The agent of the Local Police of La Orotava, José Carlos Báez (known as Chicho)once again sets the bar high during his participation in the twentieth edition of the World Police and Fire Games, the World Police & Fire Games – WPFG that are celebrated from July 28 in the city of winnipeg capital of the Province of Manitoba, in Canada.
On this occasion, the villaro agent, who is participating for the ninth time in this international competition, has won a total of 6 medals: 5 gold (1,500m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 200m freestyle, and in open water with 3,200m ), and 1 bronze in the men’s 4×50 medley relay, with the team consisting of police officers from Spain and Korea. He has also placed fourth in three other medley 4 × 50 relay competitions, mixed 4 × 50 freestyle (with members of police from Spain) and men’s 4 × 50 freestyle (also made up of police from Spain and Korea).
Thus, adding his participation in these Olympics, he already has 71 medals: 52 gold medals; 12 silver and 7 bronze medals, plus seven world records. He too, through his merits, was designated to be part of the Games Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame), a place reserved for very few athletes in the world.
José Carlos Báez has participated in the world games held in Adelaide, Australia (2007); Vancouver, in Canada (2009); New York, USA (2011); Belfast, in Ireland (2013), Fairfax, Virginia (2015); Los Angeles in 2017, Chengdu, in China (2019), Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2022) and Winnipeg, in Canada (2023).
The World Police and Fire Games (World Police & Fire Games) are a biannual sporting event (except during the pandemic) open to the participation of both active and retired personnel from all Security Forces and fire services around the world. . It is organized by the WPFG Federation, a branch of the California Police Athletic Federation (CPAF). The games have more than sixty sports disciplines each year, and the participation exceeds 20,000 athletes and followers from some 70 countries. Báez competes specifically in the modality of swimming in the pool and in open water.
These Olympics not only represent a sports competition, but are an important opportunity to meet and exchange diverse cultures and communities; In addition, it entails a great media impact, not only in the local media in Tenerife and the Canary Islands, but also in the international press.
The local institution congratulates him on all these achievements and thanks him for always leaving the name of Villa de La Orotava high.
