Javier Gómez Noya receives the award for Best Sportsman 2015

The Spanish triathlete has been awarded in recognition of a splendid 2015 season in which Gómez Noya has conquered the fifth title of world champion, becoming the only triathlete to achieve this brilliant feat.

Javier Gómez Noya has been distinguished with COE award for the Best Sportsman of the 2015. The event took place during the X Gala of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) that was held last night in the Alfredo Goyeneche auditorium at the COE headquarters in Madrid.

The Spanish triathlete has been awarded in recognition of a splendid 2015 season in which Gómez Noya has conquered the fifth title of world champion, becoming the only triathlete to achieve this brilliant feat.

Next to Galician, the badminton player Carolina Marín, She has also been decorated for her unbeatable season with the Best Sportswoman award in this course. An annual COE gala in which all the successes of Spanish sport have been rewarded throughout this season.

During the gala, which was attended by Alejandro Blanco, president of the COE; Miguel Cardenal, president of the Higher Sports Council; the Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbon; Miguel Carballeda, president of the Paralympic Committee; Oscar Graefenhain, General Director of Sports, IOC members Juan Antonio Samaranch and José Perurena, as well as numerous presidents and representatives of the Spanish sports federations, among which was José Hidalgo, president of the Spanish Triathlon Federation (FETRI).

José Hidalgo thanked Javier Gómez Noya, "a benchmark of Spanish triathlon and sport." For the president of the FETRI, the award is "a recognition of the excellent career of Javier Gómez Noya. An exemplary athlete that year after year continues to grow as an athlete, achieving new achievements and entering the history of sport in its own right " 

List of winners:

- COE Award to the Outstanding Athlete in 2015: Carolina Marín and Javier Gómez Noya.

- Olympic Order of the COE: Pere Miró, Deputy Director General of the IOC for Relations with the Olympic Movement.

- Olympic Orders: David Cabello, Javier Prades, Eduardo Balcázar, Javier Revuelta, Juan Carlos Barcos, Carmelo Paniagua, Isabel García, Rogelio Chantada, Carlos Jorge García and Jesús Castellanos.

- Olympic plaques for sporting merit: Club de Tenis Valencia, Real Sociedad de Golf de Neguri, Real Club de Golf 'El Prat', Golf Club San Cugat, Barcelona Olympic Foundation, Royal Spanish Golf Federation, Royal Spanish Wrestling Federation and Associated Disciplines, Royal Spanish Federation of Table Tennis, Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation, Spanish Petanque Federation and Royal Spanish Salvage and Lifeguard Federation.

- Recognition plate 'Juan Manuel Gozalo': Paloma del Río.

- 2015 Olympic Values ​​Award: Conchita Martínez and Iker Martínez and Xabi Fernández, Sergio Scariolo, José María Alvarez Pallete, CEO of Telefónica.

- COE Award to sponsoring entity: Fundación Trinidad Alonso.

- COE Award to public or private institution: Tarragona City Council.

- CIO 2015 Award 'Sport and innovation': Telefónica.

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