The family of the legendary athlete Jordi Llopartthe first Spanish Olympic medalist in athletics, made a donation to the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum, which will dedicate an exhibition to the runner El Prat de Llobregatdied in 2020.
This temporary exhibition, which runs until March 2025, will include some of the most iconic objects from the career of Loparta specialist in the 50 kilometer walk, such as the silver medal obtained at the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980 and the gold in 1978 European Championship held in Prague.
The shirt the athlete used last and the numbers he wore on Seoul 1988 and Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games They will also be part of an exhibition aimed at promoting the career of one of the country’s most influential athletes.
The presentation of the donation took place this Thursday at the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum in an intimate meeting, where the director of the center, Francesc Terrón, and some relatives of Lopart.
Terrón explained to EFE that for Olympic Museum It is “an honor to have the first medal in the history of Spanish athletics” and he stressed that this donation will help them “preserve the historical legacy” of Jordi Llopart.
In this sense, Moisés Llopartbrother of the athlete, assured that this agreement will allow the “continuation of history” of achieving the first gold in Prague, a milestone that he defined as a turning point, because, “since then, the Spanish walking always wins medals.”
Source: La Verdad
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