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TM the Kings have presided over the delivery of the National Prizes of Deporte 2004, accompanied by Their Height Real Prince de Asturias, Their Heights Reales Infants Doña Elena and Doña Cristina, Don Jaime de Marichalar and Don Iñaki Urdangarin, in an act celebrated in the Palace of El Pardo.
To his arrival, and already in the Barceló Hall, where the ceremony took place, they were received by His Height Real Infant Doña Pilar; the president of the Community of Madrid, Hope Aguirre; minister of Education and Ciencia, Maria Jesus San Segundo; the Secretary of State for Deporte, Jaime Lissavetzky; and the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, White Alexander. Next, the chief of a main directorate of Sports of the CSD, White Rafael Perea, gave reading to the act of concession of the Prizes, to begin to his delivery. These awards, that are granted by the Superior Council of Sports, distinguish the sportsmen, associations and organizations that are outstanding in the promotion and impulse of the sport activity. The jury was presided over by the chief of a main directorate of Sports of the CSD, and was made up of 28 members pertaining to the CSD, Independent Federations, Communities, Local and sport Corporations of prestige.
The Prizes Queen Sofía and Don Felipe de Borbón, to the Spanish sportswoman and the sportsman who have distinguished themselves more during the year in their sport performance, as much at national level as international, were for Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Serra de Migni (Equestrian) and David Lime Figueroa (Piragüismo), respectively.
The Prize Infant of Spain Doña Elena, to the person or organization who is outstanding by a specially excellent gesture of nobility or actually sport fare-play, or that has lent a special contribution in the eradication of the violence in the sport, was for the Navarrese Institute of Deporte and Juventud.
The Prize Infant of Spain Doña Cristina, to the masculine or feminine sportsman who, by the results obtained during the year, have supposed the most significant revelation of the Spanish sport panorama, was for Rafael Martinez Drill (Gymnastics).
The Trophy Latin American Community, to the Latin American sportsman who more is outstanding during the year in his international sport performances, was for Felix Sanchez (Athletics - Dominican Republic).
The Glass Baron of Güell, to the equipment or national selection that has been distinguished more by its sport performance during the year, was for the Spanish Equipment of Glass Davis.
The Olimpia Prize, to the person or organization who by her own sport performance or the promotion of the activity of others is outstanding specially in the diffusion and improves of the sport activity between the physical diminished ones, psychic or sensorial, was for the Spanish Federation of Physical Sports for Minusválidos.
The Stadium Glass, to the person or organization who is outstanding by her special contribution during the year to promotion tasks and promotion of the sport, was for the Savings bank of the Immaculate one of Aragón. The Prize Superior Advice of Sports, to the Spanish City council that more is outstanding during the year by its initiatives for the promotion of the sport, either in the promotion and organization of activities or or in the dowry of communitarian facilities, was for the Insular Town hall of Tenerife.
The Trophy Joaquin Blume, to the teaching institution that has specially distinguished during the year by its work of promotion and promotion of the sport, was for the University of Valladolid.
The National Prize to the Arts and Sciences Applied to Deporte, to the professional who, in the exercise of his activity, are outstanding by a work or have contributed to impel or to spread the physical-sport activity of singular form or throughout its professional life, were for architect Santiago Calatrava Valls.
(Palace of El Pardo. Madrid, 19 of December of 2005)
