Serena Williams, 2025 Princess of Asturias laureate for Sports, will meet with the public

2025 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Sports Serena Williams will meet with the public at 6:00pm on Thursday 23rd October at Oviedo Exhibition and Conference Centre. Titled “Serena: Legacy and Legend”, the event will be hosted by Olympic champion Theresa Zabell and former professional tennis player and director of the Mutua Madrid Open, Feliciano López, both juries of the Princess of Asturias Awards for Sports. 
More than 2000 people will join the tennis player at an event attended strictly by invitation only. These will include participants in the “Serena’s Voice” activity, part of the “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schools; members of tennis clubs in the Principality of Asturias; and the general public, who can register for the event from 10:00am onwards on Sunday, 19th October.

OTHER ACTIVITIES FOCUSSING ON SERENA WILLIAMS

Muralists María Peña Coto and Greta von Richthofen have created two works at La Vega Arms Factory that pay tribute to Serena Williams as an African American woman who has shattered numerous stereotypes in the world of professional tennis. Above and beyond her extraordinary sporting career, the aim is to highlight her commitment to various social causes. 

In addition, the film King Richard will be screened at the La Vega Arms Factory today, Friday. 

Awards Week

These activities form part of “Awards Week”, a cultural programme designed by the Foundation that includes the participation of the Princess of Asturias Laureates in a variety of activities during the days leading up to the Awards Ceremony at the Campoamor Theatre. Since 1996, the Foundation has scheduled different activities in diverse locations in Asturias aimed at making the Laureates and their contributions to the world of science, culture, or any other field in which they work better known to society at large.