- Cristóbal Alejandro Aburto Tinoco, judo coach; Javier Alejandro Rosas Hoyos, judo athlete, and Ignacio Vicente Guanche Méndez, weightlifting athlete, received this distinction.
When presiding over the delivery of the State Sports Award 2021 at the Government Palace, the governor Indira Vizcaíno Silva offered the support of her administration so that the Colimense Institute of Sports (INCODE) is useful “in its two aspects: to spread the culture of activity physical and sports practice; but also to support and improve high-performance sports ”.
After presenting this distinction, which consists of an economic award and a commemorative medal, to Cristóbal Alejandro Aburto Tinoco, judo coach; Javier Alejandro Rosas Hoyos, judo athlete, and Ignacio Vicente Guanche Méndez, weightlifting athlete, the head of the Executive branch stated that for his government it is of the utmost importance to massively promote physical activation, “because people who do sports are mentally people healthy, they are productive, proactive, collaborative, positive people and of those people we need many more in our Colima ”.
He thanked the efforts of people who play sports in the state, specifically promoting high-performance sports, he said he knew “that there is still a lot to do, they have told me on several occasions in recent months; Those who are representing Colima and our country must have the appropriate accompaniment, the coaches also require the support so that they continue to train and accompany the athletes, scholarships are required, they need to pay for registration in competitions, travel expenses , materials … you know everything that is required and that many times you do not have access to these supports ”.
During his speech, the general director of INCODE, Sergio Jiménez Bojado, thanked the governor for the interest of participating in the ceremony of this sports award, which had a delay in its delivery from the date on which it is traditionally carried out for reasons beyond the control of the present administration.
Meanwhile, the head of the INCODE Scholarships, Awards and Stimuli department, explained that in this thirty-first delivery of the State Sports Award, in its 2021 Edition, 49 women and 79 men were reached in terms of the number of winners. throughout these 30 years; of which 89 are athletes and 39 coaches.
It should be noted that Cristóbal Alejandro Aburto Tinoco, awarded judo coach in this edition of the PED, is a coach of the judo discipline in the conventional specialty and for the blind and visually impaired; He participated as a coach in the Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, achieved a silver medal in the Junior Pan American Super Cup in Ecuador, second place in the 2021 CONADE National Games; second place in the Junior Pan American Cup in Lima, Peru, and a gold medal in the Junior National Championship, held in Aguascalientes.
For his part, Javier Alejandro Rosas Hoyos is a judo athlete with achievements that stand out in the Junior National Championship with a gold medal, silver medal in CONADE National Games, second place in the Junior Super Pan American Cup in Ecuador; second place in the Junior Pan American Cup, held in Lima, Peru; fifth place in the Junior Pan American Championship in Cali, Colombia as well as his participation in the Junior World Championship in Olbia, Italy.
While Ignacio Vicente Guanche Méndez is a weightlifting athlete with achievements such as the runner-up in the virtual Pan American Under 17 in Colombia; three gold medals in the 2021 CONADE National Games; three gold medals in Pan American under 17; bronze medal in the national tournament held in San Luis Potosí, as well as his participation in the U17 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Also present at this event were the Secretary General of the Government, Ma Guadalupe Solís Ramírez and the Secretary of Education and Culture, Adolfo Núñez González.
