Simona Halep is the perfect example of what achievement, determination and hard work mean. And Simona Halep is also one of the athletes who won the Alexandrion Trophy in 2016, awarded by the Alexandrion Foundation for outstanding results in sport. In fact, women dominate the podium of award winners of the last two editions of the Alexandrion Trophies.
The number of women honoured is incomparably greater than the number of men honoured in the last two editions of the Alexandrion Trophies. Here is the list of winners of the last two editions of this gala, which has already become a tradition:
Simona Halep (tennis), Elizabeta Samara and Daniela Dodean (table tennis), Ana Maria Brânză (fencing), Cristina Neagu (handball), Cristiana Stancu (martial arts) and Andreea Chițu (judo), Romania’s women’s eight in rowing, which won bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games, the members of the 2016 women’s épée team, Simona Gherman, Simona Pop, Ana-Maria Popescu and Loredana Dinu, Oana Manea (handball), and Cătălina Ponor (gymnastics).
In total, 21 women have made us proud with the results they achieved in the competitions they took part in over the two years.
There were also gentlemen who represented Romania with honour at international sports competitions over the last two years and who brought joy to our hearts. They too were honoured by the Alexandrion Foundation at the two editions of the Alexandrion Trophies: Marian Drăgulescu (gymnastics), Horia Tecău (tennis), Anghel Iordănescu (football), Tiberiu Dolniceanu (épée), the pair Horia Tecău/Florin Mergea (tennis) – Olympic silver medallists, Albert Saritov (wrestling), and Alexandru Bologa (judo).
Will the balance change this year? Will there be more gentlemen among the winners of the third edition of the Alexandrion Trophies, scheduled for Thursday, 1 February? We will all find out the answer at the awards ceremony.
A novelty this year will be the Alexandrion “Hope” Trophies. These will also be awarded on the initiative of the Foundation’s President and Founder, Nawaf Salameh, to young people who promise to catch up with the achievements of the seniors already honoured by the Alexandrion Foundation. We will all learn the names of the winners on Thursday, 1 February, at the Alexandrion Trophies Gala, broadcast live from 20:30 on TVR HD.
