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Mexico City, January 28, 2010 –
Saul Castro Verdugo, First Executive Vice
President of NORCECA, has been unanimously voted
as new permanent member of the Mexican Olympic
Committee. He was elected during the General
Assembly of the institution held at the Sport
Olympic Mexican Centre and chaired by its
President Felipe Muñoz.
“I am very proud and honored,”
said Castro Verdugo after taking the oath as new
member. “Being elected to the Mexican Olympic
Committee was one of my dreams when I started my
career in sports management.”
“This is a new responsibility and
a bigger commitment to continue contributing
with the development of Mexican sport,” he
added. “This is something extraordinary because
you represent a philosophy of the Olympic
movement and is a question of pride.”
Castro Verdugo, who is the
Director of the Sports and Physical Culture
Institute of Baja California, has been an
intense promoter of national and international
events, including three FIVB World Championships
in the Youth and Junior categories as well as
FIVB World Championships qualification rounds.
He has a bachelor’s degree in administration
from University of Nuevo Leon with post graduate
studies in Germany and Cuba.
“This has been something very
positive because I want to contribute for a
better image of Mexico, and the cities in our
State”, he said. “I appreciate the support of my
family and the confidence of the president of
the Mexican Olympic Committee, Mr. Felipe Muñoz,
for giving me this great distinction.”
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