Royal Central - Prince Ricardo De La Cerda
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain had their annual appointment with the handing out of the National Awards for Sports.
On 18 April, Their Majesties welcomed authorities and award recipients at El Pardo Royal Palace in Madrid, where the ceremony is traditionally held. They were accompanied by the Minister of Sports, the President of the Superior Council of Sports, and the Presidents of the Spanish Olympic and Paralympic Committees, among others.
The King and Queen handed out awards in 13 different categories, six of which are named after members of the Royal Family:
Other prizes were the Latin-American Community Trophy, for sportspeople from Latin America, the Barón de Güell Cup for best team, the Stadium Cup for entities promoting sports, the Superior Council of Sports Prize for any Spanish local institution that promotes sports and physical activity, the Joaquín Blume Trophy for educational institutions that promote sports, the National Prize for Arts and Sciences Applied to Sports for people or entities that promote dissemination about sports, and the Francisco Fernández Ochoa National Prize for careers dedicated to sports.
Following the ceremony, King Felipe and Queen Letizia took some time to chat with the award winners, authorities, and some of the people who picked up the prizes for the recipients who couldn’t be present.