Hosted 340 international and local events in 10 years
Hamdan Complex receives 11 international camps in 2021
Hamdan Complex hosted various sporting events.
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Hamdan Complex Board of Directors.
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Ahmed bin Shafar: "We are proud that the Hamdan Sports Complex will be a meeting place for Olympic and international champions."
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In 2021, Hamdan Sports Complex hosted 11 training camps for international teams, teams, athletes, and Olympic champions, led by the Danish Victor Axelson, who crowned his training efforts at the complex and at Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex by winning the gold medal in badminton at the recent Tokyo Olympics. The world's second-ranked Anna Maria Popescu, the silver medalist in fencing at the Tokyo Olympics, the Ukrainian fencing champion Igor Rezulin, the third-ranked in the world and the bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, and the Estonian fencing champion Katerina Lehs, ranked fifth in the world, competed in the pool. And the bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, along with the swimming champions: American Tom Shields, South African Chad Liklos, and Chioban Hauge from Singapore, as well as Cuban Paralympic swimming champion Lorenzo Escalona, and Czech modern pentathlon champion Martin Flash.
A press release said: “During the first ten years of its construction, the complex witnessed 340 different international and local events and activities, as 92 international events were organized, ranging from water sports, non-water sports, and non-sports events, and the number of international water championships organized in the complex reached 58. effectiveness".
The total number of international non-water sports events hosted by the complex reached 16 international events, including the World Under-17 Basketball Championship, the Asian Volleyball Championship, the Philippine Basketball League Marhalica Dubai 2019, the International Tennis Premier League, the Badminton World Championship Finals series, and the World Championships International Wrestling, Asian Karate Championships, Asian Youth Fencing Championships, Dubai International Cycling Tour, Me Fit Fitness & Health Conference, and World Powerlifting Championships.
In the first ten years, the complex also hosted 232 local events, ranging from water and non-water sports events, as well as 17 non-sports activities, including the Dubai Police celebration.
And the press release stated: “The Board of Directors of the complex held a meeting to issue the report on the achievements of 2021, during which it thanked and thanked His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, for his support and guidance, which strengthened the role of the complex in providing an opportunity for athletes. For training and development, as well as hosting local, continental, international and international sports events and tournaments, and achieving the desired development of the sports sector in the country.
The complex’s board of directors includes national administrative cadres known for their efficiency, with great experience in managing investment projects, setting financial policies, and benefiting from the available resources. They are the Assistant Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, Vice President of the Complex, Nasser Aman Al Rahma, and members: Ali Muhammad Al Mutawa, Muhammad Suleiman Al Mulla, and Maher Abdul Karim Julfar.
At its meeting, the Board of Directors reviewed, in the presence of the Director of the Institutional Support Department at the Dubai Sports Council Saleh Al Marzouqi, and the Director of the Complex, Abdullah Shahdad, the report of the end of the year 2021 and what was accomplished within the work plan, and the growth achieved during this year, as the complex was one of the first sports facilities Around the world that witnessed the return of sports activity after the pause period, due to the pandemic.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Sports Council and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the complex, Ahmed Mohammed bin Shafar, said: “We are proud that the Hamdan Sports Complex is at the forefront in international and international sporting events, and that it is a forum for Olympic and international champions, who came from different continents to Dubai to set up training camps here, And taking advantage of the country’s success in dealing with the pandemic, and returning to sports activity in a safe atmosphere, and accurate protocols, which contributed to strengthening the position of the state in general, and Dubai and Hamdan Complex in particular.
18 academy inside the premises
Hamdan Sports Complex hosted the headquarters and training of 18 different sports academies, whether in water sports or other sports. The list of academies that operate daily in the complex, and attract athletes of different ages, nationalities and sports: Speedo for swimming, Hamilton for swimming, Al Yola for swimming, Double D for rhythmic swimming , Pro Active Swimming, Talent Swimming, Transformation Swimming, UAE Swimming Federation, Gators Swimming, Coach Bean Swimming, Warriors Swimming, High Performance Swimming Club, Cleopatra Sports, Apex Sports, Anguilla Sports, Du Dive Diving, MK Fencing, Prime Star Sports , Sprint Sports.
Environmentally friendly design
The complex consists of four floors, which includes the offices of operations and management and the organizing committees for the events that will be held in it. There are also control rooms and a room for testing doping samples. The complex adopts modern, environmentally friendly, solar-powered means for external lighting and heating of swimming pool water.
The seats for spectators were divided into two lower and upper layers, the lower tier includes 5,000 seats, and the upper tier 10,000 seats, in addition to allocating 12 VIP suites, all overlooking the main swimming pool, and the complex contains six main hospitality places, and two restaurants in order to provide all amenities. And fun for the masses, in addition to a medical center and multiple changing rooms and physical therapy for athletes, the complex also includes parking spaces for 1,588 cars.
The complex was also provided with modern communication services, sufficient for more than 20,000 spectators present inside it at the same time, and an electronic board with a total area of 50 square meters, 5 meters high, 10 meters wide, showing all data and information to the masses, such as time, points, results and others.
The complex also includes an integrated media center, with an area of more than 500 square meters, and a capacity for more than 200 media professionals, and a hall for holding press conferences.
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