Paraguayan Player Nicolas Caballero Appointed Youth Olympic Games Ambassador by Howard Harding 7 February 2014 - Paraguayan squash player Nicolas Caballero has been appointed his country's Youth Olympic Games Ambassador.
The announcement was
made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which published an
impressive list of over 100 inspiring young people who will serve as
Young Ambassadors for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
The list features
active athletes, including Olympians and YOG alumni, sports coaches,
students and young professionals, all aged between 18 and 25 . Despite
coming from all walks of life, the Young Ambassadors, who were
nominated by their National Olympic Committees, have one thing in
common - a desire to live by the Olympic values, and to inspire and
empower young people to do the same.
Teenager Caballero was
a bronze medallist in the Pan American Games Men's Doubles Squash event
in Guadalajara in 2011. The 19-year-old from the Paraguay capital
Asuncion topped that with consecutive individual bronze medals in the
South American and Pan American junior championships - then claimed a
Silver medal in Paraguay's first appearance in the Bolivarian Games in
Peru last November.
"Nicolas is the
youngest ever Pan American Games medallist from Paraguay and, besides
that, we believe it will encourage him to keep working hard as an
athlete in his sport," said Camilo Perez, President of the Paraguayan
Olympic Committee.
The Young Ambassadors
will gather in Nanjing from 25 to 28 March for a four-day seminar, when
they will be fully briefed on their role, test out some of the
workshops and activities that will be available to the athletes during
Games times and experience Chinese culture.
