Marian Soriano: “ it is very important that sport is nurtured by its great players, like Ale Quereda ”

• The Olympic subcampeona games 2016 River will be the new sorter individual gymnastics national
• The General director for sports of CSD stresses the “ generosity, commitment and leadership ” of the Spanish gymnast

Madrid, 17 October 2018.- The Superior Council of Sports today has hosted the presentation of Alejandra Quereda as new sorter national of rhythmic gymnastics individually. The event has been chaired by Marian Soriano, General manager of CSD, which has been accompanied by Joanne Carballo, president of the Spanish Federation of Gymnastics.




Soriano has praised the incorporation of the Team Captain Olympic runner-up in River 2016 because “ it is very important that sport is nurtured by its great actors. Alejandra Quereda can provide great generosity, commitment and leadership. Nobody knows better than it that behind every medal there are plenty of the hours of training and high quality. This project was innovative and bet for youth ”, has highlighted.




The appointment of Quereda has been accompanied by the presentation of a new training center in Valencia, which will support the Colonial Group, which in the words of Soriano, “ generates good prospects for the incorporation of private companies who want to lend a hand to sport and opens new perspectives to other Spanish sports federations ”




Alejandra Quereda has claimed that assumes that challenge “ with the aim of improving the results, achieving a national team united and create a solid structure to fight for the Olympic square for games of Paris 2024. ” Has also had words of gratitude to CSD, since the Alicante gymnast came in 2008 in the residence Blume and it remained until 2017. Collated its work sorter with their studies medicine. It is also benefiting from 2013 programme of Attention to the Sportsman (PROAD) of CSD.




For its part, Joanne Carballo, president of the Spanish Federation of gymnastics, has stressed that the election of Quereda “ opens a new project sports, with great potential for the future, in a historical modality for sport Spanish. Alejandra is very young and responsible, with capacity of leadership and teamwork ”, has highlighted Carballo.




The presentation of Quereda have attended her companions of the team that won the silver in the Olympic Games of River 2016: Artemi Gavezou, Sandra Aguilar and Elena López, sorter of whole Anna Baranova and trainer Sara Bayón, as well as the current sets of rhythmic gymnastics senior and junior.