In the sample is the trophy that the Ecuadorian delegation won in the South American Swimming Championship, held in Lima in March 1938.
Commemorating the 201 years of Independence of Guayaquil, the National Sports Federation of Ecuador (Fedenador) together with the Olympic and Sports Philatelic Association of Ecuador, the Fundación Artes sin Límites Ecuador and Panathlon Ecuador carry out the exhibition Brief reviews of Fedenador, It can be seen at the César Muñoz Vicuña Sports Complex until next Wednesday, October 27, Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 00, admission is free.
The opening ceremony of the exhibition was presided over Jose Arevalo, president of the Fedenador; they accompanied him César Pólit Ycaza, President of Panathlon Club Guayaquil; Monica Moreira, District Director of Education Zone 8 District 09D04-Febres Cordero; Melvin zavala, Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education, Sports and Recreation of the University of Guayaquil, among other sports authorities.
Pólit gave the opening remarks highlighting the Fedenador beginnings and the achievements that this entity has obtained as a matrix of formative sport.
Arevalo thanked the presence of the attendees and invited citizens so that you can go to observe the exhibition and be able to remember the history of this organization and its work for the benefit of amateur sport. He stressed that it can be seen from the trophy that Ecuador won with the team of the Four musketeers, in Lima, to the stone with the face of the bronze medalist in the last Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020, Kiara Rodriguez.
Rodríguez received a plaque for the medal he obtained in the long jump category T46 of the Games in Such and his coach Jose Bernardo Valdés He was recognized for the work he does as a trainer in athletics.
Arévalo Santana together with Jefferson Olaya, vice president of Fedenador, and Monica Moreira they cut the opening ribbon of the exhibition.
During the tour of the exhibition, attendees will be able to observe medals of important sporting events at the national level, such as National games, and international, as competitions of the Olympic cycle, world, south americans, Pan-Americans, the official uniform used by the marcher Jefferson Perez Quezada in Atlanta 1996 (where he won the gold medal), as well as the teams of the Ecuadorian delegation of Tokyo 2020.
The sample has stones painted by Ecuadorian artists in which the athletes who obtained medals for Ecuador and especially in recent Tokyo Olympics; There is also evidence on the creation of the Fedenador and its first act drawn up in the handwriting of its secretary Daniel Cañizares, on May 25, 1925.
It is recalled that the first directory of the Fedenador was integrated Manuel Seminario Sáenz de Tejada, President; Commander Eloy Proaño, vice president; Daniel Alberto Cañizares, secretary; Eduardo Tamayo, treasurer; Rafael Alvarado, Francisco Arízaga, Luis Sevilla, Ricardo Zambrano and Orlando Vera, members. There is also a gallery with the rest of the presidents.
First international success
On March 27, 1938, four young people from Guayaquil –Carlos Luis and Abel Gilbert, Luis Alcívar and Ricardo Planas– conquered the title of South American Swimming Championship and gave our country the first international success in the history of Ecuadorian sports.
The gold medal is considered a feat because there were only four athletes who traveled to compete by decision of the Arduino Tomassi coach and they did it only in freestyle. At that time no one believed that a small, inexperienced team could defeat full casts from powerful nations such as Argentina, Uruguay, Chile or Peru, which already had participations, Olympic titles and registered at least a dozen swimmers. (D)
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