Students created this powerpoint as an Erasmus+ activity of the project "Healthier minds, smarter minds" in which they had to present most representative sports people in Spain.

1. Most representative sports
in Spain and Catalonia

2. Roller hockey
Roller hockey is a sport that is played between two teams of five players with two
goals. João Rodrigues has been voted the best player of the year. The most
famous club in Spain is Barcelona.

3. Football
The most popular team is Club Futbol Barcelona (Barça) and
Real Madrid. Female league iberdrola is considered the top
female category in the Spanish soccer leagues system.
The footballer number one in Spain is Iker Casillas and
Sandra Paños.

4. Basketball
Real Madrid Basketball is the most popular team in Spain and the most popular
players are Amaya Valdemoro and Pau Gasol. .

5. Beach volley
Beach volleyball is a variant of volleyball played on sand, usually on the beach,
although tournaments in localities with artificial fields are very popular.
Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira
Liliana Fernández and Elsa Vagerizo

6. Tennis
Rafael Nadal is a Majorcan professional tennis player. He is the best tennis player
in the history of tennis on beaten ground considering his percentage
wins and the amount of titles achieved on this surface.

7. Motorcycling
The moto GP is one of the most watched and practiced sports in Spain and the
world. The most famous sportsman of the moto GP is Marc Márquez and Ana
Carrasco is one of the best in this sport.

8. Cycling
Cycling is a very famous sport in Spain. The most known cyclists are Mikel
Landa,Enric Mas and Alejandro Valverde. Miguel Indurain and Perico Delgado
have also been famous for their professional career.Now they are retired.

9. Human castles (towers)
Human castles are a cultural tradition which is practised on holiday days in
Catalonia. The “collas castelleras” are the teams which participate in these
events. They try to do their best building castles as high as possible. They can
be considered sport. The most known are:
Colla castellera de Valls,Vilafranca and
Tarragona.
Strength, balance, courage and mindfulness
is the motto of this cultural tradition known
worldwide.

10. Handball
Spain is one of the great powers of handball and one of the most successful
selections, 2 having been proclaimed world champion in 2005 and 2013, and the
continental championship in 2018. In addition, at the Olympic Games, he has won
three bronze medals in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008.

11. Waterpolo
Laura Ester Ramos is a Catalan waterpolo player.She plays in the Sabadell
national team and international absolute amb Spanish selection. She was
European champion in 2014 and world champion in 2013. She has been awarded
“Best goalkeeper in the World" and subchampion in the Olympic Games in
London 2012.

12. Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport in which two players (singles) or two pairs (doubles)
face the opposite halves of a rectangular track divided by a net. The best doing
this sport is Carolina Marín.

13. Swimming
Mireia Belmonte is one of the best Spanish girl swimmer, because she has the
World record holder of 400 meters, 800 meters free and 1,500 pounds, which is in
the categories of styles, butterflies, bracelets and freestyle. She’s very famous in
the world.

14. Rowing
Rowing is also a sport practised in Spain, there are two famous selections, the
Catalan and Spanish. The most known are Saúl Cravrioto (kayaking)K1 and
K2)and David Cal(canooeing). Maialen Chaourat (K1)

15. Triathlon
Eli Sánchez is the first girl to finish this triathlon the Ultra Majorcan Men.They are
532 kilometers divided into three stages. The first day, they swim for 10
kilometers, then do another 126 by bike. On the second day you have to complete
312 cycling. The last day, to finish, a double marathon: 84.4 kilometers of race on
foot .