\u00edble. Volv\u00eda a mi casa en Virginia durante la temporada baja y hac\u00eda apariciones en tiendas all\u00ed, y ver largas colas de fans con mis zapatillas era surrealista\u201d.\u201d<\/strong> <strong>Ralph Sampson<\/strong> dijo Highsnobiety en una entrevista.<br\/>\n<br\/>Para superar el reto, Ralph Sampson se reuni\u00f3 con los responsables de PUMA para hablar sobre c\u00f3mo quer\u00eda que se sintieran sus zapatillas en la cancha. Trabajando con un molde de los pies de Ralph Sampson, PUMA cre\u00f3 una zapatilla que le proporcionaba el mejor apoyo posible, con una <strong>construcci\u00f3n de altura media<\/strong> para sujetar el tobillo y un dise\u00f1o ligero que favorezca su velocidad y agilidad.<br\/>\n<br\/>La versi\u00f3n actual de estilo urbano inspirada en el deporte est\u00e1 hecha para un <strong>nueva generaci\u00f3n<\/strong> de aficionados al baloncesto. <strong>\u201cEl baloncesto de PUMA siempre ha sido una mezcla de estilo, elegancia y comodidad, tanto desde el punto de vista deportivo como desde el punto de vista del estilo de vida. La marca es \u00fanica, ya que puedes jugar con sus zapatillas y tambi\u00e9n lucirlas fuera de la cancha. Ninguna otra marca ha sido capaz de hacer eso\u201d.\u201d<\/strong> dijo Ralph Sampson.<br\/>\n<br\/>Fieles al estilo tradicional, estas zapatillas de ca\u00f1a media presentan un dise\u00f1o retro con una parte superior totalmente de piel, conservando su aspecto limpio y cl\u00e1sico. Las Ralph Sampson OG estar\u00e1n disponibles en todo el mundo a partir del <strong>27 de abril.<\/strong><br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>Su carrera en pocas palabras <\/h2>\n<p>El jugador de baloncesto estadounidense Ralph Sampson ya med\u00eda 2,01 m en noveno curso. Al ser un <span class=\"text-style-4\">Tres veces Jugador Universitario del A\u00f1o,<\/span> Fue la primera selecci\u00f3n en el draft de la NBA de 1983, elegido por los Houston Rockets. En su a\u00f1o de novato, jug\u00f3 en el All-Star Game de la Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de Baloncesto (NBA) y fue el <span class=\"text-style-4\">Novato del A\u00f1o de la NBA<\/span> en 1984. Particip\u00f3 cuatro veces en el All-Star Game de la NBA y fue coronado All-Star. <span class=\"text-style-4\">Jugador m\u00e1s valioso (MVP)<\/span>) en 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Sampson jug\u00f3 en los Golden State Warriors durante la temporada 1987-88 y en los Sacramento Kings un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s. Tras ser despedido por los Kings, fich\u00f3 por los Washington Bullets en la temporada 1991-92, pero debido a graves problemas en la rodilla y la espalda, solo jug\u00f3 10 partidos. En total, Ralph Sampson jug\u00f3 441 partidos en 10 temporadas de la NBA. En 2012, fue incluido en el <span class=\"text-style-4\">Sal\u00f3n de la Fama del Baloncesto.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnNarrow spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Narrow;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/M1-Ralph-Sampson.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">... con Ralph Sampson OG<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La leyenda del baloncesto de los a\u00f1os 80, Ralph Sampson, mide la impresionante altura de 2,24 metros. Su talla de calzado es 17.<br \/>\nEn aquellos tiempos, PUMA tuvo que empezar desde cero creando unas zapatillas exclusivas para \u00e9l, con el fin de que pudiera competir en condiciones.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":false,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":20857,"meta-headline":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"class_list":["post-12417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportstyle"],"fullData":{"ID":12417,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2019-04-29 11:00:30","post_date_gmt":"2019-04-29 09:00:30","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"width\":1140,\"height\":640,\"file\":\"2019\/04\/H1-Ralph-Sampson.jpg\",\"filesize\":70025,\"sizes\":{\"medium\":{\"file\":\"H1-Ralph-Sampson-300x168.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":168,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":6205},\"large\":{\"file\":\"H1-Ralph-Sampson-1024x575.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":55093},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"H1-Ralph-Sampson-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":4643},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"H1-Ralph-Sampson-768x431.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":30774},\"trp-custom-language-flag\":{\"file\":\"H1-Ralph-Sampson-18x10.jpg\",\"width\":18,\"height\":10,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":407}},\"image_meta\":{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\",\"keywords\":[]},\"id\":12428,\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/H1-Ralph-Sampson.jpg\",\"title\":\"H1-Ralph-Sampson\",\"aspect_ratio\":1.78125,\"focalPointLeft\":0.5,\"focalPointTop\":0},\"headline\":\"The perks of being a 7-foot-4 athlete\",\"content\":\"PUMA re-issues its classic Ralph Sampson sneaker\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003e1980s basketball legend Ralph Sampson is an impressive 7 feet and 4 inches (2.24 m) tall. 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