The cyclist Kevin Quintero and the skater Andres Jimenez They were exalted as the athletes of the year. The promises were Ángel Barajas and David Alonsoon a night that delivered 19 statuettes.
The eleventh edition of the Altius Awards was held this Thursday, January 18, with the presence of the best exponents of Colombian Olympic sport for the 2023 season, with 19 statuettes that highlighted 14 athletes and other events that marked a year full of sporting achievements .
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The best
With the presence of the best athletes from each National Sports Federation, the delivery of the Altius Awards The best of ours was experienced at the Ágora Bogotá Convention Center, under the direction of the president of the Colombian Olympic Committee, Ciro Solano Hurtado and the executive committee of the entity.
The winners of the night were the cyclist Kevin Santiago Quintero and the skater Andrés Mauricio Jiménez, both world champions and leaders in their sports, with a 2023 that was the best of their sports careers and which earned them the Golden Altius.
The athletes awarded by the COC in 2023.
On the podium of the sports included in the Olympic Games program, Kevin Quintero was accompanied by the Pereira boxer Yenni Arias and Kevin's cyclist and teammate on the track, the woman from Santander Martha Bayona.
For her part, on the podium of sports not included in the Olympic Games program, along with Andrés Jiménez, the Risaraldense archer was with the silver statuette. Sara Lopez and with the bronze the Quindian bowling alley Clara Juliana Guerrero.
In addition to the elite podiums, the Altius Awards also have the youth podiums, in which the gymnast from Santander Ángel Barajas and the motorcyclist David Alonso won the gold Altius, thanks to their impeccable results during 2023. Ángel was world champion and David won four Moto3 races in the MotoGP World Championship, placing third overall.
Ángel was accompanied on the podium as the promise of the year of the sports included in the Olympic Games program by the world champion cyclist Juliana Londoño and the Pan American champion athlete Samario Arnovis Dalmero.
In turn, David, in the category of promise of the year 2023 of the sports not included in the Olympic Games program, was accompanied by the figure skaters Jeshua Folleco and María Paula Muñoz with the Altius de Plata and the Tolima cyclist Valentina Roa , national figure of world downhill.
To the 12 statuettes on the elite and youth podiums, the Altius Awards added other awards that adorned the night, such as the distinction for life and work, awarded to the sports leader Gustavo Moreno Jaramillo and baseball legend Antonio 'Manía' Torres, who recently passed away.
The best sporting event of the year was received by the Cali Junior World Track Championship and the contribution to the environment was for the National Sports Games of the Coffee Region, marked by a legacy that called them the Green Games.
The special prizes were awarded to the Colombian Baseball Team, champion for the first time in the history of the Panamerican Games in Santiago and the athlete Ronal Longa, who in 2023 was the first Colombian to break the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter dash in athletics.
Finally, in this eleventh edition of the Altius Awards, a category was created, Fair Play, which was awarded to judoka. Erika Lassowho shocked the sports world with his gesture at the Pan American Games in Santiago, carrying on his shoulders a rival who could not walk.
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