MADRID, 8 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The specialist in high performance and sports sciences and current performance director of the Spanish basketball team, Lorena Torres, received this Wednesday the bronze medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit (ROMD) for her career as a nutrition specialist. , performance and sports preparation, from the president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), Víctor Francos.
The CSD thus recognizes her work as a deep expert in the field of nutrition, performance and high-level sports preparation. In this sense, the president of the CSD, Víctor Francos, highlighted during the award ceremony that this, more than an award, is a “recognition of a career.”
“In the case of Lorena, also, especially for having made her way in a world of men who take over very important sports institutions, and for having made a way for the people who have to come. Lorena Torres is a pioneer in Spanish sport” Francos added about the winner.
For her part, Lorena Torres has expressed gratitude for this recognition, which she has recognized that if it is not the most important of her life “it is very close”, since it is granted by “the most important sports institution in the world.”
important”. Furthermore, she wanted to emphasize that “this medal is an inspiration for women who come from behind, because it opens the way”, something that makes her “very happy”.
The career of Lorena Torres Lorena Torres, a graduate in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (INEF) with three master’s degrees and a doctorate that deals with golf, began in the world of tennis, together with the tennis player Marta Marrero, who at that time At the time she was number 100 in the WTA ranking and she helped her progress to number 60.
Her next professional performance featured basketball and handball, where she was part of FC Barcelona as a physical trainer for the basketball quarry and Barça B handball teams.
In 2015 she was offered a position with the San Antonio Spurs, an NBA team, where she was entrusted with the task of restructuring the physical preparation of the players, becoming the performance director of the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2019-20 season. NBA franchise.
Finally, Sergio Scariolo counted on her for Spain’s preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and since then she has been linked to the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB), where she currently serves as the performance director of the Spanish team, a position which she combines with being director of the Player Performance department of the You First representation agency.