Marbella recognizes the career, commitment, and contribution to the world of sports of eleven women.

Today, the Marbella City Council recognized the trajectory, commitment, and contribution of eleven women to the world of sports in the city, across various disciplines. The mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, highlighted during this inaugural event, held at the Royal Hospital of Mercy and intended to be an ongoing tradition, that "it is a tribute to those who have spent their lives competing, coaching, or supporting associations and have made sports a fundamental part of everyone’s life."

In addition to noting that "they have also taken the name of our town beyond its borders," she emphasized their role as examples of overcoming and perseverance. "The stories we have heard today are stories of work, effort, perseverance, and people who have been able to pave the way," said the mayor. She also remarked that "this is the real Marbella, the one that has women who have been so generous, contributed so much, and made us even greater."

For his part, the councilor of the department, Lisandro Vieytes, highlighted that "we have great female role models in the sports field, and thanks to them, there is great work behind what we wanted to recognize today." "Women who serve as examples, who have been pioneers in teaching a sport in the municipality, who compete and have international recognition, who lead business projects or sports clubs, and who work for inclusion in this field," said the councilor, who valued the "dedication" of each of the awardees, and that "they are an inspiration to everyone."

The awards recognized careers in the world of business, athletics, indoor soccer, inclusive sports, and adaptive sports, among others

The honorees at today's event, which was well-attended and at full capacity, included Noemí Azuaga, "as an entrepreneur and businesswoman from Marbella, for the creation of the Specialized Training Center 'BWOMANSPORT'"; María Dolores Garre, "for a lifetime dedicated to the practice and teaching of athletics at the local level"; Sonia Guerrero, managing director of Omega Gym, "for her drive and commitment to the sport in Nueva Andalucía"; María del Mar Salas, "for a lifetime dedicated to the practice and teaching of local women's indoor soccer"; Ángela Sánchez (CADI) and Maite Caño (Club Grupo Serman Triathlon Marbella), "for their commitment and drive to local inclusive sports"; Mª Ángeles Rodríguez, "founder of the Marbella Municipal School of Rhythmic Gymnastics"; Paquita Jesús Román, "for a lifetime dedicated to the art of dance and now also to sports (fencing)." Similarly, Diana Galán Fernández, M.ª Victoria Hernando Torija (pilates instructor, ViviFit) and Carmen García Doblas (coach of the adaptive women's team of CD Marbella Juega), "for their inspiration, promotion, and drive of limitless women's sports through the 'Momento Woman' charity book collection."

In this regard, the event, prior to International Women's Day, also served to announce new titles for 2026, within this initiative that pays tribute to women and girls who have decided to challenge barriers and write their own story in sports. This project began in 2024 with the publication of the book 'Nuestro Momento-It's Our Time!', driven by the Marbella Promesas Women's Football Club and by Diana Galán and Juan Carlos Caballero, as well as by the municipal sports delegation, and continued in 2025 with the edition of five books dedicated to different disciplines. In this new edition, 'ViviFit-Our time is... now', dedicated to pilates, and 'The Woman in Sport', from the Marbella Juega basketball club, will be included, with part of their proceeds going to social projects. They will be presented on March 19 at the Central Library Fernando Alcalá Marín.