The mayor of Cehegín, Alicia del Amor, accompanied by the councilors, José Antonio Zafra and Juan Martínez, have received, in the Plenary Hall of City Hall, Ceheginero Miguel Guillamón Pérez, 13, who this past June has won in Ciudad Real the individual Spanish championship in the specialty of high jump athletics.
The mark obtained was 1.57 meters in sub category 14. The athlete has been accompanied on the spot by his family and friends and Rosendo Berengüí, trainer and alma mater of Cehegín Atlético.
Miguel started in athletics in 2015 at Club Cehegín Atlético. In 2016, he began to compete at the regional level, remaining 2nd in 100 meters.
In the year 2017 it remains 2 ° in high jump and 3 ° in combined tests at regional level.
In the year 2018 he won in the modality of high jump and is summoned for the Murcian team for the interprovincial championship held in Valencia, remaining 3rd and adding points for the men's team to win the championship.
Already, in the year 2019, he won the regional winter and summer high jump championships.
He is summoned by the Murcian team for the interprovincial that is disputed in Yecla and gets the first position in height with a mark of 1.58 meters and adding the points so that the team wins the interprovincial.
In Soria, in the Spanish triathlon championship, he stays 2 ° in high jump and beats his personal mark in 1.62 meters.
The mayor praised Miguel and commented that "although he is young, he is worthy of example for many children of Cehegín, because he has made sport an alternative of training, effort and improvement." All those values ​​that instills the practice of sport and that serve as discipline in youth, as a tool to be better individually and collectively. "
Alicia del Amor has concluded that "it is a joy from my position as mayor, also from the work I have professionally developed as a sports instructor, because I know of the hard effort that all athletes have to make to succeed"
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín