title: Martín Acosta y Lara
text: # Martín Acosta y Lara
  
  Martín Raúl Acosta y Lara Díaz (25 March 1925 – 5 January 2005) was a Uruguayan basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
  
  He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay.
  
  Acosta y Lara was part of the Uruguayan basketball team, which finished fifth in the 1948 tournament.
  
  Four years later Acosta y Lara was a member of the Uruguayan team, which won the bronze medal. He played seven matches.
  
  He died on 5 January 2005 in Mendoza, Argentina and is buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.
  
  