Kim Camilleri Lagana wins the first Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for 2023

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Kim Camilleri Laganà has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for the month of January. Camilleri Laganà won this monthly award for the very first time after being named European Under-15 Champion in 2022, and in January 2023 she successfully qualified for the upcoming Youth World Championships.

At just 14 years of age, the young weightlifter managing a whopping 124kg total in the 45kg category. Kim managed all three snatch attempts at 51kg, 53kg and 54kg followed by another successful first two clean and jerk attempts at 68kg and 70kg. She was unfortunately unsuccessful on her third attempt after attempting a new national record in the clean and jerk for this weight class at 71 kg. Besides qualifying for the biggest youth event of the year, Camilleri Laganà also moved up to the platinum position in the MWA international rankings, which is a feat only junior athlete Tenishia Thornton had reached prior.

The trophy for the January 2023 Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month together with the sports apparel voucher were presented to Kim Camilleri Laganà by Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer, of Atlas Insurance. The Malta Sports Journalists Association was by Administrator Stephen Azzopardi for this presentation.

This award is a joint initiative of the Malta Sports Journalists Association and Atlas Insurance. The adjudicating panel of this award takes note of all the youths' achievements of the month under review and at the same time it invites local sport associations and federations to send in their nominations for consideration if they feel that any of their under-21 athletes have distinguished themselves during that month.

Nominations for this award may be sent via email to info@maltasportsjournalists.com. The rules and regulations of the award can be viewed on the website www.maltasportsjournalists.com.

Photo caption: From left: Stephen Azzopardi, Administrator (MSJA), Kim Camilleri Laganà, Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer (Atlas Insurance) and David Cassar Business Development and Marketing Manager (Atlas Insurance).

Kim Camilleri Laganà tirbaħ l-ewwel Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar tas-sena 2023

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Kim Camilleri Laganà ingħatat l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Jannar. Hija rebħet għall-ewwel darba dan il-premju ta’ kull xahar, wara li kienet innominata Champion Ewropea taż-Żgħażagħ U-15 fl-2022 u f’Jannar ta’ din is-sena kkwalifikat b’suċċess għall-Kampjonati Dinjija taż-Żgħażagħ.

Il-weightlifter żagħżugħa li għad għandha 14-il sena, irnexxielha terfa’ t-total enormi ta’ 124 kilogramma fil-kategorija tal-45 kilogramma. Kim rnexxielha tagħmel it-tliet tentattivi ta’ snatch ta’ 51 kilogramma, 53 kilogramma u 54 kilogramma segwiti mill-ewwel żewġ tentattivi ta’ clean and jerk oħra b’suċċess ta’ 68 kilogramma u 70 kilogramma. Sfortunatament ma rnexxietx fit-tielet tentattiv tagħha wara li ppruvat rekord nazzjonali ġdid fil-clean and jerk għal din il-klassi ta’ piż ta’ 71 kilogramma. Camilleri Laganà mhux biss ikkwalifikat għall-akbar avveniment taż-żgħażagħ tas-sena, iżda żdiedet ukoll fir-rankings MWA internazzjonali fil kategorija platinum, livell li sa issa  intlaħaq biss minn Tenihsia Thornton.

It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Jannar 2022 flimkien mal-vawċer t’abbiljament sportiv abbinat ma' dan il-premju ġew ippreżentati lil Kim Camilleri Laganà minn Robert Micallef, Uffiċjal Kap Kummerċjali u David Cassar Business Development u Maniġer tal-Marketing ta' Atlas Insurance. F’isem l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports kien hemm preżenti l-Amministratur Stephen Azzopardi.

Dan il-premju ta' kull xahar jingħata b'inizjattiva konġunta tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports flimkien ma' Atlas Insurance. Il-panel li jiġġudika r-rebbieħa ta' dan il-premju jieħu nota tas-suċċessi miksuba matul dak ix-xahar u fl-istess ħin jistieden lill-assoċjazzjonijiet u federazzjonijiet sportivi sabiex jibagħtu n-nomini tagħhom. In-nominati li jiġu evalwati jridu jkunu taħt il-21 sena.

In-nominazzjonijiet għandhom jaslu b’imejl lil info@maltasportsjournalists.com. Ir-regolamenti ta’ dan l-unur jinsabu fuq is-sit elettroniku tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports li hu www.maltasportsjournalists.com.

Ritratt: Mix-xellug: Stephen Azzopardi, Amministratur (MSJA), Kim Camilleri Laganà, Robert Micallef, Uffiċjal Kap Kummerċjali (Atlas Insurance) David Cassar, Business Development Maniġer tal-Marketing (Atlas Insurance).

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