Editing Galicia (Spain) (section)

==Sport==
Galicia has a long sporting tradition dating back to the early 20th century when the majority of sports clubs in Spain were founded.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} The most popular and well-supported teams in the region are [[Deportivo de La Coruña]] and [[Celta Vigo]]. When the two sides play, it is referred to as the [[Galician derby]].{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} Deportivo was champion of La Liga in the 1999–2000 season.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

[[Pontevedra CF]] from [[Pontevedra]] and [[Racing de Ferrol|Racing Ferrol]] from [[Ferrol, Galicia|Ferrol]] are two other notable clubs from Galicia as well as [[CD Lugo]] and [[SD Compostela]]. The [[Galician Football Federation]] periodically fields a [[Galicia national football team|national team]] against international opposition.

Football aside, the most popular team sports in Galicia are [[futsal]], [[Team handball|handball]] and [[basketball]].{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} In basketball, [[Obradoiro CAB]] is the most successful team of note, and currently, the only Galician team that plays in the [[Liga ACB]]; other teams are [[CB Breogan]], [[Club Ourense Baloncesto]] and OAR Ferrol. In the sport of handball, [[CB Cangas|Club Balonmán Cangas]] plays in the top-flight ([[Liga ASOBAL]]). The sport is particularly popular in the province of Pontevedra with the three other Galician teams in the top two divisions: SD Teucro (Pontevedra), Octavio Pilotes Posada (Vigo) and SD Chapela (Redondela).{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In [[roller hockey]] [[HC Liceo La Coruña|HC Liceo]] is the most successful Galician team, in any sport, with numerous European and World titles.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} In futsal teams, [[Lobelle Santiago]] and Azkar Lugo.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Galicia is also known{{who|date=November 2024}} for its tradition of participation in water sports both at sea and in rivers; these include [[rowing (sport)|rowing]], [[yachting]], [[canoeing]] and [[surfing]]. Its athletes have regularly won medals in the Olympics; currently, the most notable examples are [[David Cal]], Carlos Pérez Rial, and Fernando Echavarri.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Galician triathlon contenders [[Francisco Javier Gómez Noya]] and [[Iván Raña]] have been world champions. In 2006 the cyclist Oscar Pereiro won the Tour de France after the disqualification of American Floyd Landis, gaining the top position on the penultimate day of the race.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} Galicians are also prominent athletes in the sport of mountaineering—Chus Lago is the third woman to reach the summit of Everest without supplemental oxygen.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In 2022, the cycling race [[O Gran Camiño]] was held for the first time<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gran-camino/2022/gc | title=Gran Camiño 2022 Stage 4 (ITT) results }}</ref> and was won by the Spanish legend [[Alejandro Valverde]]. In subsequent years, it rose to fame as the scene of the season debut of two times Tour de France winner [[Jonas Vingegaard]] who won the race in both 2023 and 2024.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

===Emerging sports===
Since 2011, several [[Gaelic football]] teams have been set up in Galicia. The first was [[A Coruña Fillos de Breogán|Fillos de Breogán]] (A Coruña), followed Artabros (Oleiros), Irmandinhos (A Estrada), SDG Corvos (Pontevedra), and Suebia (Santiago de Compostela) with talk of creating a Galician league.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=531969343483189&set=pb.525085460838244.-2207520000.1351771499&type=3&theater |newspaper=[[Faro de Vigo]] |date=24 October 2012 |access-date=14 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101021950/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=531969343483189&set=pb.525085460838244.-2207520000.1351771499&type=3&theater) |archive-date=1 January 2016 |via=[[Facebook]] |language=es |title=Artigo aparecido no "Faro de Vigo" (edição Ponte Vedra) no 24/10/2012. Agradece-se imenso e aguardamos que atraia muitos e muitas jogadores e jogadoras, embora há que matizar que: – A primeira foto mostra o treino inaugural da 'Suévia' de Compostela, onde participaram alguns/algumas membros dos 'Corvos' e 'Fillos de Breogán' (de facto, a primeira equipa de futebol gaélico na Galiza). – A segunda foto é do jogo entre a Galiza e a Bretanha (Breizh), não Grã Bretanha. – Em nenhum momento se falou duma liga na comarca, mas duma hipotética (e desejada) liga nacional galega se algum dia houver equipas avondo, a organizar entre todas. – Em nenhum momento se falou de "precisar" as instituições (tão só uma referência a uma solicitude de campo mal sucedida, sem mais). – Em nenhum momento Xoán falou em espanhol, sendo as suas palavras traduzidas. |url-status=live}}</ref> Galicia also fielded a Gaelic football side (recognised as national by the [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]]) that beat [[Brittany]] in July 2012 and was reported in the Spanish nationwide press.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/08/14/galicia/1344973293_029054.html |title=Galicia juega al fútbol irlandés |newspaper=[[El País]] |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=14 May 2014 |first=Raúl |last=Ríos |location=Santiago de Compostela |publisher=[[Prisa]] |archive-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222022144/http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/08/14/galicia/1344973293_029054.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Rugby union|Rugby]] is growing in popularity, although the success of local teams is hampered by the absence of experienced ex-pat players from English-speaking countries typically seen at teams based on the Mediterranean coast or in the big cities.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} Galicia has a long-established Rugby Federation that organises its own women's, children's, and men's leagues. Galicia has also fielded a national side for friendly matches against other regions of Spain and Portugal. A team of ex-pat Galicians in [[Salvador, Brazil]] have also formed Galicia Rugby, a sister team of the local football club.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}