El nacimiento de un deporte, el Pedestrarismo
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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ISSN: 1133-6366
Year of publication: 2013
Issue: 402
Pages: 111-122
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista Española de Educación Física y Deportes: REEFD
Abstract
This paper aims at the reconstruction of the historical events that occurred in a turbulent period in the history of our country, when a true sportsman of the time tried to present a nationwide sports practice created by him, intending to turn it into a new sport and how the events of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War prevented him from attending the Popular Olympiad in Barcelona, putting an end to his dream until its recovery in the 1970’s. This is another page of the particular stories, without which it would be impossible to understand and reconstruct the objective reality of the general history of sport. This study has been made possible by the location of original letters and documents, partially damaged, donated by the family of its creator and verified through a large number of interviews and archive references.