- The City Council of Móstoles, through the Department of Sports and Health, held, on November 15, the XVIII Sports Gala 2024, with the aim of recognizing the merits and careers of athletes, entities or sports associations at the local and national level. and international.
- Among the winners, the world skating champion Javier Fernández stands out for the Sports Legend award; the boxer Ayoub Ghadfa, for the International Projection; the athlete Jordan Díaz for the Star Award; Elena Congost for Constancia y pundonor and Siro López, for the Sports Journalism award, among others.
- This year’s gala paid tribute to the winners coinciding with the Olympic year and awarded prizes for inclusive sport.
Móstoles held the 18th Sports Gala on November 15, rewarding athletes, entities, associations or clubs at a local, national and international level, to promote and highlight sporting merits.
The XVIII Sports Gala 2024, held at the Teatro del Bosque, had the participation of the Mayor of Móstoles, Manuel Bautista, and the Councilor for Sports and Health, Ángel Álvarez, and other members of the Municipal Corporation as well as the attendance of a representative sample of outstanding athletes in different sports disciplines and representatives of the sports field.
In this new edition, awards were given at the local level to:
- Best Mostoleño Athlete of the Yearawarded to Víctor García Osado, international Judo medal, 3-time Spanish Champion and medalist in all categories, and member of the Spanish Judo Team.
- Best Mostoleña Athlete of the Yearawarded to Alba Mellado Martínez, a footballer who currently plays as a forward for the Ultimate Mostoles team, in the Queens League;
- Best Young Athlete from Mostoleñoin athletics to Hugo Fernández Diver.
- Best Young Athlete Mostoleñato Daniela Fernández Díaz, gymnast from the Móstoles Rhythmic Gymnastics Club.
- to Fair Play in Grassroots Sportsto CDE Techniteam, a football club born in Móstoles with more than 20 years of history that began at the CEIP Andrés Torrejón and currently trains at the Iker Casillas football fields.
- Merit in Adapted and Inclusive Sportto the Raíces Opticlass Basketball Club.
- Sponsor of the Year Award that has most promoted and disseminated the sport of Mostoleño, the Mercado de la Constitución.
The three Honorable Mentions They went to: the Mostoleño swimmer José Ramón Cantero Elvira, for having won the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, in the 4 x 100 m mixed free relay event; in Fausto de la Calle, president of the Frontenis Móstoles Club, for so many years as a representative of this discipline; and, finally, to Antonio Enjuto, for 40 years as a teacher in Móstoles dedicated to martial arts.
On the other hand, other national and international awards were given to:
- International projectionto the boxer Ayoub Ghadfa, who won the silver medal at the Paris Olympic Games.
- Constancy and honorto Elena Congost, this adapted marathon athlete who was disqualified at the Paris Paralympic Games when she released, for just a second, the rope that held her to her guide Mia Carol a few meters from the finish line for going to help the see that he was going to faint.
- sports legendto Javier Fernández, world champion of figure skating on ice.
- High competitionto Borja Jiménez, for his work as coach of Leganés in the First Division.
- sports journalismto Siro López, a prominent journalist known for his interventions and collaborations in various programs and media such as Real Madrid TV or “El Chiringuito”.
- Star Awardto Jordán Díaz, who won the gold medal in triple jump at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The two special mentions They went to Alba García Falagan, a Paralympic athlete who won the bronze medal in Paris in the T11 long jump (blind people). And for Jesús Ángel García Bragado, “Chuso”, the Madrid walker who holds the record of being the Spanish athlete who has participated in the Olympic Games the most times and who could not be missing in this edition that has an Olympic seal.
With this act, the City Council of Móstoles, through the Department of Sports and Health, makes public recognition to all sports agents who embody the values of sport such as effort, spirit of improvement, camaraderie, teamwork, dedication, respect , discipline, tolerance, to encourage the entire population to practice sports.
