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The Olympic family is growing UCAM (20/05/2014)

The Catholic University of Murcia and the Spanish Olympic Committee are pressing ahead with their joint project to promote education among Olympic athletes.

COE headquarters in Madrid was the scene of the presentation of nine athletes who join in this project, an initiative that supports them so they can combine university studies with the practice of high-level sport, which are already part 51 Olympians.

Athletes are presented Nico Garcia (taekwondo), Jennifer Romance (waterpolo), Berni Rodriguez (basketball), Mercedes Chilla (athletics javelin), Javier Cienfuegos (athletics hammer), Kevin Lopez (middle distance athletics), Benjamin Sanchez (athletics race walking) Javier Hernanz (canoeing) and David Alarza (judo).

Alejandro Blanco, President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, and José Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM, presided over the ceremony and expressed their satisfaction by initialling a new chapter in the whole way the two institutions.

White highlighted the work of the Catholic University of Murcia for sport, noting that "sport is, above, all education. There is no better way to educate society with the example you give athletes".

For his part, José Luis Mendoza said that "training is critical, athletes need to be educated and think ahead. Want you to reconcile the sporting life with school."

On behalf of the athletes spoke Nico Garcia, who noted that the joint project UCAM and COE are developing, and that "it is very hard to combine sport and studies. Formation is critical because the sporting life is over soon."

The University of Sport, also in Madrid

Also during the presentation of these new athletes, in addition to the training project UCAM-COE, José Luis Mendoza announced the future implementation of the Sports University in Madrid, a project that is working with the Spanish Olympic Committee and Own the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

Source: UCAM

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