2019 SPAIN CHAMPIONSHIP OF UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY: NAFOSUB PHOTO AND CEVISUB VIDEO

From October 9 to 13, the 2019 Spanish Underwater Photography Championship took place in the Medes Islands, l’Estartit (Girona).

During the competition days, the dives that were worth points for the championship were carried out, with good visibility that allowed the production of high-quality photos and videos. Regarding the Nafosub photo category, the podium was won by the Castile and León couple formed by Rafael Fernández and Montserrat Vega with a total of 95 points. Second place was taken by Felix Aguado and Teresa Santos, from the Basque Country, with 86 points. Finally, the bronze medal was won by David Mocholi and Inmaculada Zafra, the Valencian couple who achieved 66 points. The competition was developed thanks to 18 more couples from different autonomous communities, such as Andalusia, Madrid, Catalonia, Murcia, the Canary Islands, Valencia, Castile-La Mancha and León, Cantabria and Galicia. Regarding the Catalan couple, formed by Ferran Sánchez and Cristina Molnar, they obtained ninth position with a total of 25 points. On the other hand, 11 different couples have participated in the Cevisub video section. The Galician couple formed by Jorge Candan and Juan Cuetos have won the gold medal with a score of 468 points. The second were the Valencian Héctor Ripolles and Lledó Bernat with 399 points. Finally, the bronze went to Andalusia by Jose C. Rando and Enrique Collado, who have achieved 395 points. As for the Catalan couples, 3 different ones have participated. Víctor Sánchez and Nicolás Mesanza who have finished fourth, totaling 365 points; Marc Pedrals and Paqui Serra, sixth with a score of 351.5, and Carles Xifré and Jonathan Jiménez, ninth with 294 points. The classification by federations was as follows: in first position the Galician Federation with 826 points, the Andalusian Federation has achieved 733 points, thus achieving second position, and third place has been for the Valencian Federation with 729 points. Finally, the best assistant award has been assigned to Lledó Bernat (Valencia). It is worth noting the great participation that the championship has had in general – both categories – with a total of 64 professionals. This championship has allowed our municipality to capitalize on the world of diving during the championship itself and the previous days, of training for many teams, and at the same time to introduce the marine depths of the Natural Park to all these athletes who have come from all over the state. Photographic content:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/127160354@N03/albums/72157711354730497

Video content:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS7ACHWzfxJDc_ytpEBUSoUJu2hW7W24_