Berdimuhamedov awarded honorary titles to athletes and coaches
President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov awarded Turkmen coaches and athletes - members of the national team who made a personal contribution to the victory of our country team in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts - with honorary titles "Honorary trainer of Turkmenistan" and "Honorary Master of Sports of Turkmenistan". The celebration was held at the Center for Public Organizations. Our athletes triumphed at the Asian Games - won 89 gold, 70 silver, 86 bronze medals - a total of 245 medals, demonstrating the rapid development of sport in Turkmenistan, the Head of State said. The competitions revealed the colossal sports potential of the country, Berdimuhamedov noted, stressing that the victories of our athletes brought the 5th Asian Games to a higher level. The President will wish to win and defeat all participants in the world, including in other countries of the world. The Turkmen leader also noted the activities of the volunteers, who had a significant part of the work on the 5th Asian Games. During the Asian Games, thousands of volunteers worked all day long, showing skill and competence, demonstrating to foreign athletes and guests a high culture, respect, hospitality and hospitality. After that, the president handed over to the coaches commemorative gold signs and certificates of conferring the honorary title "Honorary trainer of Turkmenistan". Among the awarded are well-known trainers from the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Uzbekistan, which made a significant contribution to the support of athletes in jumping, weightlifting, kurash, futsal. This is, for example, the director of the horse company "Jeýkob Ferdezuçt GBR", Germany, Katerina-Irena Ann-Margaret Jakob Geb Shriner. "Participating as a coach at the competitions held here, and in training Turkmen athletes in jumping, as well as the high award received personally from President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, makes me feel very excited," the German coach said. Berdimuhamedov also handed gold medals and certificates of honor "Honored Master of Sports of Turkmenistan" to the Turkmen athletes who won gold medals at the Ashgabat 2017 Games. Among them - S. Batyrov, winner of 6 gold medals in competitions in the Turkmen national wrestling, kurash, belt wrestling, alysh. On behalf of the coaches and athletes of the country S. Batyrov presented the Head of State with a bicycle. The Turkmen leader said that this gift will be donated to the museum. The Head of State also said that especially distinguished athletes will receive apartments in comfortable apartment houses. Members of the national team that won silver and bronze medals of the Games were also presented with valuable gifts on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan. In general, we recall that 245 medals are in the treasury of Turkmen athletes, of which 89 are gold, 70 are silver and 86 are bronze medals.
