The elite of world sport surrender to Santa Susanna’s ability to organize large-scale events

Those attending the 86th Congress of the AIPS and the Sport Media Awards emphasize that the municipality has a privileged environment that allows events or working days to be combined with leisure, nature and sports activity

On the first day of the World Congress of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), the mayor of Santa Susanna, Joan Campolier, addressed the 400 attendees from the five continents in this way: “They have chosen you very well and I assure you that they have not made a mistake”. Campolier was referring to the fact that the main association of the sports press around the world chose Santa Susanna to hold its 86th congress, which coincides with the centenary of the association born in 1924.

For four days, Santa Susanna has been the host municipality for those attending the AIPS Sport Media Awards Congress and Gala. And in all the public and private interventions that Mayor Campolier has made during these years, he has not tired of explaining the goodness of the town, which he has compared to an oasis. The opinion of sports leaders, sports journalists and athletes who have come to these events not only does not disprove this, but reinforces the idea that Santa Susanna is an ideal place to hold major competitions or work meetings because it allows combine it with a privileged natural environment, with quiet leisure and sports activity.

These are some of the opinions of the main sportsmen, leaders or international sports journalists who have been in Santa Susanna these days:

Edwin Moses, former athlete and triple Olympic medalist and two-time world champion:

“Santa Susanna is a wonderful sports destination, and I can’t wait to go back, get an electric bike and ride up and down. If I have to organize an event I would come and do it here, without a doubt.”

UEFA Competitions Director Tobias Hedtstück:

“Santa Susanna has a spectacular infrastructure to host congresses, and offers all the facilities to make these events a success”

Dobromir Karamarinov, president of European Athletics:

“Santa Susanna is an ideal place to organize global events like this, it’s the perfect setting”

Leonz Eder, president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU):

“Santa Susanna is the ideal place to host events. The infrastructures are fantastic, the environment is very good, the gastronomy excellent and the people very welcoming. Come to Santa Susanna and enjoy your stay”

Ali Kiremitçioglu, Vice President of the Turkish Olympic Committee:

“I have seen that there are many good professionals in Santa Susanna, with the skills to organize events of different dimensions, some at a very high level like this one from AIPS”

Zsuzsa Csisztu, vice president of AIPS:

“After this experience, I can do no more than recommend that everyone come to know and enjoy Santa Susanna, an extraordinary place, with a very welcoming population.”

Tomas Giordano, press director of UEFA:

“Santa Susanna has everything to organize events at world level, and it also has the beach and the mountains so that after the events people can enjoy the natural environment”

Julián Redondo, president of the Spanish Sports Press Association:

“This event demonstrates the organizational capacity that Santa Susanna has, with its mayor and its people, able to attract people from more than 110 countries, many more than the last AIPS Congress that was held last year in China”

Lionel Dangoumau, director of the French newspaper L’Équipe:

“Santa Susanna has a very suitable size to host many congressmen, with very modern facilities and all the services visitors need”

Kiera Byland, former Special Olympics athlete and Olympic medalist:

“My first impression in Santa Susanna is fantastic, despite being a small town it is able to organize a great event like this, showing the world its potential”

Juan Ignacio Gallardo, director of the newspaper Marca:

“Organizing this congress is strategically very interesting, since Santa Susanna manages to have ambassadors from all the nations of the world, and who talk about this very pleasant destination and this municipality that is ideal for spending a holiday there”

Santa Susanna has been working for more than a year to achieve this AIPS summit that allows the municipality to be part of the history of this centenary association with more than 15,000 members worldwide.

The 86th AIPS Congress, apart from its internal work, has hosted numerous presentations by the organizers of the Paris Olympics, UEFA, FIFA, the European Athletics Championship, Unesco, FISU, the America’s Sailing Cup, among others. Also within the framework of this summit, Edwin Moses, considered the king of the 400 meter hurdles race, presented his autobiographical film, “Moses 13 steps”, on Monday. Moses was Olympic gold in the games of Montreal (1976) and Los Angeles (1984) and bronze in Seoul (1988); he was also world champion in Helsinki (1983) and in Rome (1987). Moses is currently President of the United States Anti-Doping Agency and President of the Laureus Academy.