Categories: Sports

Gento, Estudiantes or San Silvestre, between the María de Villota and Ciudad de la Raqueta 2022 Awards

MADRID, 25 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Francisco Gento, winner of six European Cups with Real Madrid and who died last January, the women’s water polo team, the San Silvestre Vallecana or the tennis players Martín de la Puente and Daniel Caverzaschi are among the winners at the IX edition of the María de Villota Awards and in the XI of the City of the Racquet Awards that will be delivered on November 8.

The jury of the IX edition of the María de Villota Awards recognized both Francisco Gento and his Gento-Llorente family saga in its Sports Career category, “a unique example worldwide of a family dedicated to elite sport in different generations”, pointed out from the organization.

On the other hand, the Sporting Feat Award went to the Spanish women’s water polo team, which this past summer was proclaimed champion of Europe, its eighth medal in the last ten years in a major international competition.

In addition, the XI edition of the Ciudad de la Raqueta Awards will distinguish the San Silvestre Vallecana in the Sports Event category, the Student Basketball Club in the Sports Institution category, and the tennis players Martín de la Puente and Daniel Caverzaschi with the Special City Award. de la Raqueta “for being the main protagonists of the momentum that wheelchair tennis has had in Spain in recent years”.

José Luis Arilla (Tennis Career), Julio Alegría (Paddle Career), the Mahou San Miguel Foundation’s We Create Opportunities program (Solidarity), Quirón Salud (Sports Company) and Matías Prats (Sports Communication) complete the list of winners.

George Williams

George is a football fanatic, and he himself is a good football player. He does cover Football news from around the world, and share on Sportsfinding. He makes sure that the news content he creates are factually correct, and written in good English to meet the readers’ expectations.

Recent Posts

Álvaro Muñoz Escassi is accused of an alleged crime of revealing secrets but he still “has not found out”

Beatriz Cortázar told it this Wednesday for the first time in this digital: Valeri Cuéllar,…

3 hours ago

Robles and Xiao secure their first medal as a couple in a European Championship

MADRID, 17 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) - This Thursday, paddlers Álvaro Robles and María Xiao secured…

12 hours ago

the war with Valeri becomes complicated

Autumn is looking hot for the rider and current television collaborator Alvaro Muñoz Escassiwho has…

1 day ago

FC Barcelona presents the 125th anniversary poster, the work of Miquel Barceló

MADRID, 16 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) - This Tuesday, FC Barcelona presented the poster commemorating the…

2 days ago

“She has given up”

The illness of the Princess of Wales has meant a before and after at Kensington…

2 days ago

De la Fuente: “I am not enlarged, although someone else in these circumstances would use charisma”

CÓRDOBA, Oct. 16 (from Europa Press special envoy, Manu Polo) - The Spanish coach Luis…

2 days ago