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Paraguayan squash player Nicolas Caballero has been appointed
his country's Youth Olympic Games Ambassador.
The announcement was made by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC), which published an impressive list of over 100 inspiring
young people who will serve as Young Ambassadors for the Nanjing
2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
The list features active athletes, including Olympians and YOG
alumni, sports coaches, students and young professionals, all aged
between 18 and 25 . Despite coming from all walks of life, the Young
Ambassadors, who were nominated by their National Olympic
Committees, have one thing in common - a desire to live by the
Olympic values, and to inspire and empower young people to do the
same.
Teenager Caballero was a bronze medallist in the Pan American
Games Men's Doubles Squash event in Guadalajara in 2011. The
19-year-old from the Paraguay capital Asuncion topped that with
consecutive individual bronze medals in the South American
and Pan American junior championships - then claimed a Silver
medal in Paraguay's first appearance in the Bolivarian Games
in Peru last November.
"Nicolas is the youngest ever Pan American Games medallist from
Paraguay and, besides that, we believe it will encourage him to keep
working hard as an athlete in his sport," said Camilo Perez,
President of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee.
The Young Ambassadors will gather in Nanjing from 25 to 28 March for
a four-day seminar, when they will be fully briefed on their role,
test out some of the workshops and activities that will be available
to the athletes during Games times and experience Chinese culture.
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