Real Betis Balompié has been recognised by the organisation Sponsor an Athlete in the seventh annual edition of its international awards.
Real Betis Balompié has been recognised by the organisation Sponsor an Athlete in the seventh annual edition of its international awards.
The Sevillian team was part of the list of 14 winners, and received its award at the ceremony that took place at the Hotel Ilunion Pío XII in Madrid on September 23.
Specifically, he was awarded the Phi4tech Award for Sustainability in Sport, which recognized the value of his recent Forever Green Project.
The award was presented to him by Mario Celdrán, CEO of Phi4tech.
The gala, presented by the Olympic marathon runner Azucena Díaz, was attended by the President of the Higher Sports Council, José Manuel Franco, the Ambassador of Portugal (guest country), João Mira Gomes, the President of the Junta de Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, the Director General of Sexual Diversity and LGBTI Rights, Boti García, and the Director General of Sports of the Community of Madrid. Coral Bistuer, as well as representatives of several municipal corporations such as Teruel, Oliva or Jaraíz de la Vera.
Among the award-winning athletes, Vicente de Bosque stood out, for his promotion of sport for the elderly, Felipe Reyes (Endesa Basket Lover award for his entire sports career), María José Rienda (Samaranch and Fernández-Ochoa Families Award for winter sport) and Marc Tur for the Visibility of the LGBTI community in sport.
With regard to companies and institutions, the award for excellence in marketing received by Cofidis, Vivagym Group, which was recognized for its work in promoting physical activity through the promotion of the talent of the human team, and the awards related to Corporate Social Responsibility won by Fundación MAPFRE (for the construction, together with the Spanish Padel Federation of an adapted padel court at the National Hospital for Paraplegics in Toledo) and the award to support Paralympic sport won by the AXA Foundation.
