The Iberdrola Supera Awards make six new projects in Spain that unite women and sport a reality
- The winners range from a rhythmic gymnastics club in Paiporta to a project raising awareness of the importance of mental health among athletes
- More than 20 Iberdrola Ambassadors, leading figures in elite women’s sport, attended the ceremony, along with well-known names from the world of sport and the media such as Ona Carbonell, Paloma del Río and Manu Carreño
- For this sixth edition, the company received 1,300 submissions, which were assessed by the members of the honorary jur
Iberdrola España today held the sixth edition of the Iberdrola Supera Awards at its Innovation and Training Campus in Madrid. Through these awards, the company recognises and supports projects that best promote equality through sport in Spain.
The company’s executive chairman, Ignacio Galán, presented the awards, which include six categories. The event, hosted by journalists Noemí de Miguel and Mónica Martínez, was attended by more than 20 Iberdrola Ambassadors, leading names in women’s sport such as Alexia Putellas, María Pérez, Ana Peleteiro, Carolina Marín, Teresa Perales, Inés Bergua, Irene Paredes, Elena Congost, Paula Leitón, Laura Delgado and Susana Rodríguez. Other prominent figures from elite sport and the media also took part in the ceremony, including Ona Carbonell, Paloma del Río and Manu Carreño, who sit on the awards’ honorary jury.
The Executive Chairman of the Iberdrola Group has praised the rise of women’s sports in Spain in recent years, which, in his view, represents not only talent but also soul and heart. "You athletes are the guiding light for all women," he said in his heartfelt speech.
Furthermore, a group of elite Spanish athletes from different disciplines presented him with a plaque as a token of gratitude for the company’s contribution to sports.
The six winning projects of the Iberdrola Supera 2025 Awards
This year’s Iberdrola Supera Awards received 1,300 submissions. Since the first call in 2020, the company has received more than 5,300 applications. Each category carries a prize of €50,000, a total of €300,000, to help drive and expand the aims of the winning initiatives.
The projects recognised this year are:
- Supera Base: the Club Gimnasia Rítmica y Estética Paiporta (Paiporta Rhythmic and Aesthetic Gymnastics Club, Valencia) for bringing together families, coaches and 70 students around this discipline. After losing its facilities due to the devastating flooding that hit Spain in October 2024, the club will now be able to refurbish a warehouse to continue its social and training work.
- Supera Competition: Dream Team Kukullaga (Bizkaia, Basque Country) for promoting women’s beach handball. This section of the Kukullaga Handball Club encourages its athletes to progress into high-level sport. One of its players is already a world youth champion.
- Supera Inclusion: Club Deportivo Elemental Calipso (Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha) for making artistic swimming accessible to people with hearing disabilities. The project aims to promote sign language training, organise inclusive events and support other clubs and federations.
- Supera Social: CEIP Lope de Vega (León, Castile and León) for transforming school playgrounds through the practice of colpbol. This cooperative sport promotes equality and coexistence among girls, many from Roma or immigrant backgrounds, while helping reduce conflict.
- Supera Dissemination: the University of Zaragoza, Fundación Blanca Support for Athletes Chair, for a national project that raises awareness of the importance of protecting mental health in competitive environments. The initiative combines analysis, training and campaigns that encourage athletes to become role models in emotional self-care.
- Supera Rural: Club de Mar Castropol (Asturias) for promoting women’s participation in traditional rowing and boosting the women’s trainera. The club aims to compete in other national leagues as the only women’s vessel from the region, helping raise visibility for this discipline in a traditionally male environment.
The selection process was overseen by an honorary jury made up of leading figures from sport and the media, including Vicente del Bosque, Sandra Sánchez, Iker Casillas, Lydia Valentín, Sonsoles Ónega and Susanna Griso, alongside several Iberdrola Ambassadors.
Iberdrola España, a pioneer in its commitment to sport
Iberdrola is a benchmark in the promotion of women’s sport in Spain, a field in which it broke new ground a decade ago. The company now supports 35 national federations, gives its name to more than 100 competitions and backs more than 160, benefiting over 800,000 registered female athletes. In addition, through the Iberdrola Ambassadors programme it brings together 35 elite competitors to help drive social recognition for women across different sporting disciplines.
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