Elite athletes

Amaya Valdemoro

Three-time WNBA champion. She is considered the best player in the history of Spanish women’s basketball. First Spaniard inducted into the FIBA ​​Hall of Fame.

Marat Safin

Professional tennis player, world number 1 in the ATP in 2000.

Dinara Safina

Professional tennis player, he was world number 1 in the WTA in 2009.

Igor Andreev

Professional tennis player. Winner of 3 ATP titles, reached his best ranking (18th) in 2008. Coach of the Russian women’s national Fed Cup team.

Chamique Holdsclaw

She was WNBA Rookie of the Year in ’99. She holds the men’s and women’s scoring and rebounding records at the University of Tennessee. She is considered the female Michael Jordan.

Margot Dydek

Margot Dydek was the tallest female basketball player in the world at 7’2″. She played for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA. She was a European champion in Poland in ’99. In loving memory of Margot: “Not a day goes by without remembering your wonderful smile…. We will never forget you!” R.I.P.

María Elena León

20 years in the Cuban national team, Barcelona 92, Atlanta 96 and Sydney 2000 Olympics. Bronze in the 90 World Championship, silver in the Pan American Games and gold medal 99, gold medal in the tenth Central American Games.

Elsa Donaire

Throughout his professional career he has played for teams such as U.B. F.C Barcelona, ​​Halcón Viajes Salamanca, Ciudad de Burgos, among others.

Elisa Aguilar

Member of the 1999/2000 WBCA (NCAA) All-Star team. He played for the Utah Starzz in the WNBA. He earned 222 caps for Spain. He won a gold medal at the 2013 EuroBasket in France.

Nieves Llamas

8 times a full international and two times a Queen’s Cup champion.

Erika de Souza

Member of the Brazilian national basketball team at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, London 2008 and Rio 2016. WNBA champion with Atlanta Dream and Euroleague Women champion 2010-2011.

Anna Zimerle

Professional basketball player who is part of the Italian national team.

Ruth Riley

2003 WNBA Champion and Finals MVP. Basketball Hall of Fame 2019.

Dana Cervantes

She has broken the Spanish national record 39 times (17 times indoors and 22 outdoors). She was the first woman in Spanish history to clear the 4-meter barrier.

Mercedes Chilla

First bronze medal for Spain at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, where he made a mark of 61.98 meters.

BMW Oracle Racing -John Kosteki

The team came to our center from their arrival in Valencia in 2004 until 2006 for training for the 2007 America’s Cup. On the right, John Kosteki, Olympic medalist.

Curtis Blewett

Member of the Artemis Racing team for the 34th America’s Cup 2013

BMW Oracle Racing – Brad Webb

BMW Oracle Racing -Jamie Gale

BMW Oracle Racing – Tony Kolb

Telefónica Volvo Ocean Race’11

Zane Gills (AUS) is a member of the Telefónica team in the 2011 Volvo Ocean Race. Pablo Arrarte (ESP) is a member of the Telefónica team in the 2011 Volvo Ocean Race.

Sara Errani

Professional tennis player. World’s best doubles player in 2012, No. 5 in the world singles ranking in 2013 and champion of the Italian Fed Cup team in 2009, 2010 and 2013.

Paco Fogués

Professional tennis player. Tennis coach to players such as David Ferrer, Dani Gimeno Traver, and Sara Sorribes.

Paula García

Professional tennis player.

Maria Kirilenko

Professional tennis player and member of the Russian Fed Cup team.

Evgeny Korolev

Member of the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team.

Carlos Taberner

Professional tennis player.

Sammy Grace

Professional tennis player.

Marc Giner

Professional tennis player.

Timofey Skatov

Professional tennis player and member of Kazakhstan’s Davis Cup team.

Ricardo Ojeda

Professional tennis player.

Beatriz García Vidagany

Professional tennis player.

Estrella Cabeza Candela

Professional tennis player and member of the Spanish Fed Cup 2014 team.

Helene Pellicano

Professional tennis player.

Paula Badosa Gibert

Professional tennis player. Indian Wells Champion in 2021 and World No. 2 in 2022 (WTA).

Arantxa Parra

Professional tennis player and member of the Spanish Fed Cup team.

Michael – Ray Pallares

Professional tennis player in the Davis Cup, Dominican Republic.

Yuri Schukin

Member of the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team.

Stanislav Bykov

Professional tennis player in the Davis Cup, Kazakhstan.

Galina Voskoboeva

Professional tennis player in the Kazakhstan Fed Cup.

Taro Daniel

Professional tennis player and member of the Japanese Davis Cup team.

David Souto

Professional tennis player and member of the Venezuelan Davis Cup team in 2013.

Ricardo Rodríguez

Professional tennis player and member of the Venezuelan Davis Cup team in 2013.

Komlavi Loglo

Member of the Togo Davis Cup team.

Bruno Rodríguez

Professional tennis player and member of the Mexican Davis Cup team.

Morgan Phillips

Professional tennis player.

Boris Pashanski

Member of the Serbian Davis Cup team.

Farid Shirinov

Member of the Azerbaijan Davis Cup team.

Vasilis Mazarakis

Member of the Greek Davis Cup team.

Toprak Avcibasi

Professional tennis player.

María Emilia Salerni

She has been the US Open junior champion and the Wimbledon junior champion, and the runner-up at Roland Garros junior.

Kelly Liggan

Member of the Federation Cup team representing Ireland.

Ksenia Sharifova

Professional player on the World Padel Tour.

Santi Ibáñez

Former professional basketball player (Alba Berlin).

Gabriela Paz

Former professional tennis player.

Bombers per Aspanion

Every year, the Casanova Physiotherapy Clinic collaborates with this foundation, whose profits go to the association of parents of children with cancer. This photo is from the “Ojos del Salado” expedition, which took place in the Atacama Desert (Chile), specifically at Laguna Verde, located at an altitude of 4,345 meters.