Jon Rahm and Alexia Putellas receive the National Sports Awards, as the best athletes of 2021
Euskaraz irakurri: Rahmek eta Putellasek Espainiako Kirol Sari Nazionalak jaso dituzte, 2021eko kirolaririk onenak izateagatik
the golfer jon rahm and the soccer player Alexia Putellas have received this Tuesday, in Madrid, the National Sports Awardsas best athletes of 2021. Rahm has been recognized with this award for having achieved, in 2021, win the US Open and access, for the first time, to the first place in the world ranking. The one from Barrika could not be present at the award ceremony, and his mother, Ángela Rodríguez, has been in charge of collecting it.
Thus, jon rahm He has been awarded the Rey Felipe Award, which is awarded to the best athlete of each year in Spain. The Basque golfer is currently in a great moment, since He just won his second big one, the Augusta Mastersand is again in the first place of the world ranking.
Ángela Rodríguez, mother of Jon Rahm, has collected the award on behalf of her son. Photo: EFE.
For his part, Alexia Putellas, FC Barcelona midfielder, has seen awarded, with the Queen Letizia Award that is awarded to the best athlete in the Spanish State each year, his outstanding achievements in 2021; In that year, Putellas won the Champions League with his team and, individually, he won the Ballon d’Or and The Best of FIFA, awards that he also received in 2022.
The Queen and the King of Spain have presided over the event, which has recognized the people and entities that distinguished themselves the most, in 2021, in the competition or in the promotion of sport. The Higher Sports Council (CSD), which is attached to the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Government of Spain, received more than 150 applications for this 2021 edition of the National Sports Awards, a figure never before reached in the course of these awards, which have been given since 1982.
Source: Eitb
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