The athletics facilities of the high performance centre of Madrid shall bear the name of Carmen Valero

The president of the supreme council for sports, josé Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, has transmitted this decision to the family of Carmen Valero today in Sabadell, during the last goodbye to the pioneer of athletics english

“ it is an act of recognition and memory and a powerful statement about the value of sport in our society, ” said the president of the CSD

Madrid, 4 january 2024.-The athletics facilities of the high performance centre (CAR) of Madrid shall bear the name of Carmen Valero Omedes, legend of athletics english deceased this tuesday.

The president of the supreme council for sports (CSD), josé Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, had informed him this afternoon to his family this decision, with which the government of spain recognizes the trajectory of the best spanish athlete of the twentieth century.

“ it is not just an act of recognition and memory, but also a powerful statement about the value of sport in our society. The legacy of Carmen Valero goes beyond the slopes. The exploits and spirit of this great legend will not be forgotten ”, has stressed, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes.

Carmen Valero is the great pioneering spanish athletics, reference to subsequent generations. The challenges and overcome the obstacles confronted by being a woman in an area still dominated by men turned it into a symbol of access and equality in sport.

The turolense was the first spanish athlete in contest an olympics in 1976 in Montreal. Competed in the testing of 800 to 1,500 metres. It was champion of the world day of that same year and next year, a milestone that no english has been able to match.

The athletics facilities

Madrid, one of three state High Performance ownership of the CSD together with the Sierra Nevada and León, is one of the focal points under sports training high-level segment.

Giving the name of Carmen Valero the area of athletics, the council for sports seeks to recognize and remember the legacy of the sportsman and highlight the role of women in our society, inspiring and motivating and athletes to the present and future.

It will be the first woman to put names to a space of the supreme council for sports. Joaquín Blume gives its name to the residence of athletes and Juan Antonio Samaranch the acts.

Currently, training in Madrid 52 athletes from the royal Spanish Federation of Athletics. This complex, in addition, he concentrations of national and international sportsmen and various training programmes, canoe and sports.

The space of athletics boasts an outdoor 400 meters, which is currently in phase refurbishment, and a module that allows annex to the training of various forms, by having a line of 110 meters, a long jump and triple jump, boom break and height.

In conclusion, the space outdoor covered module, represent more than 6,500 square metres exclusively for athletics.