The award ceremony that the Círculo de Periodistas Deportivos (CPD) grants each year-end was held at the Howard Johnson hotel in the city of Pilar, in the north of Greater Buenos Aires.
“I thank everyone in Argentina and I dedicate this award to the coaching staff and the teammates of the National Team”, Messi referred again through a video, pouring out concepts quite similar to those of the day he won his seventh Ballon d’Or, on November 29.
For his part Schwartzman, who had a great 2020 in which he finished in ninth place in the ATP ranking, his best historical position, and had already obtained the Silver Olympia in 2019, when he was fourteenth, he maintained that Winning the Gold medal was “a dream come true” and he harangued himself by noting that now he wants to “go for more for next year”.
The following representatives of the respective 42 short-lists plus the 10 of adapted sports were awarded with the Olimpia de Plata:
1) Chess: Alan Pichot
2) Athletics: Florence Borelli.
3) Motorsports: José María López.
4) Basketball: Facundo Campazzo.
5) Baseball: Exequiel Talevi
6) Billiards: Gustavo Longo.
7) Bowls: Romina Bolatti.
8) Boxing: Brian Castaño.
9) Boating: Agustín Vernice.
10) Cestoball: María Cecilia Labaké.
11) Cycling: Exequiel Torres.
12) Horse riding: Martín Dopazo
13) Fencing: Belén Pérez Maurice
14) Water Skiing: Kai Ditsch
15) Soccer: Lionel Messi
16) Futsal: Matías Edelstein.
17) Gymnastics: Sol Martínez Fainberg.
18) Golf: Emiliano Grillo.
19) Handball: Leonel Maciel.
20) Field Hockey: Agustina Albertario.
21) Judo: Paula Paretto.
22) Karate: Gonzalo Navarro
23) Fight: Agustín Destribats.
24) Motorcycling: Manuel Andújar
25) Swimming: Julia Sebastián.
26) Paddle: Martín Di Nenno.
27) Skate: Giselle Soler.
28) Duck: Facundo Taberna.
29) Ball: Alfredo Villegas
30) Weights: Dante Pizzuti.
31) Polo: Pablo Pieres (H)
32) Rowing: Milka Kraljev.
33) Rugby: Marcos Moneta.
34) Softball: Bruno Motroni
35) Surf: Leandro Usuna
36) Taekwondo: Lucas Guzmán
37) Tennis: Horacio Zeballos.
38) Table Tennis: Horacio Cifuentes.
39) Shooting: Alexis Eberhardt
40) Turf: Francisco Goncalves.
41) Volleyball: Facundo Conte.
42) Yachting: María Victoria Travascio – Sol Branz.
Adapted sports
1) Athletics: Brian Impellizeri
2) Basketball: María Chirinos.
3) Canoeing: Ariel Atamañuk
4) Cycling: Maxi Gómez.
5) Football (Los Murcielagos): Maximiliano Espinillo.
6) Judo: Eduardo Gauto
7) Swimming: Pipo Charlemagne
8) Rowing: Brenda Sardón
9) Tae Kwondo: Juan Samorano
10) Table Tennis: Constanza Garrone.
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Olimpia Awards: Schwartzman and Messi, two Golden athletes