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PERUVIAN CONGRESS HOLDS CEREMONY IN HONOR OF PAN AMERICAN MEDALISTS
The ceremony also featured UK Ambassador Kate Harrison, who stated that Peru—after organizing the Pan American Games—can accomplish anything it sets out to do.
A deserved tribute. The Peruvian Congress paid tribute to the effort, discipline and dedication of the Peruvian athletes who won medals at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games in an emotional ceremony which also had the athletes’ coaches and families as guests.
Congresswoman Paloma Noceda organized this ceremony for the athletes whose achievements are a source of pride for Peru. In her speech, the former 2015 jet skiing champion highlighted the fact that Peru claimed three times as many medals at Lima 2019 than at Toronto 2015. “It means a significant improvement for sports in Peru,” she said.
Kate Harrison, Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Peru, said that the athletes’ achievements in the Games are impressive, a source of pride and an example not only for Peruvians but for many other people who followed the Games from other countries. “These 39 medals are the legacy you’ve left for many girls and boys who now want to be just like you,” she told athletes.
She also congratulated the Lima 2019 organizing team, the volunteers, and particularly President of the Organizing Committee Carlos Neuhaus, for turning Lima into the capital of sports for the last few years. “On behalf of the British Government, I’d like to congratulate you. The message you’ve left is that Peru is capable of organizing mega sports events; Peru can accomplish anything it sets out to do,” she stated.
Sebastián Suito, President of IPD, stressed that a new page in the history of sports in Peru has been written. “Now we’ll have role models to follow. That’s why we are eternally grateful to you.”
The medalists who were part of the ceremony were Diego Elías, Daniela Rosas, Lucca Mesinas, Claudia Suárez, Kevin Martínez, Oliver del Castillo, Hugo del Castillo, Vania Torres, María Fernanda Reyes, Marco Carrillo, among others.