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The mayor and the municipal corporation of Cartagena have expressed regret and sorrow at the death Friday at age 88 years, Antonio Madrigal Gutiérrez, Adopted Son of Cartagena, and a person very close to the sport of the City.
Antonio Madrigal Gutiérrez, was born in Seville in 1919 and came to Cartagena for by his military career and where it has remained virtually ever since, holding various positions in the Levant Third Marine and Seamen Training Barracks.
Since 1963 he was assistant general staff of eight captains of the Mediterranean area, until in 1984 he retired as a lieutenant colonel in the Marines.
But his main work and why in 1989 the City of Cartagena, chaired by Antonio Vallejo, was granted the title of Adopted Son was developed in support of education and sport in the city, primarily as a physical education teacher at school of the Franciscan Fathers of Cartagena, which pass the name of the city for various international festivals gym.
He was also an important partner with the City in organizing the Games disappeared Carthaginians and sports festivals were held in the city.
To his credit he had many honors and awards such as gold and diamond insignia of Ephesus and the Cross of Merit for Sport.
In 1988 the media was awarded the Gold Award and in 1989 the Board of Sports, Best Sports Promoter.
Madrigal always expressed as a devotee of the Virgin of Charity, which was a member of its board of honor.
The funeral will be held Saturday at 11 am at the Funeral Estavesa Paseo de Alfonso XIII and his subsequent transfer to the Cemetery of Our Lady of Los Remedios.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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