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Alejandro Blanco will continue as president of the Spanish Olympic Committee until 2025

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Alexander White he is the only candidate for the elections to the presidency of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE). This Friday, October 29, the deadline for submission of candidatures for the period 2021-2025 closed. Given this scenario, it will be next Thursday, November 4, when the Electoral Board meets to examine and admit or reject said candidacy. If this is admitted, Alejandro Blanco will be proclaimed the only candidate for the elections.

The Spanish Olympic Committee has confirmed that Alejandro Blanco has the “unanimous support of the 35 Olympic Federations” and of “the vast majority of the Non-Olympic Federations”. As for the 35 Olympic Federations, they are the ones that have presented the required endorsements in their favor. And this is something that has been repeated over time. Because this will be the fifth term of the Galician at the head of the COE.

Alejandro Blanco was elected president of the Spanish Olympic Committee for the first time in 2005 -before this he was the president of the Royal Spanish Federation of Judo and Associated Sports-. Since then, he has been holding the position, demonstrating transparency, elegance and leadership skills. He is one of the most respected leaders and that is why his mandate will extend even beyond the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Precisely, this week Alejandro Blanco received the gold medal of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as a prize and distinction for his work at the head of the COE after carrying out one of his most important and humanitarian projects: the creation of the first sports center in the world only for refugees.

“I receive with immense pride the IOC gold medal that recognizes a project that I dreamed of for a long time. The Refugee Center is a symbol with which sport extends its borders. Thanks to the IOC and its president, Thomas Bach, for recognize it, “said an emotional Alejandro Blanco who has as a challenge for the future that Madrid be the headquarters of some JJOO.

Full statement

“As established in the Electoral Calendar and Regulations, this Friday, October 29, at 12.00 hours the deadline for submitting candidacies for the presidency of the Spanish Olympic Committee for the period 2021-2025 has ended. Once again, Alejandro Blanco he has been the only candidate who has presented, with the required documents, his formal candidacy before the general secretary of the Spanish Olympic Committee.

Alejandro Blanco has the unanimous support of the 35 Olympic Federations, who have presented their respective endorsements in his favor, as they did in previous electoral processes, and of the vast majority of the Non-Olympic Federations.

Next Thursday, November 4, the Electoral Board meets to examine and admit or reject said candidacy, proclaiming, if they consider it, Alejandro Blanco as the only candidate for the elections to the presidency of the COE 2021 “.

[Más información: Madrid y COE ya trabajan juntos para ser sede de unos Juegos Olímpicos]

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