GALA RFEN / Firmament of Olympic stars in an unforgettable aquatic 2024
You have to go back to London 2012 to enjoy a Gala with so many Olympic medalists, no less than 22 (13 gold medalists in water polo and 9 from the artistic swimming team, who will be in Madrid this Friday to be awarded at the RFEN Gala Aquatics 2024 (Alfredo Goyeneche Auditorium of the Spanish Olympic Committee, from 7:00 p.m.), a show that will be broadcast live streaming RFEN 2024 Gala - Dailymotion Video so that no one misses it. Let the curtain go up!
Rodrigo Gil-Sabio (RFEN Aquatics Communication)
What a Gala we are going to experience! Not only for women's water polo and artistic swimming. Also for the impressive world golds won by Hugo González in the 200 backstroke (Doha) and the European men's water polo (Zagreb), without forgetting two medals that were impossible to win years ago: María de Valdés' silver in the 10k at the Doha World Championships or Nico Gª's bronze. Boissier-Adrián G. Abadía on the 3-metre synchronised springboard in Doha.
Or the European titles in artistic and diving, in an unrepeatable Belgrade. Blai Mallarach, Marina García and Lidón Muñoz will be recognised for their brilliant careers, as will César Castro for his sporting values. And, of course, the Hall of Fame, which includes none other than the water polo players Miki Oca, Pedro García, Dani Ballart, the swimmers Erika Villaécija, David Meca and the diver Javier Illana.
In addition, the women's Olympic water polo team will be inducted, exceptionally, as a team into the RFEN Hall of Fame and will sign 13 entries in the Book of Honour for the history of Spanish aquatic sport. Congratulations.
RFEN AQUATICS 2024 MAIN AWARDS
GOLD AND DIAMOND BADGE AWARD:
SPANISH WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM-WATERPOLO (team's entry into the RFEN Hall of Fame), Olympic champion at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
HUGO GONZÁLEZ-NATACIÓN, 200-meter backstroke World Champion in Doha 2024
BLAI MALLARACH-WATERPOLO, for his sporting career
MARINA GARCÍA and LIDÓN MUÑOZ-NATACIÓN, for his sporting career
SPORTS MERIT MEDAL AWARD:
SWIMMING TEAM ARTISTIC, bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics
MEN'S WATERPOLO TEAM, European champion Croatia 2024
MARÍA DE VALDÉS-OPEN WATER, silver medal at the Doha 2024 World Cup
NICO Gª. BOISSIER & ADRIÁN ABADÍA-DIVING, bronze at the Doha 2024 World Cup
NATURAL TEAMS ARTISTIC AND DIVING, European champions Belgrade 2024
SPORTS VALUES AWARD:
CÉSAR CASTRO-SWIMMING
NEW RFEN HALL OF FAME MEMBERS:
WATERPOLO: MIKI OCA, PEDRO GARCÍA and DANI BALLART
SWIMMING / OPEN WATER: ERIKA VILLAÉCIJA / DAVID MECA
DIVING: JAVIER ILLANA
Other award winners are Sergio Aguilera Luna (Sports Promotion), CN Sant Andreu (Honorable Mention), the EFE Deportes Agency (Sports and Social Communication), or the referees Lorenzo Ruiz and Mari Carmen Lestón (Gold Medals for Distinguished Services), among others.
Photos: Selection Women's Water Polo (Olympic gold) and Artistic Swimming Team (Olympic bronze) / (c) Nacho Casares-COE
