“Spain will be Olympic champion. 19 seconds, Estarte leaves. Spain, Olympic champion. Gold medal for Spain. Celebration of the Spaniards. Estarte keeps the ball and takes it home. Spain, Olympic champion… A picture is worth a thousand words”, So told by Jose Ruiz Orland (Barcelona 1971-2022)excited by Atlanta Aquatic Center Gold medal for the Spanish water polo team at the 1996 Gamesis the last title of a Spanish team sport, in which was the most famous novel of a self-made journalist who died on Monday in Barcelona from illness.
The farewell to Labib, as he was known in the press and water sports circles, came unexpectedly, much to the dismay of his close friends and the circuit, especially water polo and CN Atlètic-Barceloneta, a club where he had been a manager since 2007 that entered early retirement. Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) and the left press to join the Catalan Swimming Federation And to maintain my passion for this sport, which I practiced successfully when I was young.
Ruiz Orland was a player before he became a journalist. At only 18 years old, he belonged to CN BarcelonetaThe club that achieved one of the first achievements in the Spanish League. This team, led by Lulu Eberne, was the first to beat CN Barcelona, which had been dominating the national competitions for 60 years. Orland broke barriers, European runner-up in 1970, who studied journalism and in 1976 joined RTVE to replace legendary Juan Jose Castillo. It started with Catalan novels until 1982 it was first shown at the World Cup in Guayaquil. Since then, he has been the voice of athletes at six Olympic Games.
Ruiz Orland recounted Martin Lopez Zubero’s gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games, the lamented silver medal by the water polo team and this success in Atlanta, the most special moment of his long career. He was also present at two world titles won in 1998 and 2001, where he had only two minutes left, his voice stopped being heard due to a technical malfunction and his speech was not recovered until 20 minutes after the end of the match, already in Hymns. In recent years, she has collaborated in the celebration of the centenary of the Spanish and Catalan Swimming Federation.
got Royal Medal of Merit for Sports And the recipient of the Professional Sports Award from the Generalitat. Ruiz Orland collaborated with other media such as Marca, Sport and Radio Nacional de España and was the director of the legendary sports program Estudio 2. He also covered sports and other information about FC Barcelona. He conducted the interview without going further on the plane Diego Armando Maradona upon his arrival at FC Barcelona. But his great novels came in a swimming pool, where he enjoyed the most, until illness quenched his magical voice. Rest in peace.
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