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Blanca Fernández Ochoa has been one of the great competitors of Spanish sport, where women now shine in a special way, especially in the Olympic arena, the same one in which Fernández Ochoa appeared practically out of nowhere. First Paco , in 1972; after Blanca, 20 years later. Today it seems natural to talk about Olympic medals in Spain, but you have to go back to those years to put in value what they achieved. Blanca's success, in Albertville, was in the magical 92 and came on a premonitory basis, as an anticipation of the final hatching, in Barcelona. He had fought a lot for that metal, with the example of his brother Paco.

I think that all of us who have shared the Golden Age of Spanish sport, not only in the Olympic field, but also in football, clubs or national teams, motorcycling, cycling of the big rounds or basketball, we should know that all those Successes are debtors of those who made their way in a different time, more difficult. Blanca belonged to that lineage, such as Mari Paz Corominas , Carmen Valero and other heroines who did not have the same awards but who dedicated themselves to their sports with the same passion. It is sad that it is often death that should remind us. We must do more in life for all those pioneers, sometimes forgotten. It is what we try in the COE. Carolina Marín , Lydia Valentín and the current great champions of our country have walked the paths opened by them, and so they should never forget who they were, how much and when they got it.

Of the moments that I have spent with Blanca I remain with her smile, with her joy, although, today, it is a moment of sadness for this premature death, that of a great champion, that of a young woman. That energy is what helped him break down barriers, not impose limits. It is surely that what made someone very dear to their neighbors, in Cercedilla, who turned to their search and, in general, for the majority of the family of the sport that lived more closely with the skier.

The impact that his disappearance and the news of his death, after an unimpaired effort by the State security forces, have caused in Spanish society gives us an idea of ​​the size of his figure, like that of many other athletes That, today, I can say that they offer one of the best images of our country. Blanca was proud to be Spanish, and manifested it without blushing, as her brother Paco had done long before. To that, and not only to medals, it is because they are so dear.

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