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Statue in honor of Rafa unveiled at Roland Garros
The 13-time Roland-Garros champion took part in a ceremony on Thursday
This year, Roland-Garros wanted to pay tribute to the player responsible for an entire, and perhaps the most illustrious, page in its history books. Today, a statue of Rafael Nadal was unveiled. The Spanish player himself was present for the occasion, as well as FFT President, Gilles Moretton and the sculptor of the statue, Jordi Diez Fernandez. The statue stands next to the new “general public” entrance gate and the Jardin des Mousquetaires. The task of creating the colossal statue fell to Spanish sculptor, Jordi Díez Fernandez. It captures the champion in one of his signature strokes.
The statue is constructed entirely of steel
and stands 3 metres tall, 4.89 metres wide and 2 metres deep. It pays
tribute to the Mallorcan player who has never failed to astound on the
Paris clay ever since 2005: the year he made his tournament debut and
clinched his very first of 13 men’s Roland-Garros titles.
3 min. video of the artist making the statue, here.
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5 comments:
Just beautiful. Great choice of colors. So pleasant to look at even though we know the theme.
Hi Jacki,
Just a great blog. From the art to the final thought. The sculptor was am amazing man and almost as handsome as the subject of his art. I am not a cat fan, but this video was so clever. I loved seeing all those beautiful specimens turning their hats like a coordinated dance. Thank you for always making the day start a little better.
Thank you, John. I am ready for some cheerful stuff but the politicians keep that from happening?
Thank you, Carrol. Your kind words fuel me to hunt more. It seems to get a bit harder ech dy with shootings, politics erc?
I too like the variety of your themes. No magazine could be as interesting, educational and entertaining as you daily blog. Thanks for that, Jacki!
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