Presentation of the official kit of the Spanish Paralympic Team for Paris 2024

He Malaga’s Picasso Museum became the setting chosen for the presentation of the official uniform Paralympic Team spanish during the Games in Paris 2024 and designed and manufactured by the John Smith firm.

In the clothing presentation, 13 prominent athletes from Spanish Paralympic Team: the athletes Adiaratou Iglesias, Gerard Descarrega, William Red, Sara Andres and Deliberate Rodriguez; the swimmers Martha Fernandez and Anastasia Dmytriv; wheelchair basketball players Sonia Ruiz and Ignacio Ortega; the cyclist Sergio Garrotethe judoka Martha Arcethe canoeist Higinio Rivero and the triathlete Nil Riudavets.

The actor from Malaga Save the Queen and the paralympic athlete Desiree Villa in charge of conducting the event, where there was also the participation of the presidents of Junta of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla; of Better advice game, Jose Manuel Rodríguez Uribesand of Spanish Paralympic Committee, Miguel Carballedaas well as to the commercial director of John Smith., Andres Bullido.

After the parade, the kit unveiling featured two more stellar moments. The urban artist Okuda presents a redesign of his famous work ‘Chaos Star‘ for use in equality and, as an ending, Paula Koops performed the official anthem of Spanish Paralympic Team for Paris 2024titled ‘Winning Twice’.

The various parades, exercises, awards and walking costumes, whose creation process began in September 2022, came from an in-depth study of the needs of the delegation, combined with an analysis of the latest Olympic and Paralympic events (equipment of different delegations, infrastructure architecture, sports disciplines, opening show, etc.), to find elements of inspiration that are subsequently adapted to the character of the brand John Smith.

In total, 23,614 garments and accessories of 49 different models were produced: suits for the opening ceremony parade, all kinds of clothes for being in Paralympic Village (t-shirts, polo shirts, jackets, sweatshirts, pants and sneakers), the clothes in which the athletes will climb the podium to receive their medals and also the bags and suitcases needed to transport all this material. The kits were prepared for about 700 people and more than 20,000 meters of fabric were used, amounting to a global weight of 11,461.54 kg, of which 5,206.42 corresponded to clothing, 1,099.17 to footwear and 5,155.95 remaining, accessories like caps, backpacks etc, towels .

The color palette used has a Mediterranean character, reinterpreting some of the tones traditionally used to dress the national teams. For example, the classic navy blue is divided into a range of nuanced blues that are enriched in appearance by the strong fabrics used in some garments. The same happens with raw tones that replace white.

With the use of this color, a new equipment is achieved, with a more casual look and where the subtle touches of the graphics with the flag effect and the official logos personalize the garments and allow them to recognize as the same as Spanish Paralympic Team for Paris 2024 Games.

Aguirre and Inc. is a company founded in Spain in 1951 with the objective of marketing sports equipment. John Smith is one of its brands, created in 1970. Since then it has collaborated with various Federations providing equipment for its athletes. In addition, it has been a provider of Spanish Olympic Team in Atlanta 96 and the teams Olympics and Paralympic national to Athens 2004

After Tokyo 2020 Gameshe Spanish Paralympic Committee held a competition to select the supplier of the next kits, awarded to Aguirre and Cía. As a result of this collaboration, the Madrid company has already dressed the national delegation in Beijing 2022 Winter Games and in Allianz Winter Paralympic Promise Teamin both cases with a mark of +8000, and in the choice to represent Spain in European Games de Youth of 2022with the John Smith.