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With the end of the Olympic Games in Rio 16 comes time to take stock for Spanish sport.
The 17 medals (7 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze) represent the best outcome for Spain from Barcelona 04 92. Athens and Beijing managed to twenty totaled 08 eighteen but the number of gold medals, the main yardstick to measure medallero, it has been higher this time.
Therefore, this Olympics leaves a sweet taste for the Spanish Olympic Committee has seen in the last four years as the Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia (UCAM) has become one of its main allies.
The sum of both institutions has enabled hundreds of athletes combine college and sport, thanks to the tutoring model sports UCAM, unique in the world.
As a result, 55 athletes from the Catholic University of Murcia were part of the Spanish team nine of them managed eleven of the seventeen medals in Rio Spain: Mireia Belmonte (gold and bronze in swimming);
Saul Craviotto (gold and bronze medals in canoeing);
Carolina Marin (gold in badminton);
Maialen Chourraut (gold in whitewater canoeing);
Ruth Beitia (athletics gold);
Eva Calvo (silver in taekwondo);
Artemi Gavezou (silver in Rhythmic Gymnastics with the Spanish team);
Lidia Valentin (bronze in weightlifting);
and Joel Gonzalez (bronze in taekwondo).
José Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM, who was in the Olympics during the first week of competition, a positive balance of these Games: "It is a fact unprecedented 17 medals Spain, eleven of them are sponsored athletes by UCAM. for us it is a great joy. "
The model UCAM support Olympians is twofold, as recalled by the president of the university.. "These athletes studying at the University and are sponsored by UCAM We fulfill a dual function On one hand financially sponsor to have help and on the other hand are formed with us. "
Such training comes through a mentoring system to deprotistas that has attracted attention worldwide.
The European Union has funded a project to translate what is done in the UCAM to other universities in the UK, Italy, Greece and Malta.
But the interest comes from other parts of the world.. "They come from China, Japan, Germany or France to know how we do it The key is mentoring athletes and that tutors play a key role Merit Teacher it is important and their work would be impossible without all we're doing. you have to tutorizar and adapt to the needs of each athlete since most studies distance races. "
In this way in recent years, José Luis Mendoza highlighted the key role of president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco: "The connection between the UCAM and the COE has been instrumental in carrying out our work of serving, sponsor and help athletes "
In addition, the medals should be noted the great results of other athletes who were in the finals of their competitions and returned Rio 16 Olympic diploma as in the case of canoeists Teresa Portela, Sete Benavides and Javier Hernanz among others.
But beyond the Olympic sport and athletes that fill the headlines, José Luis Mendoza the great work being done lies in the younger: "We need to promote school and university sports practically do not exist in Spain since This gives rise to future athletes who will go to the Games. we, we are the sport University of reference in Europe. not only do we sponsor Olympians, also promote grassroots sport with thousands of young people who practice it. Maybe someday there Olympians and champions in different disciplines "arise.
Source: UCAM
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