COLOMBIA’S HEAD COACH MARTIN KNIGHT has been nominated for the BEST COACH AWARD from the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.
Martin has been Colombia’s national team coach for six years and Santiago2023 was Colombia’s best ever finish at a Panam Games, capturing a total of six medals (3x gold, 1 x silver and 2x bronze).
LET’S GET SQUASH THIS AWARD so PANAMERICA HEARS SQUASH IS HERE TO STAY!!
PLEASE Spread the word and get your entire squash community behind this campaign.
***VOTING CLOSES DECEMBER 5th***
VOTE TODAY- https://www.panamsports.org/vote/
You must vote for all 12 categories for a vote for MARTIN KNIGHT to be valid.
1.Best Male Athlete :Jacob Foster (USA)- Swimming, Guilherme Costa (Bra)-Swimming, Santiago Ford (Chi)- Decathlon, Ethan Katzberg (CAN) Hammer Throw, Nicholas Paul (TTO)-Track cycling, Osmar Olvera (Mex) -Diving.
2. Best Female Athlete- Maggie Mac Neil (CAN) Swimming, Rebecca Andrade (Bra)-Artistic Gymnastics, Regina Jaquess (USA)-Water Skiing, Marileidy Paulino (Dom) -Athletics, Joselyn Brea (Ven) -Athletics, Sunny Choi (USA)-Breaking
3. Best Men’s Team- Brazil -Volleyball, Argentina- Field Hockey, Colombia- Baseball, USA- Basketball 3X3
4. Best Women’s Team- Argentina- Field Hockey, Brazil- Handball, Mexico- Football, USA- Basketball 3 x 3
5. Cali Legacy 2021- Men-Miguel Hudalgo (Bra)- Triathlon, Juan Mantilla (Col)-Speed Skating, Angelo Caro (Per) Skateboarding Street, Lucas Nervi (Chi)- Discus Throw, Brian Yang (Can) -Badminton.
5. Cali Legacy 2021- Women- Gabriel Rueda (Col)- Speed Skating, Martina Weil (Chi) Athletics, Catherine Oliver (Mex) Modern Pentathlon, Mary Tucker (USA) Shooting Sports, Maria Alexandre (Bra)- Rhythmic Gymnastic.
6. BEST COACH- MARTIN KNIGHT (COL)-SQUASH, Adriana Loftus (Mex)- Artistic Swimming, Welcome Front (Chi)-Rowing, Luis Moscoso (Bol) Racquetball.
7. Fair Play (Award given in conjunction with the International Fair Play Committee CIFP)- Erima Lasso (Col) Judo-48kg, Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Cycling Route, Adrian Diaz (Pur)-Table Tennis
8. Change Generator- Rebeca Andrade (Bra) Artistic Swimming, Kristel Kobrich (Chi)- Swimming, Marileidy Paulino (Dom)- Athletics, Skylar Park (Can)- Taekwando
9. National Olympic Committee Best Performance- USA (124 gold), Brazil (66 gold), Mexico (52 gold)
10. National Olympic Committee with Most Progress- Chile, Bolivia, Panama, Uruguay, Haiti
11. Best National Olympic Committee (Less than 1 million inhabitants)- Aruba, Guyana, Surinam
12. Panam Sports Legend Award- Felix Sanchez (Dom) Athletics, Javier Sotomayor (Cub)- Athletics, Thiago Pereira (Bra)- Swimming, Mart Spitz (US)-Swimming.
The winners will be announced during the live ceremony and celebration of the Panam Sports Awards on December 9 in Miami, United States.
