The former Cuban athleteJavier Sotomayor received theLegend award during the ceremony ofPanama Sports Awards 2023, held this Saturday night in the city of Miami.
In social networks The Pan American sports entity highlighted: “We celebrate the king of high jump Javier Sotomayor, from Cuba, now honored as a Panam Sports Legend. His legacy in athletics is a testament to his exceptional talent and unbreakable spirit. A sports hero who has raised the bar for everyone!”
Sotomayor was awarded the award after a month of voting in which sports fans in America chose the best athletes in the region, she said.Panama Sports on your website.
In statements to the digital portalJIT, also known as Prince of Heights said that “being chosen among so many famous men is of great satisfaction, and that it happens the year in which I celebrate the30th anniversary of my world record “It adds a special flavor.”
HeBarcelona 1992 Olympic champion He said he felt “excited, very happy and proud, not only for me, but also for all Cubans. I know they are enjoying this award more than me.”
Precisely, on July 27 of this year,Sotomayor celebrated the 30th anniversary of her world record in the high jump specialty obtained in the city of Salamanca, Spain, and set in2.45 meters.
Currently, Sotomayor serves as secretary of the Cuban Athletics Federation, in addition to also advising his son Jaxier, whoLast year he became champion of Spain in the under-16 category of that discipline, after breaking his personal best and achieving a record of 1.91 meters.
ThePanama Sports Awards 2023 had the presence of more than 70 athletes from the 41 member countries of Panam Sports and was a favorable event to recognize the best of continental sport that it had in the past.Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games an event where the region's talent shined.
Among the winners are the Mexican diverOsmar Olvera as best male athlete and swimmerMaggie Mac Neil, in the female sector. While theColombian baseball and Mexican soccer teams were the most prominent among men and women, respectively.
In thefirst ceremony of this event held in 2019 The best performances of the Pan American Games in Lima that took place that year were awarded. In that occasion,Cuban fighter Mijaín López -three-time Olympic and Pan-American champion and four-time world champion- was among the nominees.
However, superstar athletes likeFrancisco Barretto, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Mariana Pajon andCarl Lewis They were among the winners of that first edition of the contest.
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