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Sport in Almería: The road to the XV
Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 has strengthened
the basis of sport in Almería and has provided
the top-class sport of the province with important structures,
both in individual and collective disciplines.
As for team sports, Almería has two football
clubs playing in Second Division in the so-called best
football league of the world: Polideportivo Ejido and
Unión Deportiva Almería. On an individual
level, Almería has provided the "Stars League"
with some players, such as Héctor Berenguel,
playing for Deportivo de la Coruña, Diego Capel,
for Sevilla, and Francisco, for Albacete.
One of the leading sports in Almería is volleyball,
partially due to the success reaped by Club Unicaja
Almería. It is the team that has won most prizes
in modern volleyball in Spain, being the champion of
the last editions of the National League. Several players
of this team, significantly the Almerian players Carlos
Carreño and Manuel Berenguel, have played for
the Spanish team on numerous occasions.
Handball is also widely practised in the province.
The greatest success has been achieved by the female
team and the Vícar Goya team, which remains for
the last years in the first division. It has also reached
the European Competition on two occasions. As for male
teams, CB Ciudad de Almería, that is playing
in the ASOBAL League. Basketball has achieved great
moments for Almerian sport, its leading representative
in the LEB 2 League being El Ejido CB some years ago.
Individual categories included in the Mediterranean
list also account for work and sports success. Weightlifting
is one of the categories that has lately brought great
success to the people of Almería with the medals
obtained by Pepi Pérez Carmona.
Athletics has also proved to be an outstanding discipline
in Almería and there are many young people aiming
at achieving success in Almería 2005; a success
recently reaped by cyclist Juan Martínez Oliver,
manager of the old professional team 'Jazztel Costa
de Almería', which Almerian cyclist Carlos Golbano
also belonged to.
This overview of outstanding names in Almerian sport
cannot forget about the discipline of sailing, which
has experienced a tremendous growth in the province
during the last few years. Mariano Sarmiento, as a member
of the pre-Olympic Spanish team, heads a generation
which includes Fresneda Brothers, Raúl de Valenzuela,
Rogelio Villanueva and José Latorre.
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