Spain and the sport1

SPAIN AND THE SPORT

SPAIN is practiced many sports

• Football• Tennis• Basketball• Cycling• Motorcycle racing• Handball

GRAND PRINX MOTORCYCLE RACING

MotoGP World Championship is JORGE LORENZO.

Moto2 World Championship is MARC MARQUEZ.

They are the best. They are number ONE.

He became the youngest Spanish professional cyclist to win the Tour de France. He is the only Spanish rider who has achieved the three Grand Tours cyclists in the world (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Tour of Spain.

This year he won again the 2012 Tour of SPAIN.

CYCLING

ALBERTO CONTADOR

TENNIS RAFAEL NADAL He is considered the greatest player of

all time clay court and one of the best in tennis history.Winner of 11 Grand Slam titles: Roland Garros Tournament Championship seven times, Wimbledon where he has twice been a finalist, Australia Open on one occasion ,where he has also been a finalist and U.S. Open where he was also finalist. He has also achieved the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics and is part of the Davis Cup team in Spain since 2004, having been raised with the victory on four occasions.

BASKETBALL

The best Spanish player is: PAU GASOLHe has achieved significant victories, incluiding five medalls in The European Championships.This year has been awarded the Prize for the best Citizen.He currently plays for Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA

SPANISH COPA DAVID TEAM

Spain has won the Davis Cup five times disputing the final on three occasions more. This past decade has become the clear dominator of the competition, prominently leading the ranking of nations and achieving in the last four years three titles, which become the most successful team so far this century.Also currently holds the record for unbeaten in eliminatory disputed on clay with 26 consecutive victories.

HANDBALL

• The Spanish handball team repeated as World Champion after running over Denmark in the final perfect.

The greatest successes are been proclaimed World Champion in the World Cup 2005 held in Tunisia and eight years later, at the World Cup held in Spain in 2013. Furthermore, in recent years has gained:

three bronze medals in Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008)

another bronze medal at the 2011 World Cup.

three silver medals and one bronze in the European Championships

and a gold at the Mediterranean Games.

BARCELONA FOOTBALL CLUB

REAL MADRID FOOTBALL CLUB

FOOTBALL HAS TWO GREAT TEAMS

FAMOUS SPORTMEN LIKE:

IKER CASILLAS, THE BEST GOALKEEPER OF THE LAST YEARS

OTHERS SPORTMEN:SERGIO RAMOS

XAVI ALONSOANDRÉS INIESTADAVID VILLA…

The Spanish team has been recognized worldwide and awarded Prince of Asturias Award for Sports and the Laureus Award, considered the Oscar of sports, the best international team of the year. He was also named in 2011 for the fourth consecutive year as best team by FIFA.

SPAIN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

All together for their teamwork, respect each other, his good play, have won significant triumph. Nowadays, SPAIN is the World Cup Champion and European Championship.

Sports help to the pupils to get success considering our pyramid.

SUCCESS

COMPETITIVE

GREATNESS

SELF-CONTROL

INITIATIVE

INTENTNESS

TEAM SPIRIT

CONFIDENCE

ENTHUSIASM

COOPERATION

LOYALTY

FRIENDSHIP

FAITH PATIENCE