Álex Novo, from GES in Mugardos, gold in rowing

Álex Novo, mugardés of 40 years, never had participated in the European Games of Policemen and Firemen, but in this edition, the ninth, decided. Graduate in INEF, he is one of the members of the Group of Supramunicipal Emergencies (GES) of Mugardos since its creation, a decade ago. And he is a rower of the Club do Mar of the locality, that now competes with the one of A Cabana, from Ferrol.

Novo achieved the victory in ergometer rowing of 2.000 metres, within the category of 30 to 40 years old. Among his rivals were national police officers from Madrid, members of the Mossos de Esquadra, two Slovenians, two Swedes, a Pole and an Italian.