The Palace of The Pardo of Madrid had the gala of delivery of the National Prizes of the Sport 2021, with Alexia Putellas, player of the FC Barcelona being one of the recognised. The captain of the Barcelona club, in the final stages of his recovery by an injury of knee, received the Prize Reina Letizia of hands of Her Majesty the Queen Letizia.
The successes harvested by the mediocampista to individual level and community did him merecedora of the prestigious distinction since the player won in 2021 the Champions League, LaLiga F and the Glass of the Queen with the Barça Femení, in addition to being awarded with the Balloon of Gold and with the title 'The Best' of FIFA, individual prizes that repeated in the 2022 in spite of having suffered the mentioned break in one of his knees.
Recognition for the best of all the world
Of this form, Alexia follows adding recognitions and for east has been accompanied besides by the president culé Joan Laporta and of the responsible director of the Feminine Football Xavier Puig, as it explained the own club. Already in statements to 'Barça TV', Putellas ensured that "it never had received this prize and have been looking the record of winners of this prize and only seat that pride. The best athletes of the country of all the history have carried this prize, and that appear my name, my club and my sport, the football, is a pride".
Of face to what remains of season and to the eliminatory of semifinals of Champions explained that "I expect that the day 27 in the Spotify Camp Nou also generate a big environment, helps a lot of. Chelsea is a big team, first is necessary to go to Stamford Bridge this Saturday and expect to bring a positive result but whatever happens will close in the Spotify Camp Nou and there is where need to the fans".
A winning institution in a lot of disciplines
In the same act also was rewarded the Barcelona olympic champion, triple champion of the world and plusmarquista world-wide of triple jump, Yulimar Rojas. The Venezuelan has been also distinguished for the second time like sportsman of Latin America more stood out of the year, with the Trophy Community Iberoamericana and could pose beside Alexia and Laporta like members of the Catalan entity.