From more than 900 entries submitted, today’s round IV of the Iberdrola Supera Awards will take place. The six winners of the edition have been announced. It was a very emotional premiere more than 200 guestsSix projects stand out that are of great social importance and have a common denominator: the promotion of gender equality through different sports practices.
Iberdrola’s president, Ignacio Galán, attended the awards ceremony this afternoon, which will provide real support to the winners. It is a competition equipped with. 300,000 euros, 50,000 for each of the categories: Transcends Foundation, Transcends Competition, Transcends Innovation, Transcends Inclusion, Transcends Sociability, and Transcends Expansion.
At the awards ceremony, hosted by journalists Nico Abad and Margarita Álvarez, Galán expressed his gratitude to the winners:Contribute through initiatives to build a more fair and supportive society based on the values Iberdrola shares: values of effort, development and commitment, which are ultimately also at the core of good sporting practices. These are highly social awards featuring anonymous women and girls who will undertake admirable projects. We are truly lucky to be able to accompany them”. Two of the biggest defining characteristics of Iberdrola are women’s sports and the prospect of a green transition.
The awards will serve to implement the projects. six categories competition:
Transcend the BaseFor the promotion of grassroots sports among girls up to the age of 16, it is the duty of the CD Guretxoko Club of the Basque Country to promote the presence and heroism of women in a sport in which men take the leading role.
Beat the CompetitionTo help include women in the competition, which will promote the Cañiza de Galicia Balonmán Club and thus improve the training infrastructure of the first team competing in the Women’s Silver Pride Division of handball.
Overcome participationInclusion in sports practices of women with special abilities to help people with limited mobility and/or sensory impairments experience the excitement of diving, with the help of Marina Muñoz in the Canary Islands.
Overcoming the SocialThe project rewards the integration of women into society through sports and enables EMET Andalusia Foundation to carry out therapeutic sports workshops for vulnerable women housed in its centers.
Outperforms DiffusionTo increase the visibility of women’s sports, it fell to the Siero Municipal Sports Board to spread the success of 78 Asturian women, who would simultaneously climb 78 peaks and broadcast their actions on video to promote amateur sports practices.
And finally, Mastering InnovationDesigned for Club Patín Gijón Solimar (Asturias) to improve sports practices through science and/or technology, it can apply Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in its training to prevent injuries.
failure Jury of Honor – Consisting of Susanna Griso, Sonsoles Ónega, Eli Pinedo, Ona Carbonell, Carolina Marín, Jesús Carballo, Manu Carreño, Marta Arce, Paloma del Río, Sandra Sánchez, Teresa Perales, Alexia Putellas, Lydia Valentín, Susana Rodríguez and Vicente del Bosque . It was announced at a very emotional gala, which ended with the performance of singer Sole Giménez and attended by a large number of the 32 Iberdrola Ambassadors, such as Teresa Portela (canoeer), athlete Desirée Vila or Loida Zabala (parachutist). weight lifting).
The President of the Supreme Sports Council also did not want to miss the event. Victor FrancoS; Secretary General of the Spanish Olympic Committee, María Victoria Cabezas; or the president of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, Miguel Carballeda, among others.
Iberdrola has been the main supporter of women’s sports in Spain since 2016. Support 32 National Federations, With its promotion, it reaches more than 600,000 women, that is, two out of every three members, and among them Iberdrola has more than a hundred competitions bearing its name. 32 leagues.