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Almudena Cid backs fairer retirement recognition for athletes
Former Spanish gymnast Almudena Cid has spoken about life after elite sport in a preview of a television programme due to air on laSexta on Sunday.
She competed at four Olympic Games, reaching the final each time, and won eight Spanish national titles.
After retiring in 2008, she developed serious hip problems and later received a four-part hip replacement.
Cid says athletes can face a crisis of identity when they retire, and often receive no follow-up for health problems linked to their careers.
She and Lola Fernández Ochoa launched Jubilación Justa to recognise athletes’ years of work for pension contributions.
The initiative’s draft royal decree began public consultation in March, according to the account.
Its next steps are not stated.
Almudena Cid is backing fairer retirement recognition for athletes through an initiative called Jubilación Justa.
The initiative aims to have athletes’ years of sporting activity recognized as years of contributions.
Cid launched the project with Lola Fernández Ochoa, sister of Paco and Blanca Fernández Ochoa.
Cid says athletes often face an identity crisis when they retire and that the pain of retirement is shared.
The project for a royal decree began a public consultation process in March.
- Who
- Almudena Cid, together with Lola Fernández Ochoa.
- What
- They launched Jubilación Justa, an initiative seeking recognition of athletes’ years of activity as contribution years.
- When
- The project began the public consultation process in March. The year is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- To have athletes’ years of sporting activity recognized as years of contributions.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Cid spent 16 years at elite level and competed in four Olympic finals.
Cid says nobody followed up on her medical conditions after she retired.
The Jubilación Justa royal decree project began the public consultation process.
- Olympic finals
- Four: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008
- Spanish championships
- Eight titles in the honor category
- Elite career
- 16 years
- Initiative
- Jubilación Justa, launched by Almudena Cid and Lola Fernández Ochoa
- Aim
- Recognition of athletes’ years of activity as contribution years
What people are saying
In the pain of retirement, we are all the same.
You retired and nobody followed up on your conditions.
They told me I had several things broken and the joint was in pieces.