The Federated Spanish Sports Association is born

José Hidalgo, president of the Spanish Triathlon Federation, will be in charge of leading the beginnings of this Association

Yesterday the hall of events of the Superior Council of Sports (CSD) hosted a historic event, with the signing of the constitution document that gives the kick-off to the Spanish Federated Sport Association. An act that, in turn, highlights the Spanish triathlon with the appointment of José Hidalgo as president of the new entity.

The highest representative of the CSD, Miguel Cardenal, presided over an event in which the union of the Spanish federative sport was revealed. Both Jesus Castellanos, president of the Spanish Federation of Taekwondo and president of the Confederation of Olympic Federations (COFEDE) as Julian Garcia Angulo, president of the Spanish Federation of Pelota and president of the Association of Spanish Sports Federations (AFEDES), have highlighted the importance of an association born for the Spanish sport. Many presidents and representatives of the different Spanish sports federations have also attended the presentation.

A new journey that will feature José Hidalgo, president of the Spanish Triathlon Federation, as the person in charge of leading the beginnings of an Association that "wants to offer society a single dialogue at the time of transmit the values ​​of the Spanish federated sport" His designation as head of this entity, symbolizes the recognition of his work and reinforces the management and work done by the Spanish Triathlon Federation and also gratifies the Spanish triathlon as a whole.

For Hidalgo, the main focus will be to serve as a tool for bring triathlon to society, reinforcing the collaboration and promoting the image of the federated sport. The Federated Spanish Sports Association will be integrated by the 66 Olympic and non-Olympic federations and has as its fundamental base "to serve as a tool and bring sport closer to society, to be a framework for the meeting between our society and sports and at the same time to enhance the work of sports federations. " The Extremaduran leader, also wanted to thank his appointment to all his colleagues from COFEDE and AFEDES for the trust placed in him.

To carry out these purposes, various cross-cutting initiatives will be carried out that include the fight against childhood obesity, the promotion and promotion of sport as an integrating vehicle, attention to improving the quality of life of older people and greater collaboration interlocution of the federations.

For his part, Miguel Cardenal, thanked the involvement of all parties and noted that "the platform created today, whose characteristics are efficiency and simplicity, will be a benefit for all citizens. This joint work will result in better funding of High Level sport. "

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