07:13 • 04 Apr. 2022
The projects and objectives of Antonio Jiménez Rosales, the delegate of Education and Sport of the Junta de Andalucía in Almería. He arrived in Roquetas de Mar when he was four years old, where he trained personally and professionally, and where he says he feels very happy because the municipality of Roquetas has it all.
THE VOICE and Cadena SER They have chatted with him to find out about the magnificent work that the Junta de Andalucía has been developing in sports in Almería, since the projects are becoming a reality, for which the delegate for Education and Sport of the Junta in Almería makes a very positive assessment of his work since he was appointed the sports man of the Board in Almería.
Antonio Jiménez Rosales has been direct in his first reflectionand has pointed out that “we thought about it and the director let us know when we got here, that he had three clear objectives that he wanted to achieve and I think we are working on it”, a very involved delegate tells LA VOZ and Cadena SER committed so that sport in Almería continues to grow from the Junta de Andalucía.
He also comments that “the first of the objectives was that Andalusia and of course Almería were capable of organizing first-level events with total guarantee and there are the events, such as the European Football Championship, the Badminton World Cup… here in Almería the Titan Desert, the Spanish Women’s Super Cup that was held or the qualification for the Eurobasket”, he affirms.
Secondly, Antonio Jimenez Rosalesthe delegate for Education and Sport of the Junta de Andalucía in Almería, points out that “Andalusia and of course Almería had to be promoted as a tourist destination linked to sport because we have an enviable climate, we can say that we have an open-air gym”.
Work well done
And thirdly, explains the delegate of Education and Sports of the Andalusian Government in Almería that “we must transmit all the values of sport and encourage the practice of sports in school age and we are doing this through the mentor 10 program where top-level athletes go to educational centers to give talks, then we have put into operation the Len league with six teams that are going to represent Almería in Málaga in the finals that will be held from the 11th and of course the all-Olympic program, so we are fulfilling those objectives that we set ourselves to make ourselves visible in Andalusia and in Almería in sport and in bringing sport to the little ones”, he explains.
The society
Sport moves entire families: “That’s right, we are right now behind organizing the National Taekwondo Championship, here in Almería, and the number of people, family members… that moves, of people behind the sport is incredible . In addition, we are realizing that as a result of the confinement there is a need for society to play sportsof holding events again because sporting events also become a kind of coexistence, of sharing experiences… it is essential to value and highlight the practice of sports, like all the values that sport brings together”.
The history
Remember that “my parents had to come to work at Roquetas de Mar Like so many Granadans, they set up a restaurant and since I was four years old my life has been linked to Roquetas de Mar, both professionally and personally. I have my job at the IES Sabinar de Roquetas de Mar and my three little ones are rockers”, adds Antonio Jiménez that “I am happy in Roquetas de Mar because it is a municipality that still retains that taste of small municipalities, although it is true that It has all the services we need. It has a magnificent walk in the open air, a large auditorium…”.
The delegate of Education and Sports of the Junta de Andalucía, recalls that “I was first as a councilor in the City Council of Roquetas de Mar in June 2019, in January 2020 they gave me the opportunity to be a delegate and in March the pandemic arrived. It has been a political career full of shocks, like a roller coaster, because maybe one day we were very happy with the management and the next day we did not sleep for some reason due to the pandemic. In addition, he recalls that “studies and sports can be carried out together; They can and should always be united.
