by Gaston Vila Calderon
elchorrillero.com
Updated: 12/29/2024 00:24
Sunday, December 29, 2024 • 00:24
29/12/2024 • 00:24
The Chorrillero made a survey of the athletes who throughout 2024 stood out in various disciplines. Many of them are an inspiration for new generations who dream of achieving excellence.
There are athletes who have represented San Luis in national and international competitions, standing out in disciplines such as soccer, handball, paddle tennis, judo and other branches of sport.
Each one of them showed dedication and great effort. With perseverance, different experiences and motivations they have been overcoming challenges and leaving marks in their respective disciplines.
They all promote sports in the province, promoting the importance of physical activity and teamwork because beyond some individual achievements, there is always a family and coaching staff behind it.
James Parker: The 30-year-old handball player was the protagonist of a historic event. He represented the province with the Argentine National Team at the Paris Olympic Games. Thus, San Luis gave the present after 96 years at the greatest sporting event. The last had been the boxer Arturo Rodríguez Jurado who won the gold medal in Amsterdam 1924.
Parker emerged from the San Marcos Institute, trained at the San Luis Handball Club and served as a winger in “Los Gladiadores”.
Leonardo Balerdi: The 25-year-old defender is the captain of Olympique de Marseille in France’s Ligue 1. He was chosen as the best defender in the Europa League and made his debut with the Argentine National Team in official matches. It was against Venezuela in the Qualifiers.
Santiago Solari: He was born on January 19, 1998 in Arizona and became champion of the Copa Sudamericana with Racing. The Academy obtained an international title after 36 years.
Valentino Libaak: Valentino Libaak from Villamercedes in his World Cup debut at 19 years old and accompanied by Leo Augsburger (he ended up injured) won the third decisive game of the final against Spain (Yanguas and Paquito Navarro) in Qatar and with the Argentine National Team that had the San Luis native on the team Sanyo Gutiérrez, became world champions in padel.
Keisy Perafán: The 28-year-old judoka won the Morocco and Ivory Coast Open. She was also Pan American champion in Chile and Peru. Due to a change in the qualifying regulations, he was on the verge of competing in the Olympic Games.
Valentina Aguado: At 23 years old he continues to make history in sport climbing. She was crowned Pan American champion in the Lead category (difficulty) and obtained the silver medal in Boulder. The appointment was in Santiago, Chile. To end 2024, he won the titles in the Lead and Boulder events of the IFSC South American Sports Climbing Cup after getting on the podium in both events at the last stop of the competition that took place at the Cajuru Olympic Park in Curitiba. Brazil. He received the Centennial Award. The athlete from San Luis was chosen in her specialty by the Argentine Olympic Committee.
Tomas Villegas: He is 20 years old and has a great track record in athletics where he is already making people talk. He was Argentine champion this year at the Pedro Presti Sports Center and that earned him a call to represent the Argentine National Team in the South American U23 Championship in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
With his personal best, he established a final time of 10.41 in the definition of the 100 meters. He finished as runner-up and the same result was replicated in the 200m test. He is the fastest in the province in history.
Ezequiel Oliva: He is 27 years old, he is 1.84 meters tall and at 14 he began to venture into the discipline of rugby wearing the colors of Chancay. In 2017. He became Alumni and has always been growing athletically. In the current season he played games as a prop, on the left (1) or right (3).
He became the first San Luis native to be champion of the URBA (Buenos Aires Rugby Union), which is the most important tournament in the country.
Agostina Santín: The hockey player from San Luis is 24 years old and with the Buenos Aires National Team she won the Argentine Senior National Team. He played for Las Leoncitas, maintaining the highest category (A) in the metropolitan hockey championship, with the San Lorenzo de Almagro club.
Yoselin “La Guerrera” Poma: The boxer is 25 years old and trains at the El Luchador gym in the Eva Perón neighborhood in the city of San Luis. This year he debuted as a professional and has accumulated 8 fights. He won all of them, one of them on the fast track. He signed a contract with the prestigious promoter Arano Box and in 2025 he will have the opportunity to compete for a title.
Jeremías Soria: He was crowned world champion in bocce ball in Puerto Rico. At 17 years old, he managed, together with his partner Carmelo Retamar, to get to the top of the podium in the pair category.
Patricia Reve: She became the first woman from San Luis to receive a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and became the world runner-up in Las Vegas, United States.
Patricia Reve at the top of the podium.
Igor Joloidovsky: With the Argentine National Team he finished in third place in the U15 South American Basketball Championship that took place in Ecuador. He started as a forward in Sociedad Española and the young talent from the province is wanted by Boca Juniors.
Mauricio Vallejo: He is 15 years old and won first place in air rifle breaking in older youth. It was in the National Youth Shooting Championship that took place at the Polygon of the City of Buenos Aires. He also won Gold at the Evita Games and is ranked as one of the best in the country.
Juan Martín Quiroga: At 6 years old he is the youngest national Olympic Cross Country cycling champion in the country.
Mine Francesca Acosta: She is 11 years old and was runner-up in the Federal Jumping Championship that was held in Rosario. He jumped 70 centimeters and in training he passes the meter. The best in the country were at the tournament and it was organized by the Argentine Equestrian Federation.
Theo Galli: The swimmer from the Concarán Model Pool represented the country in the Pacific Cup that was held in Bolivia. He was champion in the 100 meter breaststroke and runner-up in the 200 meter. He recorded several successes, such as the one achieved in the National Swimming Championships in the Cadet category, in which he won the 50, 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events.
He was named captain of the Argentine youth team in his category (he is 15 years old).
Sofia Aguilar: He is 16 years old and is dedicated to figure skating. She was selected to represent the country and participated in the European semifinal of the Artistic International Series 2024. The competition was held between May 17 and 26 in Trieste, Italy. The best in the discipline of the old continent were present.
Rhythmic Style: Gymnasts Pauline Anliker, Lucía Olivera, Guillermina Santarone, Camila Schaffer, Valentina Romero and Josefina Falfán became South American champions in Chile in the hoop apparatus modality. After 12 years where they were among the best on the continent, they said goodbye as a joint team.
Angie Pérez: The soccer player is 13 years old and plays for River Plata. She became AFA champion and international runner-up in Qatar. She was chosen as one of the three best players of the Sub 14 in Argentina and in Millonario she is the great figure of the squad in her category.
Aine Moran: She is 12 years old and in her category, the Concarán native has won different tennis regionals throughout the year. He competed at the national level and is one of the great promises of the discipline.
Martin Duplessis: In Fiambalá, after passing through five stages through San Juan, Chilecito and Tinogasta, the Latin rally raid competition, supervised by the International Motocross Federation, ended. It was a triumph and South American title in M1 Motorcycles, for Martín Duplesis from Villa Merced. He is an official Honda Brazil driver.
Luis Garcia: The 71-year-old rally driver won the provincial championship in class A and overall. He established himself in the most important single-wheel drive competition in the country along with his navigator Matías Varas. It is the sixth title that the Concarán representative has obtained.
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