Santiago Deó Valera has been re -elected as president of the Royal Spanish Hockey Federation After an electoral process in which no other candidate was presented. In this way, he will continue at the head of the RFEH during a new mandate, which will end in 2028, thanks to the unanimous support of the Assembly, obtaining 48 of the 49 possible guarantees.
“I am very grateful for the support received again and that helps me to continue working firmly to continue maintaining Spanish hockey in the world elite, promoting the base,”
President of the RFEH for the first time on November 22, 2008, after having held the position of vice president and after a career as an international referee in which he led four Olympic finals, including the male of Barcelona'92, and four of the World Cup, Santi Deó was the only candidate in 2008 and also in his three later reelections: November 2012, December 2016 and November 2020. Deó then became the thirteenth president of the RFEH after replacing Martí Colomerthat left the position after having led the organism for twelve years.
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The continuity of Santi Deó reinforces his commitment to the development and growth of hockey in Spain, both in high performance and in the promotion of this sport in base categories. “I am very grateful for the support received again and that helps me to continue working firmly to continue maintaining Spanish hockey in the world elite, encouraging the basis to grow our sport. With the professionalization that we have carried out in the Federation in this last legislature, our strategy will continue to turn around the player and, together with clubs and territorial federations, we will continue to do our best to take our sport to take our sport, we will declared after his re -election.
