You are a reference for youth and that is a responsibility.” Abel Caballero, mayor of Vigo, He closed his meeting with the Vigo athletes of individual modalities by applauding the forty-three athletes of sixteen modalities, or the family members who attended on their behalf, for the successes achieved during the 23/24 season. The Marco Museum turned out to be the best setting for the delivery of diplomas for the municipal athlete program high level. In a brief but emotional event, in which the mayor did not hesitate to remember how much of a fan he is of tennis player Martín de la Puente, one of the scholarship recipients, the head of the local government stressed how “proud” he is of the sport’s successes. local.
For the third consecutive year, the City Council has awarded the careers of more than forty athletes, cForty-three on this occasion (fifteen women). By sports, sixteen modalities (athletics, badminton, climbing, fencing, gymnastics, mountaineering, swimming, speed skating, squash, surfing, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, Olympic shooting, triathlon and sailing), highlighting the mastery of sailing , with ten Vigo sailors belonging to the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, independent, from the Marítimo de Canido or also from the Náutico de Rodeira. Behind, athletics and fencing, with five athletes each. Sailing also reigned economically: just over 20% of the 50,000 euros allocated to individual modalities went to the sailors. Racquet sports also stood out, with nine representatives (four women and five men).
In the Olympic year, the highest aid (2,500 euros was the maximum) went to several of the athletes who represented Spain: Susana Rodríguez Gacio (triathlon), Juan Antonio Saavedra (Olympic shooting), Martín de la Puente (tennis), Judith Rodríguez (fencing) and Juan Ferrón (swimming), in addition to the Wizner brothers, Martín and Jaime, 49er European youth champions in Vilamoura (Portugal).
The mayor of Sports, Manel Fernández, recalled that The mayor gave way to this aid program in 2016 and that after nine editions the Council has distributed 274 subsidies. The athletes themselves (about fifteen) or their families collected the diploma accrediting the aid at the Marco Museum from the mayor, who insisted that for youth, elite sport becomes “a model to copy.”
