{"id":123154,"date":"2019-02-22T09:25:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T09:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=123154"},"modified":"2019-02-22T09:36:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T09:36:17","slug":"kitesurfer-deury-corniel-voted-best-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/02\/22\/kitesurfer-deury-corniel-voted-best-athlete-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitesurfer Deury Corniel voted Best Athlete of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cabarete, Puerto Plata kitesurfer, Deury Corniel won trophy and the RD$1 million cash prize for Best Athlete of the Year. The Dominican Olympic Committee, presided by Luis\u00edn Mej\u00eda, recognized the relevance of his winning gold in the Youth Olympics held in October 2018 in Argentina. Corniel competed in the Sailing Men\u2019s Kiteboarding IKA Twin Tip of the Youth Olympics in Argentina. He attributed his win to \u201ctraining a lot.\u201d Corniel lives and trains in Cabarete Beach, Puerto Plata.
The awards ceremony this year took place at the Jaragua Renaissance Hotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others winning Best Athlete of the Year were:
\nArchery: Anny Stefany Jerez
\nAthletics: Luguel\u00edn Santos
\nBadminton: C\u00e9sar Brito
\nBaseball: Manuel Beltr\u00e9 Rivas
\nBasketball: V\u00edctor Liz
\nBowling: Rolando Antonio Sebel\u00e9n
\nBoxing: Rodrigo Marte
\nCanoeing: Cristian Guerrero
\nChess: Jennifer Alm\u00e1nzar
\nCycling: Augusto S\u00e1nchez Beriguete
\nEquestrian: Yvonne Losos de Mu\u00f1iz
\nFencing: Rossy F\u00e9lix
\nField tennis: Roberto Cid
\nFootball: Edipo Rodr\u00edguez
\nGolf: Yael Eun Kim
\nGymnastics: Audrys Nin Reyes
\nHandball: Jorge Manzanillo
\nHockey: Albania Marte
\nJudo: Medickson del Orbe
\nKarate: Mar\u00eda Dimitrova
\nModern Pentathlon: Brayan Almonte
\nRacquetball: Merynaely Delgado
\nSailing: Deury Corniel
\nShooting: Josu\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez
\nSkating: Micaela Marcelilom Arias
\nSkeet: Julio Elizardo Dujarric
\nSoftball: Geancarlos Gonz\u00e1lez D\u00edaz
\nSwimming: Krystal Denise Lara
\nTaekwondo: Bernardo Pie
\nTable tennis: Emil Jes\u00fas Santos
\nTriathlon: Camila Romero
\nVolleyball: Priscilla Rivera
\nWeightlifting: Crismey Santana
\nWrestling: Juan Ram\u00edrez
\nWushu: Fernando Torres
\nParaOlympics: Carlos Manuel Reynoso
\nSports Medicine: V\u00edctor Figueroa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dominican Olympic Committee also delivered special merit medals to athletes with outstanding performances in international and national competitions. These were delivered by Dominican Olympic medal-winners F\u00e9lix S\u00e1nchez, F\u00e9lix Manuel D\u00edaz, Gabriel Mercedes, Luisito Pie among others. Those honored were tennis player V\u00edctor Estrella, equestrian athlete Yvonne Losos de Mu\u00f1iz; swimmer Denzel Gonz\u00e1lez; cyclist Ruth Santana; kitesurfer Deury Corniel and judo athlete Antonio Tornal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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21 February 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cabarete, Puerto Plata kitesurfer, Deury Corniel won trophy and the RD$1 million cash prize for Best Athlete of the Year. The Dominican Olympic Committee, presided by Luis\u00edn Mej\u00eda, recognized the relevance of his winning gold in the Youth Olympics held in October 2018 in Argentina. Corniel competed in the Sailing Men\u2019s Kiteboarding IKA Twin Tip … <\/p>\n

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