This coming Monday, December 2nd, the 14th Edition of the Special Athlete of the Year Award will take place.
The ceremony will be held at the Convention Center starting at 9:00 PM and will be named after Mario Coronel, a renowned collaborator of special sports who unfortunately passed away a few years ago. Without a doubt, it will be a great moment to honor his memory by naming this edition of the award after him.
There will be 22 disciplines receiving recognition, with several athletes who have excelled during the current season. These sports are: Swimming, Hockey, Adapted Soccer, Adapted Bocce, Adapted Basketball, Karate, Parapowerlifting, Newcom, Bocce for the Blind, Golf Croquet, Boxing, Futsal, Adapted Tennis, Special Equestrianism, Taekwondo, Athletics, Archery, Rugby, Soccer for the Deaf, Volleyball, Judo, and Padel for the Deaf.
The ceremony will be presided over by the Mayor, Dr. Francisco Azcué, who will be accompanied by the Undersecretary of Sports, Lic. Ivana Pérez, the Director of Disability Maximiliano Navarro Jaurena, among other authorities and activity instructors, as well as family members of the awarded athletes.
It will be a night full of emotion with people who provide a true example of life day by day, and who will receive their fair and well-deserved recognition.
Editor's Note: It had been previously reported that the ceremony would be on Tuesday, December 3rd. The event is on Monday, December 2nd.
The ceremony will be held at the Convention Center starting at 9:00 PM and will be named after Mario Coronel, a renowned collaborator of special sports who unfortunately passed away a few years ago. Without a doubt, it will be a great moment to honor his memory by naming this edition of the award after him.
There will be 22 disciplines receiving recognition, with several athletes who have excelled during the current season. These sports are: Swimming, Hockey, Adapted Soccer, Adapted Bocce, Adapted Basketball, Karate, Parapowerlifting, Newcom, Bocce for the Blind, Golf Croquet, Boxing, Futsal, Adapted Tennis, Special Equestrianism, Taekwondo, Athletics, Archery, Rugby, Soccer for the Deaf, Volleyball, Judo, and Padel for the Deaf.
The ceremony will be presided over by the Mayor, Dr. Francisco Azcué, who will be accompanied by the Undersecretary of Sports, Lic. Ivana Pérez, the Director of Disability Maximiliano Navarro Jaurena, among other authorities and activity instructors, as well as family members of the awarded athletes.
It will be a night full of emotion with people who provide a true example of life day by day, and who will receive their fair and well-deserved recognition.
Editor's Note: It had been previously reported that the ceremony would be on Tuesday, December 3rd. The event is on Monday, December 2nd.