The deceased Calpisa and former player of the Spanish handball team, Nacho Novoayesterday, in front of his memorial plaque, he confirmed that it was an honor for him to name a gym in the Ciudad Jardín district of Alicante, the capital from which he came, he agreed. mid 70’s where he settled personally and professionally when he was still young and after a successful career.

Born in 1955 in Irún, Novoa attended the unveiling of the plaque on Monday that gave a new personality to the gym near his current residence, where he worked as a player and coach. Alicante Sports Advisor attended the event as well as the relatives of the former football player. José Luis Berenguerrepresentatives of clubs such as Intercity Group and EON Horneo Alicanteand staff from the department where Novoa has developed her professional career over the past three decades.

Alicante City Council, after discovering the sign with his name and surname on it, a video with a sporting trend A member of the historic Calpisa that won all the national championships in the late 70s and a player of the Spanish team 188 times, de Novoa participates in the Olympic Games in Moscow and Los Angeles.

Berenguer wanted to highlight Novoa’s sports career, but above all “human” because he remembered that he was “loved and appreciated by the entire sports world in the city.” «Alicante needs people with your style and that characteristic sense of humor.. You were not born here, but you will always remain here,” explained the Mayor of Sports.

«I fell in love with this city the first day I arrived, I feel like the happiest man in the world, I achieved all my professional and sportive achievements here»

Nacho Novoa – Former Handball Player

Novoa said she was “not sure if I deserved” the tribute and said that “I fell in love with her” from the first day she came to town. “I’ve had all the sporting successes that can be achieved here, I got married and my family is here. No matter how much I search, I can’t find the words to express all my gratitude to Alicante. and Alicante. I feel like the happiest person in the world,” Novoa concluded emotionally.

The Ministry of Sports has submitted a proposal to the Board of Directors to rename the Ciudad Jardín Pavilion on Economista Germán Bernacer street to Ciudad Jardín Pabellón Nacho Novoa and, as a result, to switch to its new label.

Famous

Over time, irundarra comes to be appreciated for being a famous sport from Alicante, who “contributes to the prestige of our city through his effort and career”. Acknowledging this constitutes an improvement for “these donations are beginning to be named after the people who come in. we took our sport to the highest levels».