The International Session for Young Olympic Ambassadors is held annually in Olympia, Greece, where representatives from participating countries learn about the history and values of Olympism from an academic and practical perspective. Two students from the UCAM Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Lucía Aguado and Moisés Yuste, will participate in this edition as representatives of the Olympic Studies Centre of the Spanish Olympic Committee. 

Lourdes Meroño, Dean of the Faculty of Sport, expressed her enthusiasm for the opportunity these young people will have: ‘These students are the country's representatives in terms of educational values and share the experience with classmates from other countries; all with a unique goal: Olympism’. Their participation is a result of the collaboration with the Spanish Olympic Committee. The Dean commented on this opportunity, which she experienced first-hand when she was a student: ‘The Spanish Olympic Committee has made it possible for our students to be representing the degree programme, the faculty and Spain’.   

The selected students are confident they will live these days intensely and learn from them, offering their vision of sport to the rest of the representatives. According to Moisés Yuste, ‘sport is based on values such as respect and companionship’, something he hopes to experience in Greece, while Lucía Aguado underlined what they will contribute as UCAM students: ‘We will bring as our standard the quality of training and the combination of theory and practice. The fact that UCAM has so many Olympic athletes is a differential value that we must highlight’. 

Over the course of 13 days, attendees of the International Olympic Academy Session will participate in academic and sporting activities, lectures and exercises to learn about the history of Olympism and the principles and values it represents.