Spanish company ‘Trofeos y medallas deportivas, S.L.‘ announced as the Official ‘Medal Laser Partner‘ of AIMS

‘Trofeos y medallas deportivas, S.L.', the Spanish trophy and medal engraving company have been unveiled as the ‘Medal Laser Partner' of AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Distance Races).

The three-year agreement will see the company work with AIMS to provide an innovative, personalised service to runners around the world to 2020.

                                         
                                     
Founded in 2002, the company have recently developed a cutting edge ‘Medal Laser System' that provides runners with a personalised engraved record of their performance immediately after finishing the race.

The ‘Medal Laser System' accesses the time recorded by the chip carried by each runner. The runner shows their bib number for engraving and within 6 seconds their name and finishing time is engraved on their medal. This provides a personalised memento of each runner's achievement. The ‘Medal Laser System' creates positive partnerships with races to bring their service to runners. Full details of the service can be found at https://www.medallasser.com.  

Announcing the deal, AIMS President Paco Borao commented: "We are delighted to announce this partnership between ‘Trofeos y medallas deportivas, S.L.' and AIMS. Their ‘Medal Laser System' will, I am sure, be of interest to our members and in turn their runners and will help provide personalised mementos of their achievements.".

Jorge Diaz, CEO of ‘Trofeos y medallas deportivas, S.L.' commented: "We are very pleased to announce this partnership with AIMS. AIMS is the largest and most reputable distance race association, with members from over 112 countries, representing more than 400 of the world's leading running events such as the New York City Marathon, the Berlin Marathon and where it all began in Athens, the Authentic. We look forward to working with AIMS Member Races to bring this personalised service to their runners around the world."

For further information on AIMS please visit:  www.AIMS-worldrunning.org.

For AIMS Members interested in the ‘Medal Laser System' please contact; contact@medallasser.com.

About AIMS

AIMS is a member based organisation and since being established in 1982 has grown to a membership of more than 425 of the world's leading distance races, from over 112 countries and territories. AIMS Members come from every continent on the planet and include the Athens Marathon, The Authentic formed on the legend of Pheidippides, the Greek soldier-runner who ran from the town of Marathon to Athens in 490 BC to announce the Persians had been defeated in the ‘Battle of Marathon'.

Other AIMS members include many of the world's greatest distance races in history such as the Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Comrades, New York, Paris & Tokyo Marathons. The three key objectives of AIMS are:

1. To foster and promote distance running throughout the world
2. To work with the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) on all matters relating to international road races.
3.  To exchange information, knowledge and expertise among members of the association

Peter McLean
Director of Public Relations
Association of International Marathons & Distance Races
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