Consell announced the names of the people honored on the occasion of October 9 this Friday. The Generalitat awarded the highest title, High Honor, to Valencian players Ivana Andrés Sanz and Enith Salón Marcuello of the Spanish football team, which was recently declared world champion and also received the Order of Jaume I. Merit, on the other hand, moved to the Carmencita company for the centenary anniversary of Novelda. Alicante Food Bank will collect what is needed for an equality and inclusive society. In addition, Polina Berezina from Torrevieja Rhythmic Gymnastics Club was awarded with Sports Merit He is part of the Spanish team that won the bronze medal at the world championships in Valencia.
Consell spokeswoman Ruth Merino underlined that the award given to the football team’s players aims to recognize their “effort and dedication” to “return Spanish sport to its highest levels of success”. this category “succeeds in increasing interest in women’s sports and highlights the need to be honored”.
Likewise, Consell agreed to bestow the title of Generalitat. Emergency, security and civil protection services involved in extinguishing last year’s major fires in the Valencian Community.
Regarding the Cultural Merit award, two awards were determined: one posthumously for Nino Bravo, the other for the music group Seguridad Social.
In another nod to women’s sports, Consell also awards the Sports Merit distinction. Members of the Spanish rhythmic gymnastics team Mireia Martínez, Patricia Pérez, Alba Bautista and Polina Berezina, as well as national team coach Marta Linares.
Carmencita company received the Commercial Merit award; La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital cardiac surgery team, Scientific Merit; during Reyes Martí pyrotechnics and Alicante Food Bank Foundation and Castellón and Valencia Food Banks, distinctions of Actions in favor of Equality.
Finally, Comedian Carlos Latre appointed as the new ambassador of the Valencian Community.