Carolina Marín 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports

At its meeting in Oviedo, the Jury for the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, composed of Teresa Bernadas Porto, Tomás de Cos Relaño, Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol Corachán, Juan Ignacio Gallardo Tomé, Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra, Santiago Nolla Zayas, Guadalupe Porras Ayuso, Julián Redondo Pérez, Paloma del Río Cañadas, Samuel Sánchez González, Sitapha Savané Sagna and Alberto Suárez Laso, chaired by Teresa Perales Fernández and with Patricia García Rodríguez acting as secretary, has decided to confer the 2024 Princess of Asturias Sports Award on Carolina Marín for her extraordinary accomplishments in badminton, a sport in which she has achieved international acclaim.

The first and only non-Asian Olympic champion athlete in this discipline, as well as the greatest player in the history of badminton in Spain and one of the best in the world, Carolina Marín is an example of self-improvement, a source of inspiration and a transmitter of values, both on and off the court.

Oviedo, 8th May 2024