Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award - April 2020 - Jake Vella (Triathlon)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Local inspiring young athlete Jake Vella has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month for April 2020.
Jake Vella has been extremely busy with daily physical exercises in his residence under the supervision of his coaches Fabio Spiteri, Marthese Fava and Gail Rizzo. Due to his vulnerability, Vella was urged to follow the Health Authorities and his doctor’s recommendations to stay at home during this period in which he had to adapt to training from his makeshift ‘training room’.
Vella is experiencing an ongoing battle against a rare condition and with his perseverance and hard training he is committed to reach his goals. Vella has been diagnosed with the ‘ROHHAD condition’ which is a life-threatening syndrome that affects the autonomic nervous system.
During the past month Jake was an inspiration to fellow youth athletes as he proudly shared his daily physical exercises on his treadmill and rowing machine on his Facebook page. In the coming days Vella is planning to focus more on swimming.
This is the fourth award being awarded to a local youth athlete since the launch of this Award which is a joint initiative by Atlas Insurance and the Malta Sports Journalists Association.