The mayor receives the local athlete Paulina VAllejo, who at 77 has just proclaimed herself European champion in launch

The mayor José Miguel Luengo personally congratulated Paulina Vallejo, Athlete of the Athletics Club San Javier that at 77 years old just got a gold medal and two silver in the Championship of Europe Veterans celebrated last March in Madrid, in the category of over 75 years. Paulina achieved gold in launch with a 21.25m mark; and silver by weight, with 8.01m. and in hammer with 24m.

The veteran athlete, who for years is a regular of the local sports facilities, proudly showed their medals at Mayor and the Councilor for Sports, Estíbaliz Masegosa, who they undertook to study the possibility of helping him you can optimize your workouts and face new competitions.

The Spanish Veterans Championship, in Vitoria at the end of June, and the Veterans World Championship to be held in Malaga in September, are the next goals of Paulina Vallejo, a woman passionate about the sport in which she started when she was 42 years old. She started running although a knee injury forced her to change of sports discipline.

After a fruitful stage in archery, and without abandoning tennis or his gym sessions, he ended up at the launch, where despite of your knee problems to turn, you just need the strength of trunk for situ