The City of Palma Master Week of spearfishing pays tribute to the career of Pep Amengual

The City of Palma Master Week of spearfishing, which will be held from Thursday to Sunday, will pay tribute to the career of the spearfishing athlete Pep Amengual, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of his first world title.

This was announced by the first Deputy Mayor for Sports, Javier Bonet, at the presentation of the City of Palma Master's Week, in which he detailed that the competition will have around 200 participants, distributed among the different competitions being organized.

Specifically, the 21st edition of the City of Palma International Masters, the fourth edition of the Women Cup, the 22nd City of Palma International Open and, for the first time, the Masters World Championship for the over-50s, for which more than 100 aspirants have registered, will take place.

The venues for the races will be the Real Club Náutico de Palma and the Club Nàutic Portitxol, which will bring together athletes from Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Croatia, Algeria and Portugal.

The deputy mayor indicated that this is an event of a "high international level" and highlighted the tribute that will be dedicated to Pep Amengual, who he described as "one of the best sportsmen in the history of the Balearic Islands".

They also highlighted Amengual's track record, which includes three individual world championships, three world team titles, two European championships in individual competition and three European team titles. And he presented Amengual with a commemorative plaque on behalf of the mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez, and the municipal corporation.