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octobrina10

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Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor

Rafa Nadal Sports Centre in Manacor

The academy is part of the sports centre

Besides hosting sporting events, Rafa’s sports centre / academy offers conference rooms for different non-sporting events. Telefonica is currently holding an event titled “VI Jornadas de Tendencias de Servicios de Emergencias” (in English: “VI Emergency Services Trends Days.” Translated via Google.)

Rafa stopped by the conference room to meet with the event attendees:

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The event presenter, Ainhoa Arbizu, thanks Rafa's academy (Click the forward icon on the side to see all pictures. In the 5th picture, there is a dessert she ate at a restaurant of the sports centre / academy.):

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octobrina10

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Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor

Rafa Nadal Sports Centre in Manacor

The academy is part of the sports centre

Rafa’s academy helps to promote Spain as a tourist destination. Rafa’s sister Maribel, Deputy General Director of the sports centre/academy, has participated in the events organized by Turespaña in Paris this week. Turespaña is the official agency of the Government of Spain responsible for marketing the country as a tourist destination.

The RNA tweet below reads: “Back to Roland Garros!
This week, the Rafa Nadal Academy has participated in different events organized by Turespaña during the Premier Padel [a global professional padel tour] tournament taking place in Paris this week.” (Translated from Spanish via Google.)

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octobrina10

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Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor

Rafa Nadal Sports Centre in Manacor

The academy is part of the sports centre

Rafa and Maria Francisca (aka Xisca, Mery) hosted guests at the sports centre /academy last week.

The Instagram picture below is captioned: “Inspiring Dreams clients enjoying lunch with Rafa at the Rafa Nadal Academy last week. What dream experience can Inspiring Dreams fulfill for you?”

Inspiring Dreams is an event management company. Its founder and CEO, Trevor Short (a former pro tennis player from USA), is on the far right in the picture.

Excerpts from the Inspiring Dreams website: ¤¤ Inspiring Dreams is an experiential production and consulting company delivering unique experiences through our extensive relationships and network of top athletes, musicians, celebrities, and business leaders. …

Drawing on our event production experience along with deep relationships with the world’s top tennis players, we brought Rafa Nadal & Carlos Alcaraz along with the Netflix Slam to MGM in Las Vegas.

As a partner in The Slam, we offer our clients incredible access and custom experiences, whether it is playing golf with Nadal or a private hit on the show court with Alcaraz or, indeed, any of the other top-ranked players we are managing at the event. ¤¤



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octobrina10

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Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor

Rafa Nadal Sports Centre in Manacor

The academy is part of the sports centre

The Roland Garros Restaurant at Rafa’s sports centre /academy received Tripadvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Award. Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform, gives this award to the top 10 percent of restaurants on their platform, based on the reviews and ratings collected from diners who visited the restaurants over a 12-month period. Visitors gave the Roland Garros Restaurant a 4.5 point rating on a scale of 1 to 5.


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octobrina10

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Rafa - a Businessman


Rafa attended a Playtomic event in Madrid today.

Playtomic, based in Madrid, is a booking app for tennis and padel courts in more than 50 countries. It was founded in 2017. Rafa became a strategic shareholder in Playtomic in April 2024.

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Via Rafa IG Stories

Rafa with his uncle Miguel Angel Nadal (a former pro footballer) at Madrid-Barajas airport:
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Via Rafa IG Stories


On 8 April 2024 (post #40,349):
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octobrina10

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Rafa Nadal Foundation


Rafa’s foundation launched the call for nominations for the 3rd edition of its annual Rafa Nadal Foundation Awards at the Telefonica Foundation headquarters in Madrid today.

The awards recognize and support non-profit organizations that contribute to improving the quality of life of children and youth living in vulnerable situations.

This edition will recognize the projects and social initiativies in 5 categories:
1. Sport & Education
2. Social Innovation
3. Health & Wellbeing
4. Development Cooperation
5. Environmental Action

The deadline for submitting nominations is 8 November 2024. The winners will be announced in February 2025 and the awards will be presented at a special ceremony in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of Mallorca.


Maria Francisca (aka Xisca, Mery), the director of Rafa's foundation, attended the launch event and delivered a speech:
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Telefonica is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company that operates under several brands, among them Movistar in Spain and about 15 Hispanic American countries. The Movistar brand has been the main sponsor of Rafa’s academy since the latter was founded. Rafa became a Telefonica global brand ambassador in 2014, signing a sponsorship agreement that was extended in October 2020 for another five years. Telefonica also supports his foundation.

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MichaelNadal

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Practice in Mallorca

October 7, 2024

Narek Ghazarya, who posted the video on his Instagram account (narekg911), is currently attending an adult tennis camp at the sports centre / academy. He works for the American University of Armenia (AUA) as Chief Communications Officer. He was born in Armenia, but was raised in the USA.
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octobrina10

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Relaxing Time

September 27, 2024

Rafa attended the 2024 Monaco Yacht Show last week. He was a special guest at the unveiling of Sunreef Yachts’ new yacht in the Monaco Yacht Club on Friday.
Rafa has had a good business relationship with Sunreef Yachts, the manufacturer of his yacht, for a long time. He has been (or still is) Sunreef Yachts’ brand ambassador. Sunreef Yachts is a sponsor of Team Rafa competing in the UIM E1 World Championship, the world's first all-electric raceboat championship.
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Rafa met Fernando Alonso (a Spanish Formula One racing driver, the 2005 and 2006 world champion), at the 2024 Monaco Yacht Show the week before last. They attended the unveiling of Sunreef Yachts’ new yacht, they both are Sunfreef Yachts brand ambassadors.

Rafa and F.Alonso have known each other for a long time and met at other events, too. The picture below was taken in France in 2018 (The man wearing a cap is Alonso.):
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octobrina10

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Relaxing Time

September 27, 2024

Rafa attended the 2024 Monaco Yacht Show last week. He was a special guest at the unveiling of Sunreef Yachts’ new yacht in the Monaco Yacht Club on Friday.
Rafa has had a good business relationship with Sunreef Yachts, the manufacturer of his yacht, for a long time. He has been (or still is) Sunreef Yachts’ brand ambassador. Sunreef Yachts is a sponsor of Team Rafa competing in the UIM E1 World Championship, the world's first all-electric raceboat championship.
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Rafa was accompanied by Maria Francisca (aka Mery, Xisca) at the 2024 Monaco Yacht Show that took place the week before last:

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JustMy2Cents

Hall of Fame
A champion like no other...an individual par excellence! Classy all round!
This message is so to the point, right from the heart as his game has been! The visuals so heartwarming... Mery, Junior and his whole family are gems!

I'm so happy Rafa had the Olympic honor... and of course his statue towering for ever at RG!
Vamos Rafa ... you are the King of our hearts for ever and ever!
 

TennisFan3

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In all my tears of watching Tennis, the most inspirational player ever. The Greatest warrior to ever grace a tennis court.
For 20 years, Nadal has produced countless iconic moments that will never be surpassed, not least his achievements on the clay in Paris.
Nadal's demenaor (on and off the court), his work ethic and humility are exemplary. He is TRULY a role model for every one.

It feels bittersweet and the end of an era. Tennis will never be the same without him. Thank you for everything Rafa, you will always be missed!
 
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octobrina10

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Real Madrid Wishes Rafa the Best​



¤¤ Official Statement: Rafa Nadal​


Following Rafa Nadal's announcement that he will retire from tennis as a professional player after the Davis Cup that he will play with Spain in November 2024, Real Madrid CF, its president and its Board of Directors wish to show their admiration and affection for one of the greatest legends of Spanish and world sport of all time.

For us and for all Real Madrid fans, it is and will always be a source of pride that a legend like Rafa Nadal represents our club as an honorary member of Real Madrid.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said: “Rafa Nadal is also a source of pride for our country and an example of the essential values of sport, which he has built upon throughout his extraordinary career.”

His achievements will always be a benchmark of success and self-improvement with 22 Grand Slams: 14 Roland Garros, making him the tennis player who has won this prestigious tournament the most times, 4 US Opens, 2 Wimbledons and 2 Australian Opens. In addition, he is the only tennis player in history to have won at least one Grand Slam for ten consecutive years and 5 Roland Garros times in a row.

Defending the colours of Spain, Rafa Nadal has won the Davis Cup on 5 occasions to date (2004, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2019), in addition to the gold medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Rafa Nadal has won 92 Tour-level singles titles, which include 22 grand slams, Olympic gold medals and ATP titles. [edited]

His historic and legendary career has always been based on his talent, his constant spirit of improvement, his humility, his solidarity and respect. His way of understanding sport and life has made him worthy of the most prestigious awards: Prince of Asturias Award for Sports 2008, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit, 3 times National Sports Award for Best Spanish Sportsman and Gold Medal for Merit at Work, among others.

We at Real Madrid would also like to express our gratitude for your support of Real Madrid and for spreading the values of our club to every corner of the world.

We wish Rafa Nadal and his entire family the best in this new stage of their lives. ¤¤ (Translated from Spanish via Google.)

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Beulah Jesus

Hall of Fame
I am not prepared for this even though I knew it was coming. My favorite sportsman. Not sure what to say right now. I do wish he had retired on his own terms and not due to injuries.

Inspite of the injuries, we are all witness to all he was able to achieve, sometimes while in excruciating pain. I am sad and proud at the same time to call myself his fan..

Love always Rafa!! VAMOS.
 

octobrina10

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Liga Endesa Thanks Rafa​

Liga Endesa is Spain's top pro basketball division


One of Rafa’s friends has been a pro basketballer. Rafa and Spanish former pro basketball player Pau Gasol have been friends since they met for the first time at a Nike event in Barcelona, when Rafa was 16 -17 years old. (Gasol played for the Spanish national basketball team from 2001 – 2017; he is considered as one of the greatest European players of all time; he also played for many NBA teams between 2001 and 2019.)

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