National Awards in celebration of the Bicentennial of Mexico-US Diplomatic Relations

Hosted by the Ambassador of the United States of America in Mexico, Ken Salazar, the Mexican National Sports Awards civil association, chaired by Dr. Daniel Aceves Villagrán, took place with the aim of generating public policies on sports, at a meeting held in The Benjamin Franklin Library of the Diplomatic Legation.

“With the actions you are developing, we are going to support them strongly, because we believe in what you are doing. The vision, inclusion, equality for all, solidarity and effort this table represents it in a not unique way. These values represent the wealth of unity”, highlighted the US diplomat at the first plenary working meeting of the civil association.”

Within the framework of the 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States, Salazar added that the example of María Espinosa, Mauricio Sulaimán, “are the great stars” of Mexican sports and that future generations will see them as a example to follow.

Triple winner of the National Sports Award in 1984, 2011 and 2017, Aceves Villagrán proposed the creation of the “National Observatory for Sports and Physical Culture”, focused on seeking to guarantee human rights and universal access (sport for all) in the various expressions and that predominantly include the inclusion of girls and women.

In addition to promoting social recognition and a sense of belonging, since being part of a team, we are part of a community; as well as, as a tool to boost crime prevention.

Aceves also highlighted that the civil association will seek to interrupt the intergenerational cycle of poverty, claiming the power of sport as a tool that allows raising the quality and life expectancy, from childhood development and early stimulation and during people’s life line.

He indicated that another of the objectives and goals will be to reduce physical inactivity, sedentary lifestyle and the incidence of chronic non-communicable diseases, reducing premature mortality with preventive actions for self-care of individual, family and social health, and emphasizing the addiction prevention.

Another of the actions will be to design, promote and/or strengthen public policies that articulate the mainstreaming of sport with health, public safety, education, the economy, social cohesion, peace and the environment, explained Aceves Villagrán.

He indicated that the civil association in charge will manage the participation of the private sector to meet the social demand of conventional and adapted, Olympic, Paralympic and special sports.

To promote sustainable development, Aceves presented the project to create the National Mexican Sports Awards Plaza as a tribute to his contribution to national sports.

The president of the World Boxing Council, Mexico National Sports Award Winner in 2020, Mauricio Sulaimán Saldivar, pointed out that he will do what we have to do so that this group is worthy and participates and succeeds in all its activities.

The director of Value, Financial Group, public Mr. Carlos Bremer Gutiérrez, Mexicos National Sports Award winner in 2016, specified that the United States is an example towards sports and among other things it is because they believe in what sports cause in society. “The fact that they are turning to see the heroes of Mexico is very valuable.”

Amalia Pérez, Juan Ignacio Reyes Mauro Máximo, Yadira Lira, Adriana Jiménez, Ricardo del Real, Teocrito Arteaga, José Luis Onofre, Salvador Quirarte and the Olympic medalists Daniel Bautista, Maritere Ramírez, Fernando Platas, Jesús Mena, Carlos Mercenario, Fabián Vázquez, Joel Sánchez, Mario González and Guadalupe Sánchez and María del Rosario Espinosa, were part of this great event.

As special guests Carlos Padilla Becerra, permanent member of the Mexican Olympic Committee; the president of the Mexican Paralympic Committee, Liliana Suárez Carreón and the great host Alejandro Barrón, public affairs specialist for sports diplomacy from the United States Embassy.