GlasWeld Spain Holds Windshield Repair Olympics Competition in Madrid; Champion to Compete in Memphis at Auto Glass Week

Online, July 12, 2011 (Newswire.com) - GlasWeld, a complete solutions provider for the glass repair industry, announces that Braulio López has won first place at the Spanish Windshield Repair Olympics organized by GlasWeld in Madrid. The competition was held on Saturday, July 9th among sixteen of Spain's top windshield repair technicians where every participant displayed professionalism and precision windshield repairs.

The Spanish Windshield Repair Olympics competition was modeled after the annual Walt Gorman Windshield Repair Olympics held in the United States. The event was divided into two rounds of 45 minutes each with eight competitors per round. The contest was supervised by Mr. Simon Underwood, General Manager for GlasWeld Europe in the United Kingdom and Mr. Bert Stevenhaagen, Operations Manager and European Trainer for GlasWeld Europe in the Netherlands. Every technician was assigned a judge who could give each competitor up to 50 points. Mr. Underwood and Mr. Stevenhaagen could then assign 22 additional points based on the final result appearance of the repair. Both men complimented the high level of the repairs executed at the event, the commitment of all participants, and the camaraderie among them despite competing against each other.

The champion of the competition was decided by one point. The winner, Braulio López achieved 69 points out of the 72 possible. Sergio Romero followed closely with 68 points, and Jose Manuel Llano followed with 67 points, achieving third place.

By winning the inaugural windshield repair event, Braulio López will travel to Memphis, Tennessee to compete in the 6th Annual Walt Gorman Windshield Repair Olympics held during Auto Glass Week September 15-17 where he will prove his skills against the best technicians in the world. Proudly holding his trophy, López exclaimed, "I feel very proud of having won the Spanish Olympics. The level of competition was immense! I am looking forward to Auto Glass Week in Memphis, and will do my best to represent Spain as it deserves!"

López is a veteran of the glass repair industry, having performed over 15,000 windshield repairs for customers over the last thirteen years. The competition was very close, but his meticulous work as well as his neat and professional appearance helped López edge out the competition to take home the first place trophy. The contest was held by GlasWeld Spain as a preliminary competition to the Windshield Repair Olympics in Memphis September 15-17, 2011. López participated in the Walt Gorman Windshield Repair Olympics in 2009 in Las Vegas at NACE. He received very high marks for his repairs and demeanor during the competition from the judges.

GlasWeld general manager Dennis Garbutt comments, "Braulio is a true professional and is very proud of his craft. He did an excellent job representing Spain at the Windshield Repair Olympics in 2009 and now that he has the experience of these two competitions under his belt, we look forward to him doing very well at this year's competition."

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