Alvaro Martin says goodbye to professional athletics. The double Olympic medalist in Paris announced his retirement on the day he received the Extremadura Medal for his great sporting merits.
The athlete had already confirmed a few weeks ago that those in Paris would be his last. Olympic Games, But in this emotional act he went further and confirmed that he would no longer compete professionally. Álvaro Martín thus retires from athletics with flying colors, after adding a gold medal in the mixed walk with María Pérez and a bronze medal in the 20 kilometer walk.
Exactly his companion in fatigue and his great friend. Maria Perez He personally presented him with the Extremadura Medal. At this gala, Álvaro Martín took advantage of the presence of his relatives and different personalities to retire as a professional civil servant.
“I announce that the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were my last competition as a professional athlete. I say goodbye with pain and sadness, but also with joy for the new path that opens up on the horizon for me. I want to retire alone. at the top “It’s time to continue conquering things beyond the athletics track,” Martín confirmed.
Her mixed relay partner, María Pérez, shed tears and could not help but get emotional at the precise moment that Álvaro Martín announced his farewell to professional athletics.
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Olympic and world race walking champion Álvaro Martín Uriol collects the Extremadura Medal from his partner, athlete María Pérez: “In one way or another, all Extremadurans feel conquering.”
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Álvaro Martín retires, as he himself said, on a good note. His two medals passed Paris Olympic Games They hailed him as one of the best Spanish athletes in the last Olympic event.
First, he won bronze in the 20 kilometer walk behind the Ecuadorian Brian Daniel Pintado and the Brazilian Caio Bonfim. Later, together with María Pérez, he was proclaimed Olympic champion in the new mixed relay modality, thus signing one of the five gold medals won by the Spanish delegation.
Natural of the city of Llerena, In Badajoz, Álvaro Martín was world champion in the 20 and 35 kilometres walk in 2023, and also took the European throne in the 20 kilometres walk in 2018 and 2022.
