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Jeno Kamuti 5

The "Fair Play", its sense and its winners

Enrico Prandi 8

“Angel or Demon? The choise of Fair Play”

Definition and History 11of the International Committee for Fair Play

Antonio Spallino 25

Panathlon International and the promotionof Fair Play

Fair Play World Trophies

Trophies and Diplomas 33

awarded by International Committee for Fair playfrom the origin

Letters of congratulations 141

Nations legend 150

Disciplines section 155

Alphabethical index 168

Contents

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Jeno KamutiPresident of the International Fair Play Committee

The “Fair Play”, its senseand its winnersNowadays, at the beginning of the XXIst century,sport has finally earned a worthy place in the hier-archy of society.It has become common wisdom that sport is notonly an activity assuring physical well-being, it isnot only a phenomenon carrying and reinforcinghuman values while being part of general culture,but that it is also a tool in the process of education,teaching and growing up to be an upright individ-ual. Up until now, we have mostly contented our-selves with saying that sport is a mirror of humanactivities in society. Just like in all walks of life, insport, too, some are good and some are bad, someare honest and some are deceitful. What we havecome to realize, and that is probably more impor-tant than the original idea, is that with the second-ary help of sport, man can become a better personfor his community. It is this value, so hard todefine, that fair play carries. It is no accident thatthe UNESCO as well as the UN have declared2005 the year of sport.Likewise, it cannot be by accident that IOC Presi-dent Jacques Rogge always insists on the role offair play in sport at the opening ceremonies of theOlympic Games.Jacques Rogge affirmed that there is no sport with-out fair play.All Olympic Games and world championshipsgive birth to new champions, but the champion ofchampions is the one who, thanks to his or hercharacter, can fight for victory while regarding hisor her opponent as a peer in all his or her activities.Fair play is most often described as the observationof written and unwritten rules. These unwrittenrules are hard to define, for they emanate from theinnermost moral attitude of a sportsman.A well-known feature of fair play is that “you playit fair”. Victory is only valuable if the athlete hasachieved it by absolutely fair means and with thecondition of equal chances. This unique trait of fairplay excludes all fraud (corruption, doping, etc.),and it takes the fairness of arbitration and just eval-

uation for granted. Naturally, fair play is the mostvaluable if this attitude is manifested by the athleteat the competitions that count the most to him orher. It is undeniable that in sports disciplines wherebody to body contact occurs more frequentlybetween the opponents (e.g. ice-hockey, rugby,football, basketball, wrestling, boxing, and fenc-ing), fair play plays a greater role, but that does notmean that there are no opportunities to demonstratea fair attitude in other disciplines.Fair play is a complex notion that is the fundamen-tal moral axis of sport (ethos). Partly, it is a genet-ic talent, but it is not generated instinctively in allathletes - hence the significance of starting a con-scious education as soon as possible in this area aswell. Let me point out here that sport and fair playappear as models in other fields of social life, too,so in fact, fair play should become a factor inspir-ing loyalty in almost every human activity.

As for the implementation of fair play, we mustnote that the ripple effect of external political, eco-nomic and ideological factors, general social ten-dencies such as competition, conflicts of interest,nationalism, alienation, business, etc. in sport cansubstantially distort sport, and fair play can beachieved less and less under such circumstances.There was a time when competitions (agon) tookplace in the spirit of cooperation where, besidestheir opposition (conflict), the adversaries couldaccomplish a natural kind of collaboration in whichfair play was created almost instinctively. In thecourse of the evolution of our civilization, thisappeared in various forms according to the ages(for example, in the age of chivalry). Sadly enough,today it is the principle of winning at all price thatseems to have become justified. At the beginningof the XXth century, there was no need to talkabout fair play with relation to sport, as fair playwas a natural component of the image created of asportsman. That mentality was widespread untilthe 1960s when the significance of sport wasextended: the value of a victory was multiplied,and chauvinism, nationalism and the business-likeattitude appeared. Consequently, violence, brutali-ty and later doping crept into sports venues.Sport started to lose its original values. When theCIFP was established in 1963 under the leadershipof the legendary Jean Borotra, the founding fathers

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of the movement called attention to these dangersprimarily, relying on the idea of fair play. We mustnote that this movement has proved to be success-ful by the beginning of the XXIst century, as forthe containment of violence.Unfortunately, there is still one serious threat tosport, namely, doping that not only harms health,but it simply amounts to a fraud. Competitors usingdrugs and thus disregarding the basic rules of fairplay, help themselves to unearned advantagesthrough which they try to achieve success. Thisapproach is incompatible with noble sports compe-titions.Sport contributes not only to the physical develop-ment of man, but it also builds character. In orderto achieve this, we must internalize the principlesof fair play. And if we want to defend the future ofmankind and our human values that we havefought for in the course of history, it is an urgingnecessity to save our souls, that is, our moral atti-tude.It is our duty to preserve fair play, as an eternalhuman value, and hand it over to next generations.This can be found in the newly published book“Fair Play”, which contains all winners of the fairplay award since 1964. To become acquaintedwith their examples helps the ethical education ofyounger generations in the beginning of the XXIstcentury.Kind regards to Panathlon International, who com-posed and published the book, as it did in 1995 and2000 for the two prevous editions.

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Enrico PrandiPresident of Panathlon International

“Angel or Demon?The choise of Fair Play”this is the title of the beautiful show exhibitedat the Lausanne Olympic Museum from 12April to 5 November 2006 whose aim is tocommunicate, through the ‘games of mirrors’,the concept of Fair Play. Among its objectivesis to show that Fair Play “is not incompatiblewith performance, even at the very top, andthat its absence destroys the very concepts ofplay and sharing”. “The value of Fair Play isrevealed by considering its opposite: the unfairact”, Willi Daume wrote in his introduction -“Fair play as a ‘way of life” - in the Fair PlayBooklet published in 1995 by Panathlon Inter-national in concert with IFPC.The efficacy of this exhibition relies on thefact that the visitor can identify himself withthe demon or the angel and confront himselfwith the fragile balance of these human rela-tions.The publication we review testifies the Ange-l’s actions, well aware that the demon’s actionsare more numerous and reported everyday onall the media, too often presented as models.Unpropitious for those who struggle to promo-te more fair play in sport and in life; a mirrorof society for the more cynical who denyhuman values in the name of an irresponsible,immoral pragmatism.Presenting several athletes’ conduct and testi-monies of fair play, updating the long list star-ted way back in 1964, to highlight that filrouge that identifies real Sport, as is correctlyintended and inspired by Olympism.Just like the red threads in rigging identifiedthe British Imperial Navy - as Wolfgang Götherecalled in his Elective Affinities, similarly fairplay is the life and soul of sport, according toRené Maheu’s definition: “fair play, the nonwritten rules, forming the moral law that giveslife to sport, turning it into an irreplaceableexperience, of crucial educational value for lifein society”.

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Since it is consisting in non written, non regu-lated rules, fair play cannot be imposed, butpeople have to be educated to practise it. Justlike for virtues. “Neither by nature, then, norcontrary to nature do the virtues arise in us;rather we are adapted by nature to receivethem, and are made perfect by habit”. (Aristot-le, “Nicomachean Ethics”).The educational aspect is therefore fundamen-tal and supported by IOC, IFPC, and Panath-lon, with the latter focusing all its accultura-tion activity on sport and through sport, byspeaking in particular to youngsters and chil-dren.If today, more than yesterday, we experiencethe paradox of an increasing deviation from thevalues of fairness and respect for the indivi-dual and the opponent, despite repeated effortsby many people who preach the need to reco-ver ethics and fair play, it means that in oursociety there is a lack that is no longer tolera-ble, as otherwise sport will disappear andhuman relationships will deteriorate.Far from feeling powerless and discouraged,panathletes find in this mission their raisond’être and scope of operation.This is confirmed by the success that Panath-lon Declaration on Ethics in Youth Sport, isattaining with many international Federationsand organisations. A document aimed at pro-tecting the physical and moral rights andhealth of boys and girls approaching competi-tive sport. Panathlon Clubs scattered all overthe world are engaged in the application of thisdeclaration; education and promotion inschools, sports associations and institutions arefundamental for the successful outcome of thisinitiative.Fair play should not be promoted only in com-petitive sport. We should require that while wetirelessly devote ourselves to education, nodissociated models are imposed in professionalsport and followed suit by the even largergroup of amateur athletes.“Fair Play for All”, is the title of the Manifestoin force at the International Fair Play Commit-tee (IFPC). Today that document is going to beupdated.And this should rightly be so because as a con-

duct of life, fair play “is never a good acquiredfor ever” - quoting again Willi Daume - andalso because it results from “a meeting, a dia-logue, a competition”, intended in the sense ofcumpetere, aiming at a goal, that in the lastinstance is the achievement of human values.Panathlon International is proud to present thisbooklet that we hope may become a powerfultool and an important complement to ouraction and to that of IFPC.Our task is to disseminate it among youngpeople.

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Definition and Historyof the International Fair PlayCommitteeI. Some definitions

The goal of the International Fair Play Commit-tee (IFPC) is the world-wide defence and pro-motion of fair play with national and internatio-nal organizations working for sport and educa-tion, with high-level athletes as well as withchildren, adolescents and those in charge of trai-ning them - coaches and educationists.With this aim in view, the IFPC distinguishesattitudes matching this ideal and setting anexample: each year, the IFPC awards distinc-tions in three categories:1. For an act of fair play by complying not onlywith the written rules of sport, but also with the“unwritten” ones.2. A general attitude of sportsmanship all alonga sports career, marked by an outstanding andconstant spirit of fair play.3. An activity aiming at promoting fair play:organization of national or local campaigns, lec-tures, books, articles, reports or comments inthe media.The awards are conferred by the InternationalFair Play Committee’s Council making up theJury, holding its meetings each year mostly inspring to decide about the nominations submit-ted.The IFPC awards are, in the ascending order ofmerit, the following:- Letter of Congratulations in all three catego-ries- Diploma of Honour in all three categories- World Fair Play Trophies:1. Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy - for anathlete or a team for an act of fair play2. Jean Borotra World Trophy - for a person forhis or her career play3. Willi Daume World Trophy - for a person oran organization for the promotion of fair playThe Trophies and Diplomas of Honour are pre-sented to the laureates in a ceremony held invarious countries every autumn.

II. History of the InternationalFair Play Committee

The idea of fighting against chauvinism andviolence linked with sport was born in 1963 atthe Seminar held at the UNESCO Youth Institu-te in Gauting, near Munich, Germany whichwas attended by sports officials belonging to theICSPE (International Committee for Sport andPhysical Education) and journalists affiliated tothe AIPS (International Sports Press Associa-tion).On 17 September 1963 at the Cercle Interallié inParis, a preparatory meeting took place for thecreation of the “Pierre de Coubertin Awards”,with the aim of prizing the most sportsmanlikepublic and athletes every year. The meetingincluded Mr Pierre Francois, UNESCO; MrJean Borotra and Mr William Jones, ICSPE; andMr Félix Lévitan and Mr Jacques Ferran, AIPS.On 5 December, 1963, again at the Cercle Inte-rallié in Paris, the constitutive meeting of theprovisional International Committee for theOrganization of the Pierre de Coubertin FairPlay Trophies was held. Representatives ofUNESCO, AIPS, ICSPE and the InternationalFederations for Basketball, Football, Rugby andWrestling elected a provisional Bureau compri-sing President: Jean Borotra (France), ICSPE;Vice-Presidents: Sir Stanley Rous (Great Bri-tain), FIFA and William Jones (Great Britain),FIBA; Secretary General: Jacques Ferran.In its meeting of 29 January, 1965, the Interna-tional Committee for the Organization of thePierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophies awardedits inaugural Trophy - for the preceding year1964 - to Italian bobsleigh competitor EugenioMonti. In agreement with the wish expressed bythe AIPS, the Committee abstained from awar-ding a Trophy to the most sportsmanlike public,yet decided not to give up the project.The majority of the candidacies for the Trophieswere at the time filed by the AIPS. But in 1968,the Committee received with satisfaction thefirst candidacies put forward by National Olym-pic Committees.In 1970, Mr Pierre Comte-Offenbach, one of theleading officials of the French Fair Play Com-mittee for several years, was invited to the post

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of Secretary General of the International Com-mittee. However, Ms. Liliane Meunier, DeputySecretary General of the ICSPE, ran the Com-mittee administratively.In 1973, a brochure entitled “Fair Play” wasproduced, drafted by René Bazennerye, JeanBorotra, Pierre Comte-Offenbach, Jacques Fer-ran and Georges Guillermin, members of theFrench Committee for Fair Play. Its aim was, onthe one hand, to enhance the awareness of theFrench public, on the other, to promote the crea-tion of national committees in other countries.In its meeting of 29 May, 1973, the Committeechanged its name to International Fair Play-Committee (IFPC), and decided that the Tro-phies would be continued under the same name,the Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophies.In 1974, the Director General of UNESCO, MrRené Maheu and the President of the Internatio-nal Olympic Committee, Lord Killanin acceptedthe invitation to become Presidents of Honourof the IFPC.During the IFPC meeting held on 8 April, 1975in Paris, Mr Willi Daume (Federal Republic ofGermany), then President of the NOC and Vice-President of the IOC, was elected Vice-Presi-dent of the IFPC.In the same year, a “Declaration on Fair Play”was issued; it was published by the ICSPE incooperation with the IOC, and with the supportof UNESCO. A Commission that met successi-vely in Paris, London, Lausanne and Frankfurtdrafted it. The Commission included: JeanBorotra (France), ICSPE, as Chairman; WilliamJ. Slater (Great Britain), British Sports Council,as Editor; and Members René Bazennerye(France), State Secretariat for Youth & Sports;Ms Monique Berlioux (France), InternationalOlympic Committee; Dr R. William Jones(Great Britain), International Basketball Federa-tion; Frank Kiehne (USA), Young Men Chri-stian Association (YMCA), Alexander Melleby(USA), YMCA, Ms Liliane Meunier (France),ICSPE; the Rt. Hon. Philip Noel-Baker (GreatBritain), ICSPE; Janusz Piewcewicz (Poland)National Olympic Committee; Walther Tröger(FRG), National Olympic Committee; EricWalter (Switzerland), Radio-Télévision SuisseRomande; Dr A. Faulkner Watts (USA), City

University of New York.The Declaration was published in English,French and Spanish. It was later issued invarious languages - among others, German, Por-tuguese, Indonesian, Arabic and Polish.In 1976, the IFPC - then a non-corporate body -decided about its institutionalization andapplied for a ‘B’ Consultative Status with UNE-SCO as an International Non-GovernmentalOrganization (the IFPC was granted the ‘B’ Sta-tus in 1978).The First General Assembly held on 3 March,1977 at UNESCO House in Paris approved theIFPC Statutes and elected the AdministrationCouncil: President: Jean Borotra (France),ICSPE Vice-President; Vice-President: WilliDaume (FRG), President of the National Olym-pic Committee, member of the IOC TripartiteCommission; Secretary General: Janusz Piew-cewicz (Poland), Deputy Secretary General ofthe National Olympic Committee; Treasurer:Ms Liliane Meunier (France), Deputy SecretaryGeneral of the ICSPE; Members: Jacques Fer-ran (France), Chairman of the AIPS FootballCommission, interim President of the Interna-tional Association Against Violence in Sport(AICVS); Pierre Ferri (France), President of theInternational Fencing Federation.The General Assembly authorized the Admini-stration Council to fill vacant seats, subject toconfirmation by the next Assembly.In June 1977, the IFPC decided to award “Let-ters of Congratulations” also to individuals whohave distinguished themselves by exemplaryhumanitarian acts, even though such actions donot fully meet the criteria of “Fair Play Gestu-res” which the IFPC intends to commend.In September of the same year, IFPC Vice-Pre-sident Willi Daume offered the Committee theMedal designed by French sculptor Jean Ipou-stéguy, which from then on served as the Pierrede Coubertin International Fair Play Trophy. Itscommissioning was covered by the prize thatMr Daume had been awarded for having suc-cessfully associated Culture and Sport at theMunich Olympic Games, for which he was Pre-sident of the Organizing Committee.In 1981, Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch, thenewly elected President of the IOC, agreed to

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become co-Honorary President of the IFPC.On the occasion of the Olympic Congress heldthe same year in Baden-Baden (FRG), the IFPCstaged an exhibition and published a pamphletto present its activities.In April 1982, the Secretariat of the IFPC wastransferred from Warsaw to Paris, as a conse-quence of the Association of National OlympicCommittees’ (ANOC) decision to put MrJanusz Piewcewicz (IFPC Secretary General) incharge of their administration.On the 16-17 November 1982, the IFPC tookpart in the Seminar of the International Alliancefor Sport without Violence and for Fair Play, aconsultation structure bringing together theInternational Association Against Violence inSport (AICVS), the Rika de Backer-Van OckenInternational Foundation Against Violence inSport, and the IFPC. In the Seminar’s finalmotion, the Alliance addressed sports leaders,public authorities and the mass media, sugge-sting concrete measures to curb violence andpromote fair play.In 1983, the sessions of the International Olym-pic Academy (IOA) focussed its work on theways to fight against violence and promote fairplay. IFPC President Jean Borotra and IFPCmembers Ms. Monique Berlioux, Jen_ Kamuti,Mohamed Mzali and John Powell delivered lec-tures at the 23rd IOA session, while JanuszPiewcewicz and John Powell expressed theirviews at the 4th Special Session of the IOAreserved for NOC and IF members and officials.On 20-21 October 1987 in Lausanne, the IFPCtook part in the Consultation Days for a SportsEthics organized by the Alliance at OlympicHouse upon the invitation of the President of theIOC. As a conclusion to the meeting, a set ofmotions brought forward by Mr Jacques Ferranwas carried, which aimed to step up and broa-den actions in favour of sports values andagainst all forms of deviations - violence,doping, improper commercialisation.In its meetings of 27 May, 1988, the IFPCAdministration Council decided that in awar-ding the Trophies for Careers, it would no lon-ger be required that the sports career shouldhave ended. In fact, in certain disciplines suchas tennis or equestrian for instance, it is difficult

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to decide when a career has really come to anend. For that reason, awards were henceforthawarded for a general attitude of fair playduring a sports career.On 3 November, 1988, during the ExtraordinaryGeneral Assembly and upon Jean Borotra’sinvitation, Mr Willi Daume - IFPC Vice-Presi-dent since 1975, President of the NOC of Ger-many, IOC Member - was elected President ofthe IFPC. The Assembly conferred on Mr JeanBorotra the title of “Honorary President - Foun-der”.During the International Trophies award cere-mony that followed the Assembly, the stele bea-ring the fair play ‘symbol’ designed by sculptorJean Ipoustéguy was unveiled.The stele, offered to Jean Borotra by PresidentWilli Daume and the IFPC, was later transferredto Pouy, near Biarritz (in the Basque Country)to be erected in Jean Borotra’s estate and offi-cially inaugurated on 2nd September 1989 inthe presence of local authorities and members ofthe IFPC Bureau.In 1992, the “Fair Play For All” brochure, draf-ted by Prof. Norbert Müller (Germany), AlbertBuisman (Netherlands), Erwin Hahn (Germany)and William Slater (Great Britain) was publis-hed in four languages - English, French, Ger-man and Spanish.While the previous Declaration dealt mainlywith competitive sport, the new Declarationappearing as an introduction to the brochureextended the field of application of fair play toSport for the young, Mass sport, Leisure sport,Health sport and Sport for the disabled, offeringrecommendations in each case. On the pressingissue of doping in top-level sport, the IFPC pro-nounced itself through this Declaration for step-ping up measures in order to protect the athletesfrom excessive demands in training and compe-tition. According to the fair play philosophy,improvement of sports performances should begiven up altogether if it cannot be achievedwithout resorting to doping.The brochure was circulated to a large numberof sports officials all over the world, seizing inparticular the occasion of the Olympic Scienti-fic Congress in Malaga in July 1992, the Olym-pic Games of Barcelona, and the ANOC Gene-

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ral Assembly held the same year in Acapulco.Answering the wish expressed by many nationalfair play committees, the IFPC also produced aselection of some 150 fair play gestures distin-guished by the Committee since its creation, asan illustration of the fair play ideal.The “Members’ Notebook” initiated in 1991,with the aim of informing about the fair playactivities launched in the various countries,began to appear on a more regular basis.These efforts by the IFPC for improved com-munication seemed to bear fruit: the press invarious countries (including non sports-orientedtitles) gave the Committee’s activity increasedattention, and even a stern economic daily suchas the Wall Street Journal (2-VI-1992) praisedits action.In May 1993, President Willi Daume was invi-ted to deliver a lecture on fair play at the WorldSymposium on Physical Fitness in Peking.In October of the same year, Mr Antonio Spal-lino represented the IFPC at the InternationalSports Law Congress in Olympia.The IFPC General Assembly held on 9 Novem-ber, 1993 approved new Statutes, amended in afew details, as well as a new logotype with aview to giving the fair play movement a symbolthat could be easily recognized by the generalpublic in a growing number of countries whereits promotion was sought.In May 1994, IFPC Secretary General JanuszPiewcewicz attended the Constitutive Assemblyof the European Fair Play Movement (EFPM) inwhich representatives of 14 countries and theUEFA took part, as well as IFPC Administra-tion Council members Joseph Blatter and JeanPresset. Frits Wijk, elected EFPM President,joined the IFPC Administration Council.On 17 July 1994, Jean Borotra, Founder andHonorary President of the IFPC passed awayafter a short illness, aged 95. He was buried inhis native Basque Country.IFPC members Fékrou Kidane, Raoul Mollet,Nelson Paillou and Janusz Piewcewicz, com-missioned by their Olympic organizations, tookpart in the Preparation Group of the CentennialOlympic Congress, Congress of Unity, heldfrom 29 August to 3 September 1994 in Paris.President Willi Daume took the floor on behalf

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of the IFPC to stress the essential role of fairplay for the future of sport. Many other orators,among them IFPC Administration Councilmembers Mohamed Mzali and A. de O. Salesemphasized the importance of fair play. Finally,the fundamental value of fair play was underli-ned on two occasions in the “Final Document”of the Congress.

As the year 1994 marked the thirtieth anniver-sary of the foundation of the Committee, it wasdecided to decentralize the IFPC awards cere-mony - until then staged yearly at UNESCO’sHouse in Paris. The ceremony to honour the lau-reates 1993 took place at the Opera House inStuttgart at the Mayor’s invitation. The Pierrede Coubertin International Fair Play Trophieswere awarded to the Norwegian People (fortheir outstanding sportsmanship on the occasionof the XVII Olympic Winter Games in Lille-hammer) represented by King Harald V, and tothe International Football Federation represen-ted by its President Joao Havelange. In hisaddress, Grand-Duke Jean de Luxembourg,Eldest IOC Member, observed that “the Norwe-gian People gave a lesson to the whole world:millions around the globe could see how remar-kable the Norwegian public was by its sport-smanship, acclaiming athletes of all nationswith equal enthusiasm. The Norwegian specta-tors appreciated in fairness the merits of allsportsmen, even the most unfortunate” and “theMayor of Lillehammer dedicated his efforts toillustrate one of the fundamental principles ofthe Olympic Charter according to which a betterworld should be built by educating youth in aspirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play”. Forhis part, FIFA Secretary General Joseph Blatterinvited each member of the attending youngpublic to become “an ambassador of fair play”.In its June/July 1995 issue, the “OlympicReview” published a dossier on fair play andviolence around sport, quoting in its near enti-rety the “Declaration on Fair Play” (see p. 2)and giving the views of IFPC members FékrouKidane, Chef de Cabinet of the President andDirector of International Cooperation of theIOC, IFPC Secretary General Janusz Piewce-wicz, AICVS President Jacques Ferran, as well

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as International Football Referee Michel Vau-trot.The same year, Panathlon International publis-hed with the IFPC’s support a compilation of allthe laureates of a IFPC Trophy or Diploma ofHonour from 1964 to 1994 featuring the cita-tions of the merits that earned them the distinc-tion.In September 1995, the European Fair PlayMovement, meeting in Istanbul, adopted a“Declaration on Fair Play to Members of theSports Media” at a seminar organized by theNOC in cooperation with AIPS, calling uponthe journalists to make the general public moreaware of the value of fair play.At that time, the Administration Council of theIFPC chaired by Willi Daume was composed ofthe following members:• Janusz Piewcewicz (Poland), Secretary GeneralMembers:• Monique Berlioux (France), former director ofIOC• Jean-François Brisson (France), French Pierrede Coubertin Committee• Anita Defrantz (USA), Member of IOC• Jean Durry (France), Director of the SportsMuseum• Jacques Ferran (France), President of IASWV• Kevan Gosper (Australia), Member of IOC• Raoul Mollet (Belgium), Former President ofBelgian NOC• Norbert Müller (Germany),• Mohamed Mzali (Tunisia), Member of IOC• Jean Presset (Switzerland), President of SwissAS• A. de O. Sales (Hong-Kong), President ofNOC• Antonio Spallino (Italy), President of Panath-lon International• Andras Toro (USA), from the United StatesNOCIn November 1995, Liliane Meunier, JanuszPiewcewicz and Robert Pringarbe attended thevarious sittings of the 28th UNESCO GeneralConference held in Paris. Addressing the Com-mission of Social and Human Sciences, MrPiewcewicz thanked UNESCO for its support toIFPC activities. He stressed that by distinguis-hing more than 350 examples of commendable

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behaviour among members of the sports move-ment over a 30-year period, the IFPC had con-tributed to UNESCO’s recent campaign toincrease awareness to the ethical dimension ofsport.The IFPC awards ceremony for the 1994 laurea-tes was held on 10 December 1995 at the ForoItalico in Rome, at the headquarters of the Ita-lian National Olympic Committee, upon theinvitation of Panathlon International and the Ita-lian National Committee for Fair Play.The year of 1996, marked by the loss of WillliDaume so close to Jean Borotra whom he hadfollowed, announced the end of an entire era ofthe Committee, since in 1997, after having ful-filled his post for two decades with distinction,Secretary General Janusz Piewcewicz conside-red that the moment had come to retire just likeLiliane Meunier, Treasurer since 1977 andRobert Pringarbe, Auditor since 1981.Louis Guirandou N’Diaye (Ivory Coast), Vice-President of the Committee with Mrs. MoniqueBerlioux since 1992, and also member of theInternational Olympic Committee, then follo-wed Willi Daume as President of the IFPC, theheadquarters of which were hosted by theFrench National Olympic and Sports Commit-tee located at number 1, Pierre de CoubertinAvenue in Paris. Alain Gelès (France) becameSecretary General. The General Assembly ofthe IFPC was held in September 1997 in Vil-nius, Lithuania at the same time as the awardsceremony of the 1996 Trophies.The passing away of President Guirandou in1999 brought an abrupt end to that life period ofthe IFPC, which also had to face the constantevolution of sport that had become a globalsocial phenomenon confronted with the econo-mic realities and pressures of an ever-changingworld.Held on 3 March 2000 in Paris, the GeneralAssembly elected the fourth President of theInternational Fair Play Committee , Jen_ Kamu-ti (Hungary), surgeon, fencing world championand two-time silver medallist in team foil at theOlympic Games of Mexico, then of Munich,winner of the Fair Play Award in 1976 for hissports career and Vice-President of the IFPCsince 1997 along with Professor Norbert Mül-

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ler (Germany).Although the headquarters of the IFPC remai-ned in Paris, at the place of its establishmentand birth, the IFPC - enjoying the support of theHungarian Olympic Committee - moved, natu-rally, its Bureau to Budapest, that became thelively administrative and logistics centre of theIFPC’s activities. In September 2001, AntonioSpallino (Italy) was elected Vice-President andKatalin Gereben (Hungary) became SecretaryGeneral of the IFPC and she held this officeuntil 2004 assisted by Viktoria Dosa (Hungary).At the same time, Sunil Sabharwal (Great Bri-tain) was elected Treasurer at the GeneralAssembly of Frankfurt in March 2002.On the latter occasion, the Awards Ceremony,organized in association with the city of Frank-furt at the initiative of Norbert Müller, proved tobe of high quality and made it possible to distri-bute the distinctions to the award-winners of1998, 1999 and 2000, for example to navigatorGiovanni Soldini (Italy) and judo champion Bri-gitte Deydier (France) for 1998, skier Katia Sei-zinger (Germany) and the Panathlon Internatio-nal for 1999, kayaker Andreas Ditmer (Ger-many) and the students and teachers of Sydneyand New South Wales (Australia) for 2000.With a slight delay, the International Fair PlayCommittee revived a cherished tradition inJanuary 2003. It was, in fact, at UNESCO, Fon-tenoy Square in Paris that the Awards Cere-mony of 2001 took place in the presence of Mr.Koichiro Matsuura (Japan), UNESCO DirectorGeneral, Mr. Jacques Rogge (Belgium), Presi-dent of the International Olympic Committeeand Honorary President of the IFPC, followingthe example of his predecessor, Juan AntonioSamaranch and Mr. Adolf Ogi (Switzerland),Special Adviser to the Secretary General onSport for Development and Peace within theUnited Nations’ Organization. Among the awar-dees, we could find Kipchoge Keino (Kenya),track and field Olympic champion as well asEusébio Ferreira da Silva (Portugal), footballplayer. It was on the occasion of this ceremonythat the much appreciated support of the Clif-ford Chance Cabinet provided to the IFPC firstcame into the picture, a support that wouldappear in various forms over the years to come.

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The Awards Ceremony for the 2002 sports sea-son was again a highlight. It took place inNovember 2003 in Lausanne, in the OlympicMuseum at the very same moment that theGeneral Assembly of the “Olympians” ended,which cleared away any possible doubt regar-ding the privileged relations of Pál Schmitt, Pre-sident of the World Olympians’ Association andthe IFPC. This time, the prize-winners includedthe National Football Team of Denmark andProfessor Albert Buisman from the Universityof Utrecht (Netherlands), who dedicated anentire part of his life to the relationship betweenyouth sport and the fair play.In May 2004, Jen Kamuti was re-elected asPresident of the Committee in Istanbul. Thatyear in December, the Awards Ceremony for2003 was held in Athens at the same time as theFourth International Conference of Ministersand Senior Officials Responsible for Sport andPhysical Education (MINEPS IV) - just like inParis at UNESCO at the beginning of 2003.Some of the award-winners were the rugby cap-tain of the All Blacks, Tana Umaga (New Zea-land) and Janusz Piewcewicz.In February 2005, numerous representatives ofEastern European countries, for instance, theBaltic Republics, participated in the GeneralAssembly in Paris in the course of which, uponthe suggestion of Fékrou Kidane (Ethiopia),Jean Durry became the sixth Secretary Generalin the history of the IFPC - succeeding his com-patriots Jacques Ferran (1963-1970), PierreComte-Offenbach (1970-1977) and Alain Gelès(1997-2001) and also Janusz Piewcewicz(Poland, 1977-1997) and Katalin Gereben(Hungary, 2001-2004) -, with the determinationto ensure the coordination between the differententities of the Committee. At the same time,Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of theUNESCO became Honorary President of theIFPC. Meeting in Budapest in 2005, the Admi-nistration Council defined several importantdirections: the new, updated text of the Statutes,prepared perseveringly by Antonio Spallino,was accepted with the condition of some finalformalities. From that time, the three compo-nents of the structure of the IFPC would be the“General Assembly”, the “Council” composed

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of 33 members, and the “Executive Committee”made up of the President, the two Vice-Presi-dents, the Secretary General and the Treasurer.The yearly international awards would be calledWorld Fair Play Trophies.At that time, the Council was composed of thefollowing members:• Jen_ Kamuti (Hungary), President• Norbert Müller (Germany), Vice president• Antonio Spallino (Italy), Vice president• Jean Durry (France), Secretary General• Sunil Sabharwal (Great-Britain), Treasurer• Erdogan Aripinar (Turkey), Vice president ofthe Turkish NOC• Togay Bayatli (Turkey), President of the Tur-kish NOC• John Blankenstein (Netherlands), SecretaryGeneral of the European Fair Play Movement• Philip Craven (Great-Britain), President of theInternational Paralympic Committee, IOCmember• Senes Erzik (Turkey), Vice president of theUEFA• Elizabeth Ferris (Great-Britain), Vice presi-dent of the World Olympians Association• Richard Kevan Gosper (Australia), IOC mem-ber• Kajetan H_ dzelek (Poland), Honorary Vicepresident of the Polish NOC• Fékrou Kidane ( Ethiopia), former IOC Direc-tor• Carlos Luna Longo (Guatemala), Director ofthe Guatemalan NOC• Alain Lunzenfichter (France), Deputy editor inchief of the journal L’Équipe• S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco (Monaco),IOC member• Mohamed Mzali (Tunisia), former Primeminister of Tunisia• Geoffroy de Navacelle de Coubertin (France)• A. de O. Sales (Hong-Kong)• Javier Ostos Mora (Mexico)• Katerina Panagopoulos (Greece)• Vladimir Rodichenko (Russia), Honorary Vicepresident of the Russian NOC• Donna de Varona (USA)• Soichiro Yoshida (Japan)On 27 November 2005, it was in the most wel-coming spirit that the IFPC, invited by the

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Polish Olympic Committee, celebrated the 2004awardees of the Fair Play honouring this timeOlympic champions Alexei Nemov (Russia),artistic gymnast and Miguel Indurain (Spain),cyclist, five-time consecutive winner of theTour de France (1991-1995) among others, whomanifested exemplary generosity and composu-re and who were considered worthy of joiningthe line of prize-winners of all sports discipli-nes, of all levels, of all countries who had recei-ved this highly esteemed distinction over 40years.The Council of the IFPC has chosen the winnersof the 2005 International Fair Play Award inComo, Italy on 2-3 June, 2006, who will recei-ve their trophies on December 16, 2006 on theBudapest General Assembly. Trophies will beawarded to Mr. Sebastien Loeb (France) RallyWorld Champion, to the 14 times Grand Slamwinner Mr. Pete Sampras (USA) as well as toMrs. Éva Székely, an Olympic champion inbreaststroke on the 1952 Helsinki OlympicGames; for their Act of fair Play and for theirSports Career.Fair Play in sport? It is more than a necessity. Itis vital. Professors Albert Buisman and NorbertMüller conceived a new “Manifest about theFair Play” right at the beginning of the 21st cen-tury. In a constantly changing universe, theInternational Fair Play Committee continues itsway and its work, aware of fighting “the goodfight” with perseverance, fervour and humility,the fight of sport of undisputable moral value,promoting the encounter of men and womenwho wish to apply consciously and uncon-sciously its motto: “Better than victory”.

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Antonio SpallinoVice-president of the International Fair PlayCommitteePresident of Panathlon International Scientificand Cultural Commission

Panathlon International andthe promotion of Fair Play

Historical BackgroundOn 30th May 1951, when the 7 promotersfrom Venice - athletes with top offices insome of the most important Italian sportsorganisations and all active members of suchservice clubs as Rotary and Lions - launchedthe idea of the first Panathlon Association.The introduction to this constitutional docu-ment specified the intent to promote thesporting ideal, focusing in particular onmoral and social issues, according to the“spirit of chivalry” a synonym of “nobilityand generosity in deeds and behaviour”.A “Fair Play” ahead of time on whichPanathlon International is based today, asreported in articles 2 and 3 of the Statute,approved by the Presidents’ General Assem-bly meeting in Venice to celebrate the 50thanniversary of the founding of the first Club.These articles sanctioned that our free Asso-ciation : “acts systematically and continuous-ly, to spread the idea of sport, inspired by theethics of responsibility, by the spirit of soli-darity and “Fair Play”.

This “philosophy” of sport characterisedPanathlon’s movement in the European andAmerican continent. The meeting, the con-sensus between Panathlon and IFPC weretherefore at the origin – “ab ovo” – in thenatural order of things.

Panathlon was informed on the existence andon the driving role of IFPC in 1977, whenJean Borotra presented in Paris, at the “Mai-son de l’UNESCO”, the “Manifesto” entitled“Universal Fair Play Declaration”. The

Santiago Panathlon Club (Chile) – createdthree years earlier – was the first to identify,at the end of October 1977, the full harmonyexisting between the contents of this Mani-festo and the aims of our Association, and topromote its diffusion and recommend to theCentral Board to publish it in P.I. officialMagazine, so that this manifesto could bedisseminated to the clubs of the two conti-nents. In a country with a political situationthat at the time was particularly difficult, thisClub understood that Fair Play, in sport justlike in life, was the expression of an indi-vidual’s maximum freedom. One year later,the Sao Paulo Club (Brazil) asked their high-ly prestigious panathlete, Moacyr BrondiDaiuto, to disseminate the Manifesto.In the meanwhile, in agreement with theDirector-General of UNESCO, René Maheu,and with Jean Borotra, “Panathlon Interna-tional” Magazine published - in its issue No.1 of 1978 - IFPC Statute, the Manifesto andall data related to the formation of the Com-mission that had drawn it up. On 18th April1978, IFPC examined Panathlon’s applica-tion to join IFPC.Since that date, the two organisations havebeen systematically co-operating, followingsome privileged routes.

A Community in Spirit and ActionIn those years the co-operation was imple-mented in different forms.- Panathlon has provided and continues pro-viding IFPC with human resources. Numer-ous Panathlon Members were co-opted byIFPC to become members of its Board, as forexample Robert Pringarbe, Jean Presset,Xavier Ostos Mora, and the author of thisarticle. This occurred for their personal pro-motion of Fair Play. The connection and syn-ergy between the two memberships are obvi-ous.- Panathlon actively contributes in theawarding of the world Fair Play trophiesgranted every year by IFPC. A work group atthe head office examines the nominations

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sent by clubs and districts and decideswhether to submit them to IFPC as nomina-tions for the Trophies. This explains the factthat since 1980 IFPC granted trophies, diplo-mas and letters of praise also to athletes indi-cated by P.I..In 1994 P.I. organised in Rome, in agreementwith the Italian Olympic Committee - at thelatter’s headquarters, the Italic Forum - IFPCGeneral Assembly and the outstandingAwarding Ceremony. Thanks to Panathlon’sactive co-operation, IFPC Board meetingwas organised in June 2006, in Como, duringwhich the Board selected the award winnersfor the 2005 sports year.- This friendly co-operation was materialisedwhen IFPC asked Panathlon International topublish in six languages all awards grantedby the International Fair Play Committeesince 1964. In 1991 P.I. Magazine hadalready published a complete list of athletesawarded in 1990. This fact has been consid-ered as the first step that led to the publica-tion of Panathlon’s special “Booklets”, in1995 (1964-1994 Trophies), updated in2000, followed by the current issue that pro-vides a detailed summary of World Trophies,Diplomas and Letters of Praise awarded fromits origin to the present year, together withthe related motivations and contents, thatprove to be precious tools for examining andstudying, for example, Fair Play actions instadiums and in the life of athletes.

Panathlon International and its ActionsPromoting Fair PlayPanathlon has persevered in its work,through its organisation and methods.A cultural research on doctrine is currentlybeing conducted and continuouslyreassessed.Fair Play was officially integrated intoPanathlon International aims, by the Presi-dents’ Assembly of 101 European and Amer-ican Clubs, meeting in Naples in May 1978.The closing speech was delivered by

Mohamed Mzali, the then Vice President ofthe International Olympic Committee, andSports Minister of Tunisia. Mzali is current-ly a board member of C.I.F.P.. In the finalmotion of this Assembly, titled “The Futureof the Olympic Games”, from a competitivepoint of view, “Fair Play” is indicated as ameans to protect the ideals that the Gameswill have to implement.

In 1990, as newly–elected President ofPanathlon International, member of IFPCBoard since the previous year, I dedicated abrief study on the history of the first FairPlay concepts and actions developed byIFPC, but also on Committees created inFrance and Luxembourg, in Lausanne, inGermany, in Japan and within InternationalFederation of Football Association, and inparticular on “on field” initiatives organisedin Quebec and in Holland. This study endedwith operational questions asked to allClubs.Similarly, P.I. Cultural Commission Chair-man and member of C.I.F.P. Board, JeanPresset, presented an extensive, fundamentalpaper on the activity carried out between1985 and 1988 and on the proposals forworking on “youth sports education”. Inagreement with the guidelines of the new P.I.managers, the paper urged clubs to under-take a “permanent action” aimed at sportseducation in families, at school, in societyand within sports clubs, supported by meth-ods adapted to local needs.These proposals were included in the “FairPlay Charter”, originally based on the charterof the Lausanne club and of the Swiss SportsFederation, as well as in the “Charter for theRights of the Child in Sport”.Panathlon Magazine, in its issue No. 6 of1992, published the integral version ofC.I.F.P. second Manifesto, entitled “FairPlay for All”. In 2004 Panathlon edited anexhaustive overview on metamorphoses insport, in the second half of the 20th century,published in four volumes, entitled “Sport.

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Ethics. Cultures”. The third volume focuseson the crucial role of Fair Play.- From an institutional point of view,Panathlon has been effectively playing itspromotional role, by contributing to the for-mation in 1995 of the Italian Fair Play Com-mittee, and by increasing the number of ini-tiatives in Central-South America, in partic-ular in Mexico, in the Caribbean area, inArgentina, Uruguay, Peru and Chile.Panathlon encourages its Clubs and Districtsto intensify their “service”. Published in theannex to the third volume of “Sport. Ethics.Cultures”, this list is really surprising: at thattime some Fair Play Awards had alreadyreached their 35th edition. Since 19 Septem-ber 2000 Districts operating in Italy createdthe “Fair Play Day” that goes beyond thesporting field, with the intent to deeply rootthe spirit of Fair Play within the local com-munity. In the 2003/2005 period, clubs wereawarded by C.I.F.P. for implementingabsolutely original initiatives.Panathlon urged the formation of Fair PlayCommissions in every Club and the appoint-ment of “Reference Members for Fair Play”in each District, to promote the concept offair play in a capillary and precise way in thewhole area, in order to intervene on real life.In turn, a certain number of clubs hold dis-cussions and conferences on fair play inschools and round tables in their towns. Atthe beginning of 2006 Maurizio Monegodrafted the “Regulations”, approved by P.I.Central Board, to homogenise the awardingof “Fair Play Prizes.

Fair Play according to Panathlon Interna-tionalIn full agreement with the text drawn up bythe International Fair Play Committee, whendrafting the third “Manifesto on Fair Play”,Panathlon believes that Fair Play should con-tinue evolving together with its promotionalmethods and actions. Fair Play criteriashould constantly be redefined and specifiedto draw the lines between ethics, morals and

Fair Play. We could also affirm that FairPlay’s domain begins where that of ethicsand morals end.If the British expression “Fair Play” cannotbe literally translated into the other lan-guages, its etymology certainly evokes bothideas of justice and equity, but also of enter-tainment and elegance in actions and spirit.The formal observance of written rules andregulations is mandatory, but is not equiva-lent to Fair Play, that is to the “spirit of thegame” and to its “clarity”.Fair play, therefore is a way of living, anexpression of responsible freedom, of right-ful freedom, of respect for our dignity andthat of our opponents.An act of proper freedom whereby truth pre-vails;An action that respects our opponent’s digni-ty;An action owed to our own dignity.

Only through Fair Play sport becomes “alesson of life”: it is the pre-eminence oftruth and of the “homo ludens” that allowsus to find the fullness of the human being inthe big stadium of freedom, the freedom tohave an inner life open to the world, butfreed from its noise and frills.

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Trophies and Diplomasawarded by theInternational Fair PlayCommittee

EUGENIO MONTI (Italy) - BobsledTrophy for actionDuring the 2-man bobsled final event at the Inn-sbruck Winter Games he had an excellent timing.Only the British Tony Nash and his partner couldhave defeated him. But, the moment he knew thatNash had broken a part of his bobsled, Montidetached the same part from his own sledanddelivered it to Nash, who then obtained a recordtime, winning the gold medal.

WEST HAM UNITED, T.S.V. MUNCHENand ISTVAN ZSOLT (Referee) (Great Bri-tain, Germany and Hungary) - FootballTrophy for actionDuring the final match of the European Cham-pions’ Cup the two teams gave life to seriouscompetition animated by the best spirit, the spec-tators, both British and German, cheered equallylosers and winners.

WILLIE WHITE (United States) - AthleticsTrophy for actionDuring a high-jump competition at the USAIndoor Championships, the British OlympicChampion Mary Rand was tricked by somemarks on the ground and failed the third jump, asa consequence she was eliminated. White, in thebelief that her rival had been unjustly penalised,demanded a supplementary jump for her. Thejury accepted and Rand, after a fourth jump qua-lified and won the competition.

WOMEN’S TEAM (Great Britain) - GymnasticsDiploma for actionDuring a match in Hungary one of the local ath-

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letes suffered an injury during warm-up. Thecaptain of the British team withdrew a member ofhis team in order to balance the competition. TheHungarian team won.

STEVAN HORVAT (Yugoslavia) - Graeco-Roman wrestlingTrophy for actionDuring the Toledo (United States) World Cham-pionships, Stevan Horvat was at the top of thestanding list. Two opponents, the most dangerousones, seemed to have reached an agreement to fixthe competition so that one of them could win.The agreement was risky because the jury coulddisqualify them. Horvat wanted the verdict to bethe result of competition and not of a disciplinarysanction and asked the jury not to penalise theopponents. The jury agreed and Horvat won thetitle.

JIM BONNEY and BOB SCHIELDS (UnitedStates) - SailingDiploma for actionJim Bonney and Bob Schields formed the crew of“Gamecock”, challenging, during the CatamaranWorld Championships the holder of the title,Great Britain. After the first two competitions(out of a total of seven), the British crew, holdingthe first place, had to abandon the competitionbecause the main rudder of the boat was dama-ged. According to regulations, the damaged partscan only be replaced by the same repaired part.The American crew understood the difficultsituation of their opponents and did not disputethe replacement of the rudder. The Americanslost the next competitions and the world title.

ISTVAN GULYAS (Hungary) - TennisTrophy for actionDuring the International Championships in Ham-burg, Gulyas played a difficult match against theCzech Kukal. The result was 2 tie sets, 5 tiegames. The two players were devastated, Kukal

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suffered from cramps, fell down and could notstand up again. The referee, according to regula-tions, could have declared Gulyas the winner, butthe latter disagreed and asked for a doctor toassist Kukal. After some minutes Kukal was ableto resume the game and eliminated Gulyas win-ning the 5th set 8-6.

“SAINT-ETIENNE” (France) - FootballDiploma for actionDuring the return match of the European Cham-pions’ Cup, Saint-Etienne hosted Lisbon’s Benfi-ca. The host team behaved in an impeccable wayin spite of the opponents’ provocation. TheFrench team did not qualify but, by banning vio-lence, the match took place normally withoutdegeneration.

NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAM (Japan) -FootballTrophy for actionThird at the Olympic Tournament in Mexico, thisteam played the six matches in the competition,which at times was violent, in an exemplary wayboth on the field and outside it without everreceiving sanctions.

ANDRZEJ BACHLEDA (Poland) - SkiingDiploma for actionOn the occasion of World’s Cup event, Bachledawas fourth with 11 points in the final ranking;although he knew that this would have cost hima disqualification, he honestly told the jury thathe had missed a gate.

FRANCISCO BUSCATO (Spain) - BasketballTrophy for actionDuring a match between Real Madrid andJuventud from Badalona, Buscato, captain ofBadalona, dribbled a player and was ready toscore. When he saw that a player of RealMadrid was on the ground, he threw the ball offthe court in order to stop the match and allow

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for the replacement of the injured player.

PEDRO ZABALLA (Spain) - FootballTrophy for actionDuring the Spanish Championships, Real Madridplayed against Sabadell. The two teams reacheda tie. Zaballa, right wing of Sabadell, was shoo-ting at the opponents’ goal but a defender and thegoalkeeper collided and fell to the ground uncon-scious. Without any hesitation Zaballa kicked theball off the field thus giving up a probable vic-tory. He received an ovation from the spectators.

RYSZARD SZURKOWSKI (Poland) - CyclingTrophy for actionDuring the Polish Championships, Hanusik wasthe most dangerous adversary of Szurkowski, buthe had to stop due to an accident. Szurkowski,reducing his own chances of victory, gave himhis spare bicycle, saying that this is the “mostnormal thing to do” because a victory due to anopponent’s mechanical problem would not havegiven him satisfaction in the spirit of sport-smanship.

MOHAMMED SENOUSSI (Tunisia) -BasketballDiploma for actionThe career of this player, who later became a refe-ree, was devoted to remarkable sportsmanship.

META ANTENEN (Switzerland) - AthleticsTrophy for actionDuring the European Athletics Championships,Antenen was at the top of the long-jump ranking.Her most dangerous rival, the German IngridMickler-Becker was called to the relay race befo-re completing her jumps. Antenen asked the juryto prolong the regular break time, and so she lostthe title to Mickler-Becker.

JOHN CLEWARTH (Great Britain) - CyclingDiploma for action

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The Frenchman leading the Tour of Scotland,Clewarth’s greatest challenger, fell twice duringa competition, Clewarth, second in the overallranking, decided to slow down to give theunlucky opponent a chance to make up for thetime he lost and to compete against him for thefirst place; Clewarth ended second.

PAUL COURTIN (France) - FootballDiploma for actionDuring the Championships match Nantes-Nancy,Courtin was alone in front of the opponent’sgoalkeeper. The latter fell to the ground uncon-scious because he was accidentally hit by a fel-low team player, and Courtins kicked on purposethe ball off field thus giving up the opportunity ofscoring a goal.

STEVE KEMBER (Great Britain) - FootballDiploma for actionKember, captain of Crystal Palace, was asked bythe referee if a ball the linesman considered to bea goal, was actually a correct goal. Without hesi-tation Kember said it was not a goal and his fairanswer cost his team the victory.

JEAN-LOUP ROUYER (France) - TennisDiploma for actionIn a match against George Goven, during thenational Championships, the referee grantedRouyer a point that brought him to 5 -3 in thefinal set. He doubted the validity of that pointand asked the referee to play it again. The refe-ree agreed and Goven won that point and thematch.

STAN SMITH (United States) - TennisTrophy for actionThe 1972 Davis Cup final took place under verydifficult circumstances. Stan Smith, leader of theAmerican team, showed great command of thesituation and sang-froid, therefore preventingaccidents that could have disgraced tennis andcompromised the good relationship between thetwo competing nations.

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OLYMPIC TEAM - (Burma) - FootballDiploma for actionFor their outstanding behaviour during all Olym-pic competitions in Munich.

DIETER SPEER (German DemocraticRepublic) - BiathlonDiploma for actionDuring the Sapporo Winter Olympic Games, inthe biathlon final, the GDR team was second,Tikhonov, number one skier in the Soviet teambroke a ski. No one of his team-mates was closeenough to help him, Speer was about to enter thecompetition as third men in the GDR relay team,but he did not hesitate to lend Tikhonov one ofhis skis. Experts unanimously agree that, withoutSpeer’s help the Soviet team would not have wonand the East Germany team would have won thesilver medal instead of the bronze.

PASCALE TREMOULET (France) - SkiingDiploma for actionDuring the French College Championships Tre-moulet, winner of the giant slalom and downhillraces, was also declared winner of the ‘special’.She, however, told the jury she had missed agate. She was disqualified and lost not only herthird title but also the ‘combined’.

EMILIANO RODRIGUEZ (Spain) - BasketballTrophy for the careerTestimonies from many opponents, managers,officials and referees from different countriesshow that Rodriguez during his long career had agreat drive to win without ever giving up fairplay.

BRITISH TEAM - CyclingTrophy for actionIn the men’s pursuit world championships, WestGermany was winning when a fall was causedaccidentally by a track keeper near the finishingline. Regulations indicated that the British team(Ian Hallam, Mick Bennet, Will Moore and RickEvans) should have been awarded the gold

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medal, but the British athletes did not accept it.Victory was therefore given back to the Germanteam.

BOBBYCHARLTON (Great Britain) - FootballTrophy for the careerTeam mates, opponents, journalists and fanstestified that Charlton during his long and bril-liant career, including over one hundred interna-tional matches, never forgot the principles of fairplay. His modesty and generosity should be aninspiration for all sports people.

CLAUDE RAVONEL (Switzerland) - KarateTrophy for actionEpitome of sports fair play, during his careerhe always showed respect for his opponents incompetitions at all levels. At the nationalchampionship he was semi-unconsciousbecause of a blow he received, in spite of thishe said to the referee that he was able to con-tinue the competition in order to prevent hisopponent’s disqualification. When the matchresumed he lost a title he could have easilywon.

EAST GERMANY NATIONAL TEAM -WEST GERMANY NATIONAL TEAM -FootballDiploma for actionFor their fair-play during a 1974 World Cupmatch in Hamburg.

LIA MANOLIU (Romania) - AthleticsTrophy for the careerFor the fairness and generous spirit which mar-ked a career devoted to fair play.

JEREMY FOX (Great Britain) - Modern Pen-tathlonDiploma for the careerFor a career whose integrity has never been que-stioned and has always been internationally con-sidered exemplary.

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VICTOR NIEDERHOFER (United States)SquashTrophy for actionDuring a World Championship the judges accep-ted his request to grant his opponent the time tohave an eye-injury medicated before resumingthe match.

BOB MATHIAS (United States) - AthleticsTrophy for the careerFor the high fair play spirit he showed during anexemplary sports career.

EMIL ZATOPEK (Czechoslovakia) - AthleticsTrophy for the careerFor his whole career during which he demonstra-ted that sport is an integrating part of culture.

ANDRE BASTIN (Luxembourg) - MotorRacingDiploma for actionDuring the national Championships Bastin offe-red some spare parts to an opponent who, thanksto this, was able to resume the race and win thetitle.

OLYMPIC TEAM (USSR) - Ice HockeyDiploma for actionDuring the Innsbruck Olympic Games, theSoviets allowed a goalkeeper, not registered forthe Games, to play in the Czech team, theirchal-lenger for the title, because the official teamgoalkeeper was weakened by flue.

CHRIS RIPARD (Malta) - SailingDiploma for actionDuring an International competition twelveyear-old Chris Ripard insisted with the jury to stop hisopponent from being disqualified, because he didnot, according to Ripard, break the rules as esta-blished by the judges. He lost the top ranki ngthat would have quali fied him for foreign inter-national sailing competitions.

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Dr. J. KAMUTI (Hungary) - FencingTrophy for the careerFor twenty years he was part ofthe InternationalFoil elite, his activity shows many fair play epi-sodes. In 1956, during the Hamburg JuniorWorld Championships he lent his foil to hisopponent and later lost the title against him. In1961, during the Turin World Competition, hedid not take advantage of his opponent’s injury towin the match. In 1973, during the NationalChampionships finals, he assisted his opponentsuffering from cramps and asked the judges toprolong the regular break time. In 1972 he recei-ved the Hungarian award for an “Always Out-standing Sports Behaviour”.

JUAN MANUEL SANTISTEBAN (Spain) -Cycling (in memoriam)Diploma for the careerThis athlete, who died in an accident during theGiro d’Italia, distinguished himself during hiscareer for his unselfishness, noble behaviour, andsportsmanship.

JAPANESE SPECTATORS - VolleyballTrophy for actionDuring the Volleyball WorId Cup they cheeredall teams encouraging the players to maintain anexemplary behaviour.

OLE OLSEN (Denmark) - Motor CyclingDiploma for actionDuring the final of the World track championshipin Goteborg, Olsen voluntarily fell to avoid hit-ting a competitor who had had an accident. Therace was stopped and later repeated, Olsen lostthe title he would have won during the first race.

RYSZARD PODLAS (Poland) - AthleticsDiploma for actionDuring the Athletics European Cup he was selec-ted to participate in the World Cup, but he offe-red his place in the 400 metres to the BelgianBrydenbach who outclassed him twice during thenon-competitive races. Half an hour before the

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race Brydenbach suffered a muscle sprain andPodlas was called to participate in the competi-tion. He gained a second place.

RAY STEVANS (Great Britain) - BadmintonDiploma for actionDuring the World Championships in Sweden,Stevans interceded with the jury to stop his oppo-nent, the Danish Fleming Delfs, from being dis-qualified because of prolonged break timebeyond the regular time. Stevens lost the match.

GUSTAV KILLIAN (Federal Republic ofGermany) - CyclingTrophy for the career71 years, former world cyclist, coach of the win-ners of eight Olympic medals, Killian is anexample of sportsmanship, educational passion,and generosity for the help offered to an oppo-sing team during the Montreal Olympic Games.

JOHN NABER (United States) - SwimmingTrophy for the careerOlympic champion, for the modesty, generosityand help offered to team-mates and opponentsduring competitions.

FRANCISCO XAVIER DE ARAUJO (Portu-gal) - ManagersDiploma for the career86 years, national champion of various sports,manager and referee, he showed enthusiasm andfair play in the course of his very long career.

TAMASWICHMANN (Hungary) - CanoeingTrophy for actionDuring the months before the World Champions-hips, Wichmann realised that the performance ofhis friend and most dangerous opponent, theYugoslavian Matra Ljubeck, was declining. Hewas not happy about his friend’s misfortune andsuggested to him they could train together. Lju-beck gained back his physical and psychologicalwell-being and won the world title defeatingTamas.

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STELLAN BENGSTON (Sweden) - TableTennisDiploma for actionDuring the European Championships quarterfinal Bengston, showing a fair behaviour, at animportant point of the match, refused to takeadvantage of a mistake made by the referee andpersuaded him to change his decision. He lost thematch.

ANDRE HARTMANN (Luxembourg) - TableTennisDiploma for actionDuring an International Competition against Ire-land, Hartmann persuaded the referee to change adecision he made and lost the match.

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (Czechoslovakia)- TennisDiploma for actionDuring the Wimbledon single final, Navratilovawon without taking advantage of a mistake by thereferee, on the contrary, she asked him to changehis decision.

EDWARDS GARETH (Great Britain) - RugbyTrophy for the careerHe recently retired after a brilliant career in theeWelsh team, he has always been praised for hisfair play even when provoked by violent oppo-nents. He never refused to participate in charitycompetitions.

GRZEGORZ ALEKSANDROWICZ (Poland) -FootballDiploma for the careerFormer football player, referee (396 matches, 80of which international matches), journalist, hehas always been devoted to fair play. He promo-ted the creation of football fan clubs aimed atencouraging the education of spectators andrespect for the opponents.

PHILIPPEROUX (Switzerland) -Motor RacingTrophy for action

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During the Swiss Championships in Monza, thepilot Loris Kessel crashed against a barrier andwas imprisoned in his car with both his legs bro-ken. Roux was the only pilot to stop and assisthim, running the risk of being hit by a car and oflosing his International license, in fact, he startedcompeting in car races after two serious acci-dents he suffered while practising his previousspecialty, skiing.

FRANCO GUALDI (Italy) - Motor CyclingDiploma for actionDuring a European Championships, this pilot,who was leading the race, gave up a possible vic-tory to help the Swede Lennart Andersson whofell into a ditch.

ELIE KELESSIDIS (Greece) - CyclingDiploma for actionDuring the Balkan Championships, at a 40 Ctemperature, 30 kilometres before the finishingline Kelessidis offered his water supply to theTurk Gultekin Okcuoglu showing that competi-tion does not exclude sports brotherhood.

MILANORLOWSKI (Czechoslovakia) - TableTennisDiploma for actionDuring the European Championships Orlowskiasked the referee to change his decision on anuncertain score he was assigned at the end of thegame. The referee agreed with him and Orl0wskilost the game and the match.

SVEN THOFELT (Sweden) - PentathlonTrophy for the careerOlympic gold medal in 1928 and presently Presi-dent of UIPMB, for an athletic and managerialcareer devoted to fair play.

PRAKASH PADUKONE (India) - BadmintonDiploma for the careerAmong many remarkable actions in the course ofa brilliant international career which culminatedin the ‘All England Open Badminton Cham-pionships’ in 1980, Padukone intervened, duringan official tournament, to grant extra break time

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to an opponent who was not feeling well.

STEFAN BRANTH and GERT PETTERSSON(Sweden) - OrienteeringDiploma for actionGert Peterson (1976 World Champion) and Ste-fan Branth were participating in an orienteeringcompetition in Yugoslavia when, approachingthe finishing line, they saw an opponent lyingstill in the snow. They decided to help him andsupporting him they brought him to the finishingline through a shortcut. After leaving the exhau-sted athlete in the hands of competition officials,they went back to complete their race.

STANISLAWOLSZEWSKI (Poland) - MotorCyclingDiploma for actionDuring the motocross World Championships agroup of pilots was going in the wrong direction.Olszewski was the first to realize this. turnedaround and found the right way. He then wentback to the other competitors and showed themthe way. The Italian Angelo Signorelli, Olszew-ski’s most dangerous challenger was in the grouphe saved from disqualification.

FERNANDE SCHMIT (Luxembourg)AthleticsDiploma for actionDuring the national cross-country Champions-hips, Sheila Baum was preceding her challengerSchmit by some twenty metres, at mid-race, heropponent was going in the wrong direction,Schmit told her, shouting, about her mistake.Baum went back and won the race precedingSchmit by a short distance.

GEORGY SINKO (Hungary) - AthleticsDiploma for actionDuring the Hungarian cross-country Champions-hips the athlete leading the race fell to theground, exhausted, a few metres from the finis-hing line. Two athletes overtook him, but thethird one, seeing that his colleague was trying to

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complete the race on his knees, waited until hewent beyond the finishing line.

GIACINTO FACCHETTI (Italy) - FootballTrophy for the careerIn the course of a career ended in 1978, he played457 matches, made 59 goals, played 94 times inthe Italian national team, 70 of which as captain.He was nominated “Golden Footballer” duringthe 1964/65 season for his style, achievementsand sportsmanship; he has always been praisedfor his loyalty and his impeccable behaviour withcolleagues, opponents, referees, journalists, andmanagers.

STANLEY ROUS (Great Britain) - FootballTrophy for the careerHonorary President of the International FootballFederation, he created various awards aimed atpromoting fair play thus contributing to thedefence of sports ethics.

GURU HANUMAN (India) - WrestlingDiploma for the careerFormer athlete, very popular in his country, heobtained excellent results coaching athletes whowon medals in the Continental and RegionalChampionships. In spite of his 80 years, he stillcoaches young people teaching them fair playbehaviour.

MARCELO KATZ (Argentina) - TennisDiploma for actionDuring the National Championships Katz askedfor additional break time for his opponent, Mar-ciales, suffering from cramps. The match wasinterrupted during a crucial set at a score of 5games each, when the game was resumed Mar-ciales won.

BARNABAS KOVACS (Hungary) - SailingDiploma for actionIn the course of a regatta Kovacs abandoned thecompetition to save a participant from drowningafter his boat capsized.

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MARK TRIZZINO and STAN DZIEDZIC(Unites States) - WrestlingDiploma for actionAt the Junior World Championships, Trizzinowas declared winner without fighting with hisopponent because the latter had been wrongfullyinformed on the programme and left the hallearly. The Austrian delegation asked Stan Dz-iedzic, Trizzino’s coach, to let him participate inthe match at a later time, the coach agreed kno-wing that Trizzino could have jeopardised thequalification he had already gained.

VLASTIMIL ZWIEFELHOFER (Czechoslo-vakia) - AthleticsDiploma for actionDuring a competition leading to the qualificationfor the World Championships, Zwiefelhoferinvoluntarily treaded on the foot of his most dan-gerous challenger, Ivan Uvizl, who lost his shoe.Taking the risk of being overtaken by other ath-letes, Zwiefelhofer waited for Uvizl to put hisshoe on before resuming the race.

MOHAMMED GAMMOUDI (Tunisia) - Ath-leticsTrophy for the careerGold medallist at the Mexican Olympic Games,silver medallist in Tokyo and Munich, at the endof his career he devoted himself to sports chari-ties. Among other qualifications, he is Presidentof the Social Committee of the Tunisian Federa-tion and takes care of the problems of athletesand their families.

KLAUS STEINBACH (Federal Republic ofGermany) - SwimmingTrophy for the the careerWorld Champion and four times first runner up,always devoted to fair play, reconciling sportwith study, degree in medicine, he devoted hisstudies to handicapped sporters.

JORGE GOMEZ VIEIRA (Portugal) - FootballDiploma for the careerCaptain of the National Team at the AmsterdamOlympic Games in 1928, he has been frequently

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mentioned by the press for his fair-play, he wasnever admonished. At the end of his career hebecame the first International Portuguese referee.

MATS WILANDER (Sweden) - TennisTrophy for actionDuring the International Roland Garros Tourna-ment semi-final against Jose Luis Clerc, Wilan-der asked the umpire to grant his opponent thepoint that was assigned to him and that wouldhave allowed him to win the match.

PATRICK BATTISTON (France) - FootballDiploma for actionDuring the 1982 World Cup semi final betweenFrance and the Federal Republic of Germany, theFrench athlete was violently attacked by theopponent goalkeeper, Schumaker. He fell to theground unconscious and, for one moment, every-body feared for the worst. After the World Cup,when Battiston, recovering from a cervical verte-bra fracture, found out that Schumaker wanted toapologise to him, he nobly accepted to meet him.

RICARDO BIZZOZERO (Argentina) - PelotaDiploma for actionDuring the IX World Championships in MexicoCity against the Mexican team, Bizozero pointed outthat one of his opponents was exhausted. he askedfor a break and had the masseurs assist him. Mexicowas only one point behind Argentina, 33-34, butArgentina later won with a total of 35 points.

ANDRAS GORGENYI (Hungary) - SpeedSkatingDiploma for actionSecond in the 500 metre event, during the Cham-pionships, Gorgenyi spent without hesitation hisbreak time helping to fix an opponent’s skates inhis shop, thus helping him win the competitionhe could have won himself.

FRANCISCO JULIO ARDISSON (Portugal)- WeightliftingDiploma for the career

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After a 40-year-long career devoted to the defen-ce of fair play, he became a coach and sportsmanager, he always promoted a generous andpeaceful spirit in the six sports he practised: ath-letics, rugby, basketball, weight-lifting, hockeyand wrestling. He worked as a volunteer for sixyears in a neighbourhood club.

ISMET KARABABA (Turkey) - FootballTrophy for actionDuring a very important match, one team askedthe referee to assign them the goal, the other teamaid that the ball did not enter the goal. The refreeasked Karababa and he answered that he stoppedthe ball inside the goal. His team lost the matchand moved down in the standing. The Fair PlayCommittee of the Turkish National OlympicCommittee granted Karababa the Fair Play Cupfor his behaviour.

BALL-SPIELCLUB FRANKFURT (FederalRepublic of Germany) - FootballDiploma for actionOn June 18 and 19, 1983 “FC Zurich” organizeda tournament for twelve-year-olds featuring theparticipation of twenty teams from five countries.The fair play award, based on the score followingreferees’ reports on fouls, admonitions and so on,was granted to the “Ball-Spielclub Frankfurt”team coached by Oliver Schaack.

WILLIE BANKS (United States) - AthleticsDiploma for actionFavourite athlete in the triple jump at the firstAthletics World Championships which tookplace in Helsinki in 1983, Banks was outclassedby a young Polish athlete not known internatio-nally. Controlling his own disappointment, smi-ling he praised the judges and warmly conratula-ted the opponent.

JIRI BERAN (Czechoslovakia) - SkiingDiploma for actionAt the end of a long career that saw him nationalcross-country champion 14 times, Beran partici-

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pated in a “100 kilometre” cross-country compe-tition. When Havel, his most dangerous challen-ger, went the wrong way, Beran warned him andwaited for him thus jeopardising his own possi-ble victory.

ALEXANDRE MEDVED (USSR) - WrestlingTrophy for the careerThree times Olympic Champion (Tokyo, Mexi-co, Munich), seven times world champion, he hasnever been sanctioned or admonished for irregu-larities, brutal acts or lack of discipline, nor hashe injured his opponents. During the WorldChampionships final, in 1963, Medved competedwith the Iranian Tahti. Knowing that his oppo-nent had an injured leg, Medved fought in a fairway and won the competition without ever attac-king the injured limb of his opponent.

RODOLFO ALIAGA (Bolivia) - BasketballDiploma for the careerAmong the best local basketball and volleyball pla-yers, in 1972 Aliaga was nominated by Boliviansports reporters “Sportsman of the Year” for hisnoble spirit. After a 25-year-long career, Aliagawas nominated National Manager for Sports andlater Secretary General for Sports and Youth.

JUAN CARLOS HARRIOT (Argentina) - PoloDiploma for the careerNicknamed “Polo’s Pelé”, after a twenty-year-long career he retired from top competitions in I982. In the same year the Argentinean OlympicCommittee granted him the Fair Play A ward for‘his noble behaviour in private life and in sports,and also for never receiving an admonition orpenalty’.

JEAN PRESSET (Switzerland) - FootballDiploma for the careerGoalkeeper and later coach and young peoples’facilitator he was always a model of fair-play.At present he is a member of the Fair PlayCommittee of the Swiss Sports Association andpromotes in all environments the ideals andprogrammes of the movement. He is also themain author of the ‘Fair-Play Charter’ which is

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beginning to be used in many Swiss Clubs andSchools.

JOSY STOFFEL (Luxembourg) - GymnasticsDiploma for the careerPresent in five Olympic Games and four WorldChampionships, he was national champion forfifteen times. In 1983 he received the ProsperLink Trophy of the Luxembourg Olympic Com-mittee, for his outstanding career as an athlete,coach and manager of his club, federation and ofthe Luxembourg National Olympic Committee.

MOHAMMED ALI RASHWAN (Egypt) -JudoTrophy for actionSixth place at the World Championships in 1997and fifth in 1983, during the Olympic Games inLos Angeles Rashwan was opposed to the Japane-se Yamashita in the final. Yamashita is amulti-champion but he was lame in one foot because ofan injury. Rashman did not take advantage of hisopponent’s problem and concentrated his attackson the left side. Yamashita, controlling the pain andexploiting his experience, won the match. Rash-wan won the silver medal giving up a victory thatwould have been “against his principles”.

DARIUSZZAWADZKI (Poland) -WeightliftingTrophy for actionDuring the Junior World Championships,Zawadzki had the same total score as another ath-lete. His body weight was lighter than his oppo-nent’s, therefore he won the bronze medal. Hereturned the medal declaring that he actually washalf a kilo heavier than his opponent.

DANISH FANS AND SPECTATORS AT THEEUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPSIN FRANCE (Denmark) - FootballDiploma for actionThe press thoroughly pointed out the behaviourof 20,000 Danish fans following their teamduring the four matches in various French cities.They showed that a group motivated by common

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interest can reconcile different points of view: onthe one hand the legitimate support to one’s ownteam, on the other hand a generous and well-balanced behaviour towards the opposing team.

MONTSERRAT GOMARIZ (Spain)SwimmingDiploma for actionThe Salou port crossing in Spain took place withrough sea. Approaching the finishing line Goma-ritz, in the leading group, saw a colleague in trou-ble near the rocky pier. While the other swim-mers went on, Gomaritz approached the swim-mer in trouble and supported her until the rescueboat reached them.

BLAZEJ KRUPA and PIOTRMYSTKOWSKI(Poland) - Motor RacingDiploma for actionDuring the speed trials in the 41st Rally ofPoland valid for the European Championships,the Polish team saw the Swedish team near theircar in a gorge. The Poles stopped, helped theSwedes put their car back on the track so theymanaged continue the race and win. During thisrescue operation the Polish car ended up in thegorge. The long stop waiting for the rescue teamforced the Polish team to the 13th place insteadof the 3rd place they could have easily obtained.

JANOS MIGLECZI (Hungary) - WrestlingDiploma for actionDuring the national championship’s final thisathlete was losing 1 - 11 to his opponent, whenthe latter, injured, had to quit the match. Miglec-zi could have reached the first place but he accep-ted the silver medal.

BARNEYWARD (United States) - EquestrianDiploma for actionWard was going to challenge the Briton John Whi-taker in the finals. But the latter had to forfeit becau-se his horse suffered an injury. The final consistedin a “Parallel course”, Ward simply had to cut thefinishing line to win. He did not want to take advan-tage of the situation and decided to share the firstplace, and the prize, with his opponent.

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WOMEN’S TEAM (Canada) - HockeyDiploma for actionThe Fair Play trophies for the 1981 and 1983World Cups and for the 1984 Los AngelesOlympic Games were not simply assigned onthe basis of fouls, but also considering overallbehaviour. During the World Cup, theAustrian team was late due to misreading ofthe schedule and, although regulations underthese circumstances grant the victory to theother team without playing the match, theCanadian team decided to wait for the oppo-nents and play the match.

LUCIANO ACQUARONE (Italy) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerHe devoted himself to sports for 37 years as anathlete, as technical manager and as president ofthe “U.S. Maurina Club” in La Spezia. In June1972 he participated in the Brussels Marathon, acompetition for the qualification for the MunichOlympic Games in Bavaria. The evening beforethe competition, Acquarone filled his water-bott-le with very sweet tea, while his colleague DeMenego filled his with water and some vitamin Cpills. At mid-race De Menego was weak. Acqua-rone, on the contrary, had the chance to ani vethird and go to the Munich Olympics. It was likea dream: the Olympic Games at 42! But hethought of De Menego, he supported him, encou-raged him and gave him his water-bottle. Theresult was almost immediate: the athlete regainedstrength and ended up being second. Acquaronewas 8th, 4th in the Italian team. He did not go toMunich.

Dr. EMILE GRETSH (Luxembourg) - FencingDiploma for the careerPresident of the Luxembourg Fencing Federa-tion, founding member and later president of theSports Medicine Society of Luxembourg, promo-ter and president of Panathlon, Gretsch receivedthe National Fair Play Trophy for the spirit thatmarked all his athletic career (he participated inthe Olympic Games three times) and his manage-rial career (in his Federation and in the NationalOlympic Committee).

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RUEDIGER HELM (Federal Republic ofGermany) - CanoeingDiploma for the careerWinner of three Olympic gold medals and cap-tain of the national team, he distinguished himself among colleagues and opponen ts for his fairplay, modesty, fairness and responsibility. Pre-sently member of Parliament and physical education teacher, he still devotes a lot of time toyoungsters encouraging them to practice sports.

PAUL LIBAUD (France) - VolleyballDiploma for the careerHonorary President and founder of the Interna-tional Volleyball Federation he chaired for 37years and was always re-elected almost unani-mously. He had this long mandate because heperformed in an outstanding way, because of hisdynamic management and because of the friends-hip and sympathy in solving various problemswith justice and impartiality, eliminating all poli-tical, religious and racial prejudice.

FRANTISEK PLANICKA (Czechoslovakia) -FootballDiploma for the careerFormer goalkeeper in the national team and alegend in world football, Planicka represented hiscountry 73 times in international matches without ever being admonished. In spite of his age(80) he goes to sports events and participates inmeetings with young people. The Czechoslova-kian Fair Play club granted him te 1984 GrandPrix.

ALFRED CAUWELS (Belgium) - JournalistDiploma for promotionFounder of the Belgium Fair Play club, author ofmany articles on fairplay and author and sponsorof posters and bills published every two months.Founder of the Fair Play Club journal (Frenchand Dutch versions), he is an important contribu-tor to the Rika de Backer Van Ocken Internatio-nal Foundation against violence in sport.

CHAUX-DE-FONDS (Switzerland) - FootballDiploma for promotion

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A sponsor agreement states that the Club mustask its team, coach, president and other membersof the managing board to sign and respect theFair-Play Charter. Zenith International SA offersa “fair-play bonus” of 30,000 Fr., from which500 Fr. are deducted for every yellow card and2,000 Fr. for every red card.

“L’ESPERANCE SPORTIVE” SUPPOR-TERS’ COMMITTEE (Tunisia) - FootballDiploma for promotionMembers of this ‘omnisport’ club asked footballplayers to respect referees’ decisions and avoidviolent games. Thanks to the recommendationsto fans, matches took place in a correct atmosphere.

JONKHEER R.C.W. VONBOSE(Netherlands) - ManagerDiploma for promotionIn 1982, 1983, and 1984 he was the promoter andorganiser of the Young People’s Olympic Dayshaving the aim of promulgating fair play. A spe-cial booklet advises parents and youngsters,explains rules and regulations, tactics, deals withaggression, equal opportunities, how to behavewith the referee, and how to form one’s own jud-gement on fair play.

MOKHTAR ALY MOKHTAR (Egypt) - Foot-ballTrophy for actionDuring a championship match, Mokhtar AlyMokhtar was injured in a serious accident thatmarked the end of his sports career. A party tocelebrate him was organized and he walked withthe opponent who had injured him around the sta-dium to be honoured by his fans and said that hisopponent must not reproach himself.

KANDI AMELON and ALEX BINNIE(United States) - Figure SkatingDiploma for actionAfter the compulsory exercises for the ‘GoldenSpoon’ in Zagreb, the couple Amelon-Binnie

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was fourth. The Hungarian couple, third, had toquit the competition because of an accidentoccurred during warming up, the Americansended up being third. During the awarding cere-mony they insisted to give their bronze medal tothe Hungarians, but regulations do not allow this.Amelon and Binnie received, for their behaviouron this occasion, the “Fair Play Jack KellyAward” recently created by the United StatesOlympic Committee.

CHARLES BUTT (United States) - RowingDiploma for actionCoach of ‘Potomac Boat Club’ and ‘Washingtonand Lee High School’, he entered the two ‘fourwith coxswain’ crews in the yearly regattas onthe Potomac. The competition is valid only ifthree boats participate, so Butt asked the Wood-bridge club to enter their crew and told them hecould supply them a boat in addition to coachingthem. Woodbridge won a second place, Buttdetected a timing error and asked the judges toproclaim them as winners.

NORBERT MNICH (Poland) - Table TennisDiploma for actionAt the International Championships in Belgium,Mnich played against the Greek Zikosen. At thefifth set, the Greek was winning 20 to 19, the refe-ree assigned a point to the Polish player withoutnoticing a mistake. Mnich referred that he had tou-ched the ball with his finger inadvertently and ack-nowledged the victory of his challenger.

BOHUMIL POSLEDNI (Czechoslovakia) -Motor CyclingDiploma for actionDuring the “Pyrenees Six-Day Competition” inSpain, the Italian Franco Mayor fell and lost con-sciousness. Other competitors proceeded but theCzech pilot stopped to rescue him and, probably,saved his life. In spite of this stop, Posledni recu-perated and won the competition and the title ofWorld Champion in the 500 cc class.

ANNETTE SIMON (France) - AthleticsDiploma for action

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During the events of the Future Games organizedby the French Olympic Committee, Simon wasgoing to perform her fifth long-jump. Her thirdplace was in jeopardy, but she delayed her per-formance on purpose to give time for their jumpsto two opponents, who participated in the 100metre hurdle event.

RENE BAZENNERYE (France) - Athletics(in memoriam)Trophy for the careerNational discuss champion, at the end of hissports career he had an important role in sportsadministration, both at national and internationallevel. He actively contributed to the creation anddevelopment of the International Council forPhysical Education and Sports and to the creationof the International Fair Play Committee wherehe was an indefatigable member.

JOHN B. KELLY Jr. (United States) - Rowing(in memoriam)Trophy for the careerOlympic medal, four times at the OlympicGames, John B. Kelly Jr. won twice the “Dia-mond Sculls” in Henley (Great Britain). He waselected President of the United States OlympicCommittee and suddenly died a few months later.The Committee decided to honour his memorywith the yearly “Jack Kelly Fair Play Award” inorder to support the actions he started in favourof sports ethics.

JUHA MIETO (Finland) - SkiingTrophy for the careerAmong the best known athletes in the years ‘70sand ‘80s, he participated in four editions of theWinter Games (1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984) andin three World Championships (1974, 1978 and1982), winning a gold medal, two silver medalsand two Olympic bronze medals. In 1982, duringthe Oslo World Championships, he helped theAmerican Bill Koch who was exhausted, Mietopushed him on the last slope thus risking disqua-lification. In 1980, at the Lake Placid Games, heovercame his disappointment for a narrow defeatand for losing the gold medal in the 15-kilometre

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race, and he was the first to congratulate the win-ner. The Finnish Olympic Committee declaredthat Juha Mieto is considered by young people inhis country a remarkable fair play example insports.

BALBIR SINGH (India) - Weight LiftingTrophy for the careerNational Champion for thirteen years in threedifferent categories, he is the only Indian athle-te who gained national records in four catego-ries. Praised for his fair play, whose rules hedefined as being “the dignity of sports compe-tition” in 1975, during the national Champions-hips, he noticed a mistake had occurred in wei-ghing, he therefore asked the referee to checkagain his weight because he thought he belon-ged to a higher category, where competition istougher. In 1959, during the Delhi State Cham-pionships, he was informed that his coach andhis team leader were trying to reduce theweight for the third match by five pounds, andhe opposed this manipulation; he was unsuc-cessful and his team lost the trophy. In 1973,enrolled in the 110 kg National Championships,he found out that a young Indian complainedthat as long as Balbir was in competition, hewould never win the title. Balbir decided towithdraw from the competition helping theyoung athlete win the title.

FERNANDO MACHADO (Portugal)SwimmingDiploma for the careerFormer water-polo player and gymnast he retiredearly and has been treasurer and vice president ofthe Portuguese Olympic Committee for 35 years.He was involved in young people’s educationencouraging them to respect their opponents andto practice sports with a fair play spirit.

CESARE ZILIOLI (Italy) - CanoeingDiploma for the careerParticipant in the Olympic Games in Rome,Tokyo and Mexico City, and in five WorldChampionships, he won 32 National titles. In1960, during the World Championships in

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Yugoslavia, the Italian crew formed by CesareZilioli and Cesare Beltrami, stopped on purposeto pick up the paddle lost by the Hungarian teamduring the K2 10,000 metres competition. Thelatter won the gold medal and the Italians ranked6th out of 33 participants.

ARIDES BRAGA (Brazil) - JournalismDiploma for promotionAn expert of football, volleyball and basketball,during his forty-year-long career as ajournalist heal ways stressed the value of sports in the moraleducation of youngsters.

KAREL MALINA (Czechoslovakia)JournalismDiploma for promotionA very popular radio commentator, journalist andwriter, he was one of the founders ofthe fair playmovement in his country and also promoter ofthe “Gold medal for Sunday’ prize awarded fornoble actions by the state radio station.

SWISS SPORTS ASSOCIATION (Switzerland)- OrganisationDiploma for promotionThis association launched an outstanding cam-paign in favour of fair play by means of articlesand promotional actions in stadiums, involvingfederations, clubs and coaches. Presently it isfocused on the topic “Youth, Education andSociety” and its example is followed with a lot ofinterest and many actions.

ISTVANVASKUTI and JANOS SARUSI-KISS(Hungary) - CanoeingTrophy for actionDuring the Montreal Olympics, the Hungariancrew lent their spare canoe to the YugoslavianLjiubek and Nisovic who did not have one. TheHungarian crew damaged the canoe, and,without asking back the spare canoe, they triedto repair it. They failed and lost the possibilityof winning, ending up fifth behind the Yugos-lavian crew.

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JUDY CAUNTER (United States) - CyclingDiploma for actionAfter a brilliant season, filled with important vic-tories in the United States and abroad, whenselected to participate in the 1986 World Cham-pionships, she offered her place to her rivalJanelle Parks in the belief that she could obtainbetter results. Parks won a silver medal andCaunter won the national Fair Play award.

JOSEF HEYES (Czechoslovakia) - AthleticsDiploma for actionFormer national champion and presently coachof the ‘TIVS’ College Club, his team won thefirst place in the relay-race, he honestly told thejudges that the team did not deserve the victorybecause the baton had been passed beyond theregular limit.

PERNILLE NEDERGAARD (Denmark) -BadmintonDiploma for actionDuring the National Championships ChristineBostofte, 15 years, was about to win the finalagainst Nedergaard, 19 years, considered the newDanish star. Suddenly Christine slipped, suffe-ring a sprain and had to abandon the match.During the formal award ceremony, Nedergaarddid not accept the Prize and said that her oppo-nent deserved the title.

ABELARDO RONDON (Colombia) - CyclingDiploma for actionDuring a stage of the Tour of Spain, the Spanishathlete Celestino Prieto fell into a stream.Although Randon belonged to another team, hegot off his bicycle, helped Prieto to start againand sided him for 40 kilometres until they reachthe finishing line thus sacrificing half an hour ofhis time.

SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS (Great Britain)- FootballTrophy for the careerHe played in eighty-four international competi-tions during his career which ended when he wasfifty, and he had never been admonished. Atten-

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tive and generous with fellow players, he alwaysbehaved in an exemplary way.

DANIEL DESCHARTRES (France) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerA cabinet-maker, retired since 1985, when hewas a young man he practised running,jumping,and throwing. At the end of his sports career hedevoted his time to training young athletes, bothas a coach and as a founding member and mana-ger of various sports centres.

ERIKA HESS (Switzerland) - SkiingDiploma for the careerSeveral times world champion of alpine skiingand winner of the World Cup, she always beha-ved with great dignity, both in case ofvictory ordefeat. She accepted her rare defeats with sere-nity trying to learn a new lesson. A sunny perso-nality, she was unanimously elected, on the occa-sion of the year for youth, the 1985 Swiss fairplay sports person.

KAREL LISMONT (Belgium) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerLong-distance and marathon runner, he participa-ted in all Olympic Games from 1972 to 1984,winning a silver medal in 1972 and a bronzemedal in 1976. During many national and inter-national competitions he showed outstanding fairplay.

VICTOR BANCIULESCU (Romania)JournalismDiploma for promotionSports journalist for 45 years, lecturer in hiscountry and abroad, he recently published inRomania the book “Better Than a Victory”which traces the chronological history of theInternational Fair Play Committee and the mostremarkable actions of the IFPC winners.

COTE D’AZUR LEAGUE (France) - JudoDiploma for promotionIt enforced a moral code for beginners, listingeight virtues: kindness, courage, sincerity,modesty, respect, self-control and friendship.

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Posters, bills and stickers were distributed toclubs and this campaign of in farmation amongthe public had an impact all over France.

HENRIK SNOEK (Federal Republic ofGermany) - EquestrianDiploma for promotionOn the occasion of the World Cup in Göteborg,he signed a statement denouncing doping of hor-ses and asked for the enforcement of controls andtests both in national and international competi-tions. The German Olympic Association grantedhim the fair play award for his action.

CLEVELAND STROUD (United States) -BasketballTrophy for actionAfter winning the School Championships inhis state, coach Cleveland Strout found out thatone player in his team who took part in a matchfor only 45 seconds, did not qualify. He deci-ded to return the trophy and was criticised byfans. The school approved his behaviour andthe words explaining it: “We must be honestand behave according to the rules. The resultwill soon be forgotten, but the behaviour willnot be forgotten”.

PABLO IRIGOITIA (Argentina) - PelotaDiploma for actionDuring the National Championships he inadver-tently obstructed an opponent hitting the ball.The referee did not give him a penalty and Iri-goitia was proclaimed winner. However, heasked the referee to play that point again and thistime his opponent won.

MICHEL POFFET (Switzerland) - FencingDiploma for actionAt the fencing final during the 1987 WorldChampionships in Lausanne, he was penalisedby the decision of a referee; Poffet wanted toshake hands with the referee, but his mistakedenied him access to the podium in front of hisfans.

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SANDER TANTI (Malta) - Motor CyclingDiploma for actionAfter winning the championship in his age group,twelve-year-old Tanti refused the title and admit-ted that a mistake on his birth date had beenmade. His loyalty was rightly praised by theSport Spirit Committee of Malta.

GERGELY KISGYORGY (Hungary) - Ten-nisDiploma for actionDuring the final match of a tournament for youngpromises in tennis players his opponent had toquit the match following an injury. Kisgyorgydid not accept a victory and asked for the matchto be played at a later time. He was later defeatedand lost the prize.

VIJAY AMRITRAJ (India) - TennisTrophy for the careerHis fifteen-year-career was marked by fair play.During the Davis Cup final in 1987 he was thecaptain of the Indian team and showed remarka-ble sport discipline.

GODFREY CHITALU (Zambia) - FootballDiploma for the careerAfter 203 international matches, and three titlesof best player of the year and best sportsman, atthe end of his career he trained young athletes. In1987 he became manager of the national teamand contributed to its qualification for the Olym-pic tournament in Seoul in 1988.

RUDYHARTONOKURNIAWAN (Indonesia)- BadmintonDiploma for the careerWorld champion in 1980, he always had a veryfriendly attitude towards opponents and respectfor referees, at the end of his long and brilliantcareer he became member of the InternationalFederation Board.

JARMILA KRATOCHVILOVA(Czechoslovakia) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerWorld champion in 1983 in Helsinki in the 400

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and 800 metres events, silver medallist at the1980 Olympic Games, she always defended fairplay with outstanding unpretentiousness.

ANNIE LAMBRECHTS (Belgium) - SkatingDiploma for the careerAfter winning two gold medals in the WorldChampionships and, being a model for youngpeople in her country, at the end of her top-levelcareer, she decided to devote herself to trainingand assisting new champions.

JOHN LANDY (Australia) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerIn 1956 while he was running the one mile race,with the goal of breaking the world record, oneand a halflaps before the end of the race hisfriend Ron Clarke fell to the ground. Other athle-tes passed him and went on but Landy stopped tohelp him thus giving up the record he was pur-suing. At the end of his career he devoted himselfto training young athletes always insisting onsport spirit. He was appointed Government advi-sor for the development of a policy in sports andleisure.

LONGINO PEREZ VELAZQUEZ (Mexico) -AthleticsDiploma for the career86 years, three times gold medallist at the vete-rans W orId Championships in Melbourne, he isa model for young people in his country for hismodesty, fair play spirit and vitality.

CHRISTA ROTHENBURGER-LUDING(German Democratic Republic) - Speed SkatingDiploma for the careerOlympic champion in 1984 and 1988, she is anexample of sportsmanship and unpretentiousness.

JAN LIS and TADEUSZ OLSZANSKI(Poland) - JournalismDiploma for promotionAuthors of many articles on sports ethics and ofthe book “Fair Play”, first published in 1984,translated and published in Hungary, Bulgariaand Vietnam, they contributed to the organisation

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of the first meeting between Hungarian andPolish winners of the national fair play awards.

SOVIET-CANADIAN TRANS - ARCTICEXPEDITION (Russia - Canada) - SkiingTrophy for actionFor the first time four Canadians and nine Sovietscrossed the Arctic. The expedition lasted 91 daysunder very harsh conditions. A great sportingevent made possible by the endurance, fair playand generous friendship of athletes who were“strangers”: the Soviets did not speak Englishand the Canadians did not know Russian.

DIMITAR ANGUELOV (Bulgaria) - SkiingDiploma for actionDuring the giant slalom race for the BulgarianCup final, Anguelov, member of the alpineskiing national team, had the best timing butadmitted missing a gate.

RODRIGO ARANGUENA (Peru) - ShootingDiploma for actionDuring the competition for the Seoul OlympicGames qualification, he realised that his oppo-nent could not complete his series of shots becau-se his firearm was jammed, so he declined vic-tory and asked to postpone the competition,although he was first at that moment. During thenew match Aranguena was not lucky and CarlosHora, his opponent, qualified for the Games.

PABLO BASGALL (Argentina) - ArcheryDiploma for actionIn the excitement of a national competition,Basgall shot four arrows instead of the threerequired. Three of these arrows hit the target, thefourth was lost somewhere in the stadium’sgrass. The referee was not aware of this irregula-rity but Basgall told him and lost his qualifica-tion.

WOLFGANG BRINKMANN(Federal Republic of Germany) - EquestrianDiploma for action

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At the Seoul Games he won a gold medal in jum-ping and was in a privileged position to partici-pate in the individual jumping event. However,he preferred to leave his place to a substitute whowon a bronze medal.

ANDRZEJ GRUBBA (Poland) - Table TennisDiploma for actionIn Barcelona, during the Grand Prix tournament,while playing the crucial game, Grubba was lea-ding 19 to 17. At that moment his opponent andhis coach claimed a penalty for a foul ball. Thereferee did not accept their claim but Grubbarefused the two disputed points and ended upbeing defeated.

HANS OLE KETTING (Denmark)OrienteeringDiploma for actionDuring the National Championships, held in theevening, he decided to stop to assist an injuredopponent and gave up the opportunity of winningthe competition.

BILL LAJOIE (United States) - BaseballDiploma for action250,000 dollars had been paid to transfer a playerfrom the “Baltimore Orioles”, the player couldjoin the team only if he could reach Chicagowhere the Tigers are playing, that very day, bymidnight. The Club chartered an aeroplane totransfer the player, but the plane landed in Chi-cago at 00.30. Bill Lajoie, General Manager ofthe “Detroit Tigers”, respecting regulations,accepted the exclusion of the player.

MICHEL POU (France) - SwimmingDiploma for actionHaving qualified to participate in the SeoulOlympic Games, he decided not to compete inanother competition, where he could have obtai-ned a good result, in order to allow one of his col-leagues to join the Olympic team.

CAMILLEPUTZ (Luxembourg) - Table TennisDiploma for actionThe referee did not accept a complaint from her

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opponent who claimed having been disturbed bya ball from another table, so Putz gave up thecrucial point in the team national champions-hip. Later she lost the match and her team wasdefeated.

JEAN-MICHEL SAlVE (Belgium)Table TennisDiploma for actionDuring the Czechoslovakian Open, his opponentwas leading the first manche 19 to 18 and servedthe ball that touched the net. They had to playthat ball again, according to regulations. Saivewith great fair play sent the ball out and asked thereferee to assign the point to his opponent.

KENNETH VELLA and SIMON SPITERI(Malta) - BadmintonDiploma for actionBefore the National Championships doublesfinal, one of their opponents had to quit becauseof a muscle sprain. Vella and Spiteri were thewinners according to regulations, but they askedthe Federation to postpone the match. Threemonths later they were defeated and Vella, win-nerofthe mixed and singles competitions missedthe chance of winning the “Triple Crown”.

TEOFILO STEVENSON LAWRENCE (Cuba)- BoxingTrophy for actionOlympic Champion in 1972, 1976 and 1980,world champion in 1974 and 1978, always loyaland careful not to harm his young opponents, headvised young boxers on their careers. He refu-sed many good contracts and never became aprofessional boxer.

CLUB KONYA (Turkey) - FootballDiploma for the careerThis Club deserved for two consecutive years thetitle of “fair play team”. The team was coachedby Ismet Karababa winner of the 1983 “Interna-tional Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophy”.

ALBERTROGERMILLA (Cameroon) - FootballDiploma for the career

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Excellent player, he was a pro in France but wasalways available to play for his country, in facthe participated in two Africa’s Nations Cups andwas awarded the titles of best player (1984) andbest goal scorer (l 988).

PAUL VAN WINKEL (Belgium) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerA disabled athlete, on a wheelchair, he becamefamous world-wide for his sports records and forhis outstanding behaviour. He was among thefirst to participate in competitions not reserved todisabled athletes, like the Brussels 20 km. or theOITA marathon in Japan. He won three goldmedals at the Seoul Paraolympic Games (1988)in the 400.800 and 5.000 metre races.

MIROSLAV DOLEZAL (Czechoslovakia) -ManagersDiploma for promotionPlaywright and member of the Prague NationalTheatre he led a promotional campaign in favourof fair play in the press, on radio and TV, forwhich he wrote “Winning, But Not at All Costs”,a short play. He is President of the Czech FairPlay Club since its formation.

IBM ALLEMAGNE GmbH (Germany) -SponsorDiploma for promotionFor their generous financial contribution andencouragement in a campaign in favour of fairplay in the Federal Republic of Germany.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THEUNESCO ASSOCIATIONS IN JAPAN(Japan) - OrganisationDiploma for promotionThis federation promoted an original campaignin favour of fair play by printing on posters andmagnetic cards the pictures of the winners of theInternational Fair Play Committee awards. Someof the proceeds deriving from this activityena-bled IFPC to increase its activities.

“NICE MATIN” (France) - JournalismDiploma for promotion

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This newspaper has been offering for a long timeits support to fair play campaigns and to cam-paigns against violence in sports.

JEAN-MICHEL HENRY (France) - FencingTrophy for actionDuring the Monal Trophy, a fencing competitionvalid for the World Cup, he distinguished himselffor his great sportsmanship. In a decisive matchleading to the final, Henry said he was touchedwhile the referee and the spectators believed itwas not a valid target. Later he refused a hit thereferee assigned him because he had touched hisfoot by himself.

ANDREA CRISTINA CHIUCHICH(Argentina) - FencingDiploma for actionChampion Sandra Marina Giancola was notableto participate in the national epee championshipbecause on that same day she had her final examsat College. Chiuchich asked for a delay of thecompetition but her request was not accepted.

SUSAN DEVOY (New Zealand) - SquashDiploma for actionVery successful since 1984 both for sports meritsand for her generous behaviour in general;Devoy was defeated at the World Championshipsin 1989. She could have explained her unsucces-sful performance with the fact that she was verytired because of a recent marathon through NewZealand in favour of disabled people. But sho-wing great modesty and a noble spirit she con-gratulated her opponent on her victory.

VERA CASLAVSKA (Czechoslovakia) -GymnasticsTrophy for the careerEuropean, World and Olympic champion, she main-tained an excellent behaviour during her wholecareer. She showed courage, dignity and character,for these reasons she was praised by the Czech FairPlay Committee. In 1990 she was elected Presidentof the National Olympic Committee.

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CHRIS EVERT (United States) - TennisTrophy for the careerBetween 1969 and 1988 she won 157 titles, 18 ofwhich in Grand Slam tournaments. During herlong and brilliant career she was unanimouslyrecognised by her opponents, spectators and themedia as an example of fair play. Humble in vic-tory and respectful in defeat, she is the fourth ath-lete to receive the “F10 Hyman Trophy” for“representing her country with pride and sport-smanship and for being a model for youngwomen in the Nation”.

KEN ROSEWALL (Australia) - TennisTrophy for the careerIn the course of a 20-year-Iong career, from 1953to 1975, he played mostly in Grand Slam tourna-ment finals and represented his country in theDavis Cup. Appreciated by the public for his ele-gant style and for his behaviour, in the ‘70s hecould have won a match against Hie Nastase, atthat time number one in the world. Nastase dis-puted a crucial point and went back to the lockerroom. Some minutes later he was called back tothe court, the match proceeded and Rosewall lostwithout complaining for the ‘stolen’ match.

PIRMIN ZURBRIGGEN (Switzerland) - SkiingTrophy for the careerOne of the most brilliant champions of the lastdecades, he is considered a remarkable sport-sman, modest, loyal, noble, mentioned as amodel by the press and elected by young Swisspeople as Fair Play athlete of the year in 1985,the Year for the Youth.

PRADIP KUMAR BANERJEE (India)FootballDiploma for the careerVery popular in his country for participating in85 international matches, he was captain of thenational team at the Rome Olympic Games in1960. A correct player, he has never been admo-nished; in the course of a match he literally knoc-ked an opponent flat with a goal kick. Instead ofkicking the ball into the goal he helped the otherplayer stand back on his feet.

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JOSEF FEISTMANTL (Austria) - LugeDiploma for the careerIn 1969, during the World Championships thePolish athlete Paczka died because of the injuriescaused by an accident that threw him out of thetrack. His team-mates quit the competition due tothe accident. Feistmantl who was at the top of theranking at a draw with the Pole W ojnar, won thetitle but, after receiving the gold medal he offeredit to the family of the deceased athlete. Twentyyears later, to commemorate Paczka on the anni-versary of his death, Feistmantl invited somemembers of the Polish team to participate in theEuropean Luge Championships at his ownexpenses.

ALADAR GEREVICH (Hungary) - FencingDiploma for the careerHe won his first gold medal at the 1932 OlympicGames and his last in 1960, when he was 55. Healways behaved with fair play and today, at 80,devotes himself to the education of youngsters.

KABAMBAWAKABENGU (Zaire) - FootballDiploma for the careerFormer captain of the national team in hiscountry and later coopted by Standard of Liege,he became a coach. In 1984 he was unanimouslyelected best trainer through a referendum organi-zed by the Zaire Sports Reporters Association,aimed at “encouraging sports results and meritsand strengthening the spirit of brotherhood, fairplay and sportsmanship among athletes”.

MARIA WALLISER (Switzerland) - SkiingDiploma for the careerMaria Walliser’s behaviour has always been out-standing, both on the pistas and in her privatelife; in 1985 she was chosen by Swiss young peo-ple for being one of the athletes displaying morefair play.

GERRY BRETON (Canada) - ManagersDiploma for promotionFor more than ten years he has been fightingagainst the idea of “victory at all costs”. He sup-ported with passion the idea of “play just for the

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fun of it” and promoted a code according towhich teams can lose points if their conduct isnot fair and gain points if it is. His efforts wererecognised in 1989 with the’ SportsmanshipAward’ in Quebec.

ARSALANE KEBIR (Morocco) - JournalismDiploma for promotionFormer international football player, President ofthe Moroccan Sports Press Association and orga-niser of some round tables on violence in sta-diums, he is the author of many articles where hesupports the educational values of sports.

QUEBEC’S PALL MALL FEDERATION(Canada) - Pall MallDiploma for promotionWinner of the 1989 Quebec SportsmanshipAward, this Federation succeeded in transfor-ming pall mall, a traditionally violent sportbased on hostile and unfriendly behaviour, intoa discipline having educational value. This sportis practised by 450 schools with 33,000 athletes.The Federation extended its activity to the inter-national arena by introducing interesting chan-ges. Teams are now formed by random drawingto favour impartiality and to ban chauvinism. In1989 the Pall Mall Games united eleven coun-tries.

JOHANNESVANDERVEENandDr. ALBERTBUISMAN (The Netherlands) -ManagersDiploma for promotionWithin their organisations - Christian SportsUnion and College Sports Organisation - from1985 to 1988, they were in charge of an impor-tant fair play promotion programme in waterpolo, women’s gymnastics and handball. Theirefforts, with the co-operation of the federationsinvolved, brought to the revision of rules, to thestudy of new training methods and to the compi-lation of manuals for coaches, referees, andyoung people. After two years of experimentalresearch, the results were evaluated and discus-sed during a symposium that produced a bookletand a short video. The project was presented anddiscussed at the Seoul Scientific Congress in

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1988 and represented the first complete program-me aimed at teaching fair play in sports clubs andto young athletes.

IVAN LAWLER and GRAHAM BURNS(Great Britain) - CanoeingTrophy for actionDuring the 42 km. canoe marathon World Cham-pionships, five land transfers were scheduled.During one of these, the Danish crew leading therace damaged the canoe’s helm. The British crewmembers, although they had been molested bylocal fans during the land transfer, delivered theirhelm to the opponents as soon as they were infor-med about the problem. The marathon proceededand the Danish crew was first, the British crewwon a silver medal.

SYLVAIN CADIEUX (Canada) - ArcheryDiploma for actionAt the end of the ‘Junior Open Excellence’ com-petition Cadieux realised that his final score indi-cated that he was first, but the score was higherthan his actual performance. He filed a writtencomplaint knowing that his decision might costhim a victory.

GABRIELLA D’ANZIERI (Italy) - SkiingDiploma for actionIn February 1988, while participating in a giantslalom competition based on time (no distinctionbetween men and women) she obtained the besttime. Due to a mistake of the judges (who lateradmitted not having considered the women’stimes presuming they could not be better thanmen’s), the trophy was granted to a man. The Ita-lian athlete did not fight their decision and said:“I do not want to be the cause of such a strongdisillusionment in a young man already proclai-med winner”.

WOMEN’S TEAM (United States) - CyclingDiploma for actionAt the end of the ‘U.S. Olympic Festival - ‘90’competition, the four cyclists (Ashley Davenport,

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Tanya Giarnella, Maya Mylroie and Lexie Riley)were in top position but declared to the refereesthat they had made a mistake and accepted dis-qualification.

DINO ZOFF (Italy) - FootballTrophy for the careerNational team goalkeeper, today coach, healways had a very correct behaviour. His sport-smanship with team-mates, opponents and thepublic was praised during his whole career. In thefield and out of the field he never disputed thereferees’ decisions. Recently, during a match inRome he asked for the removal of an offensivebanner against the adversary team.

MARCEL ERNZER (Luxembourg) - CyclingDiploma for the careerThe Luxembourg Olympic and Sports Commit-tee wanted to celebrate a man who always sho-wed outstanding fairplay, the winner of the Pro-sper Link Trophy.

PHILIPPE RIBOUD (France) - FencingDiploma for the careerA noble example of fair play, during the 1978World Championships, he accepted the decisionof the judges who, by mistake, deprived him ofhis first world title. In addition to his sportsmerits (six Olympic medals, six medals at theWorld Championships) he is president and foun-ding member of an Association devoted to thesocial integration of top-level sports people.

ROBERT VAN DEWALLE (Belgium) - JudoDiploma for the careerGold medallist at the Moscow Olympic Gamesand bronze medallist in Seoul, he showed a greatsportsmanship by accepting to be eliminated atthe Los Angeles Olympic Games by a refereewho was later suspended for one year.

PIERRE ALBALADEJO (France) - RugbyDiploma for promotionExceptional sportsman, during his long and bril-liant career he showed a noble spirit and loyalty.When he became a reporter he distinguished

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himself for his balance and fairness of judge-ment.

STEFAN BÜHLER (Switzerland) - ManagersDiploma for promotionFor having organized local and national cam-paigns, conferences, having published books,newspaper articles, reportages and commentsalways driven by devotion to sportsmanship andby the desire to promote it.

“L’EQUIPE” (France) - JournalismDiploma for promotionIt has supported for many years the InternationalCommittee fair play campaigns and regularlypublished the golden rosters and reported onaward ceremonies. Presently, the football editorshave decided to pinpoint the top league Clubsdisplaying more fair play.

QUEBEC’S FEDERATION (Canada)Ice HockeyDiploma for promotionThis federation has been studying, encouraging,supporting and developing for a long time someprogrammes aimed at promoting sportsmanship.It was especially involved in “Hockey 2000”, aprogramme which privileges children’s well-being and fun resulting from the game, and in“Franc-Jeu”, which supports sportsmanshipwithout altering the games and their techniques.

SAMPDORIA U. C. (Italy) - FootballDiploma for promotionWinner of the Italian Cup and finalist in theEuropean Cup, on April 2, 1990, on the occasionof the semi-final in the Principality of Monaco,the players of Sampdoria reached the playingfield holding a flag of Monaco. Moreover, theirfans have often behaved in an outstanding way.

“RACING CLUB DE FRANCE” TEAM(France) - RugbyTrophy for actionDuring the National Championships semi-final,

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this team was playing against Toulouse. At the24’ minute a Toulouse player attempted a dropbut the ball went under the bar. The referee wasblinded by the sun and assigned the point to theteam. The Racing team players accepted his deci-sion without protesting and Toulouse won thematch by one point only (13 to 12). After thematch the losers explained that it was not theirhabit to question referees’ decisions and that,anyway, if they had played better they could havewon the match.

ROBERT VEGHELYI (Hungary) - FencingTrophy for actionDuring the Junior World Championships fencerRobert Veghelyi competed, in the semi-finals,against Seamus Robinson (Australia). The Hun-garian attacked and the green light went on; thereferee granted him the point and the victory. ButVeghelyi told the judges that it was not a validtarget. The match proceeded and Robinson won,qualifying for the final that he later won.

CECIL BROWNE (Fiji) - CricketDiploma for actionDuring a competition against Kenya in the quar-ter-finals of an international tournament, a bat-sman from the opposite team continued runningalthough the ball had been stopped. According toregulations the player should be eliminated.However Browne, the captain of the Fiji teamtold the player from Kenya to go back to his posi-tion. This decision was strongly criticised by histeam, but the opponent’s coach said it was “themost beautiful sportsmanship behaviour I haveever seen”.

CATHY O’BRIEN (United States) - AthleticsDiploma for actionDuring a qualification competition for the Barce-lona Olympic Games marathon, the favouriterunner, O’Brien was leading the race but shestopped to help Janis Klecker who had slipped onthe wet track. Both were able to reach leadingpositions but Klecker won because O’Brien suf-fered from cramps just a few meters before thefinishing line. O’Brien was awarded the Fair Play

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Award by the United States Olympic Committee.

SPECTATORS OF THE AFRICA’SNATIONS CUP (Senegal) - FootballDiploma for actionThe foreign sports press pointed out the beha-viour of the Senegalese spectators who encoura-ged their team but also cheered good performan-ce by opponents during all the matches of theCup.

FELIPE VIVAR JURADO and NICOLASLAPENTTI GOMEZ (Ecuador) - TennisDiploma for actionBefore playing the doubles junior final of theSouth American Championships, they found outthat their Argentinean opponents had just conclu-ded their single match, so they wanted the final tobe postponed. The request was denied by theorganisers, but they did not accept a victoryaccording to regulations and, in the end, they suc-ceeded in having the match postponed to the fol-lowing day.

ARTHUR ASHE (Unite States) - TennisTrophy for the careerAn athlete well known for his fair play, he wasthe first black tennis player to win Grand slamtournaments: US Open in 1968, Australian Openin 1970, Wimbledon in 1971. At the end of hiscareer he devoted his noble spirit, which charac-terised him on the tennis court, and his presti-gious position to promote human dignity withpedagogical and social activities.

BASEL AL-ASSAD (Syria) - EquestrianDiploma for the careerAn example of sportsmanship both as a competitorand as a manager; during a competition he saw thehorse of an opponent refusing to jump because hewas scared by the spectators’ cheers. He decided tostop his horse in front of the same obstacle to givean equal chance to his opponent, although, by doingthis, he ran the risk of a defeat.

ABDELMAJIB DOLMY (Morocco) - FootballDiploma for the career

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A player showing remarkable kindness andmorality, he is considered by opponents and col-leagues to be an “ambassador of football”. In 140regional, national, and international matches hehas never been admonished.

ALEJANDRO GIAMMATTEI CACERES(Guatemala) - BasketballDiploma for the careerA senior member of the basketball national team,later national and international manager (he was pre-sident of the National Olympic Committee, vice pre-sident of ODEP A, member of ANOC’s ExecutiveCommittee), he constantly defended the principles ofOlympism, sports autonomy and respect for fair play.

DANA ZATOPKOVA (Czechoslovakia)AthleticsDiploma for the careerAn example of sportsmanship as an athlete,coach and manager, she always stressed theimportance of fair play. She was granted theNational Fair Play Award and was javelin goldmedallist at the Helsinki Olympic Games (1952),and silver medallist in Rome (1960).

BURKINABE ASSOCIATION FOR NON-VIOLENCE IN SPORTS, FAIR PLAY ANDFOR THE PROMOTION OF THE SPOR-TING SPIRIT (Burkina Faso) - OrganisationDiploma for promotionCreated in July 1990, this Association carried out, ina few months, a remarkable promotional campaign,devoted to athletes and fans, in favour of fair playvalues. In particular by calling for the co-operationof the media, and by establishing new awards.

NIKOLAI DOLGOPOLOV (Russia)JournalismDiploma for promotionAuthor of important articles promoting fair play onthe newspapers ‘Komsomolskaia Pravda’ and‘Sovietskii Sport’, he received the fair play award bythe Russian Olympic Committee.

YVESJEANNOTAT (Switzerland) - JournalismDiploma for promotion

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Editor of the ‘Macolin’ magazine, author formore than thirty years of articles on the ethicalvalues of sports, co-author of the ‘Fair Play Char-ter’ of his sports club; as an athlete he had aninternational career winning several national tit-les in long-distance running. Winner of the com-memoration race Morat-Friburg, he wrote theofficial history of this race on the occasion of itsfiftieth anniversary.

ICHIRO OGIMURA (Japan) - Table TennisDiploma for promotionPresident of the International Federation henegotiated in very difficult conditions to convin-ce the Republic of Korea and the DemocraticPeople’s Republic of Korea to form a joint teamat the 1991 Japanese World Championships. Thisteam, a clear symbol of the superiority of sport-smanship, participated in the competition sho-wing great fair play.

ALBERT REMANS (Belgium) - ManagersDiploma for promotionSecretary General of the International Associationfor Sports Information (ICSSPE-UNESCO), Direc-tor of the “Sports for all” central Bureau of the Euro-pean Council, Secretary General of the Rika de Bac-ker-Van Ocken International Foundation whichfights violence in sports, he is coauthor of two booksagainst violence in sports. Co-organizer of the tra-velling exhibition “Violence and Fair Play” whichtoured the country for more than three years, he isalso co-organizer of the “Fair Play OK” campaigndevoted to schools in the Flanders.

JAROSLAV SALEK (Czechoslovakia)JournalismDiploma for promotionCo-founder of the National Fair Play Club andauthor of many articles illustrating the values ofsports ethics, in 199 I received the CzechoslovakFair Play Club Diploma.

EDDIE VANHOFF (Great Britain) GymnasticsTrophy for action

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During an International competition precedingthe Games in Barcelona, a Swiss athlete wasinjured and this opened for Great Britain a grea-ter possibility of victory. Butcoach Van Hoffa-sked the Swiss team number one athlete, whowas present only as a guest because recoveringfrom an injury, to be considered as a substitute ofhis injured fellow countryman. This request wasaccepted and Switzerland won defeating its eter-nal rival, Great Britain.

FERNANDO J. ELORTONDO (Argentina) -PelotaDiploma for actionDuring the Pan-American Games, the score bet-ween Argentineans and Mexicans was a 33 tie ina 35-point-match valid for the gold medal,Argentina hit the ball but the referee said that theball, perfectly regular, was not valid. Due to theconfusion of the moment the Mexicans did notstrike the ball although regulations prescribe it incase of a referee’s mistake. At this point Elorton-do asked to play again that ball because of theconditions under which the point had been gai-ned. His request was accepted and the Argenti-neians gained two more points and won the goldmedal only for their merits.

NUR GENÇER (Turkey) - BasketballDiploma for actionDuring the qualification competition for the 15thEuropean Juniores Championships, three pointswere marked by mistake on the score chart infavour of Turkey. When some competition offi-cials asked the referee to correct that mistake, herefused. So the Turk manager Gencer insistedwith the referee to cancel the three points in que-stion. Turkey lost the match and the qualificationby one point.

THOMAS LANGE (Germany) - CanoeingDiploma for actionGold medallist at the Seoul Olympic Games,Lange supported for two weeks an Estonian ath-lete, his most dangerous challenger for manyyears, who was in Germany without the neces-sary resources to sustain himself. He trained with

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Lange and was later able to participate in aimportant Swiss competition.

JOSEPH PACE (Malta) - Road RunningDiploma for actionDuring an international competition a Russianparticipant leading the competition went in thewrong direction. Pace was able to pass him andwin. However he refused the first place andasked the organisers to grant the victory to theRussian competitor.

ELVIA O. REYES (Honduras) - AthleticsDiploma for actionDuring an event of the ‘Olympic Day’, Reyes, awell-known sports person, gave up the possibilityof winning a trophy to assist a half-blind partici-pant, who had lost his escort, and helped himcomplete the race.

CHRISTIAN SCHAUS and DANIELWINTERSDORF (Luxembourg) - Table TennisDiploma for actionDuring the semi-final of the European League,the players of doubles accepted to break for tenminutes in order to allow their Norwegian oppo-nents to glue a racket instead of changing it assuggested by the referee.

CHRIS WILSON (Canada) - WrestlingDiploma for actionDuring the national championship Wilson’sopponent was admonished three times for passi-ve behaviour and later disqualified. Wilson refu-sed victory and wanted to continue the matchwith extra time. In his free time Wilson lectureshigh schools students on sports matters.

RAYMOND POULIDOR (France) - CyclingTrophy for the careerA multi-champion in the ‘60s, Poulidor’s careerexcelled in loyalty, modesty and fair play. Hewas always helping his team-mates (RogerPignon in the 1967 tour), he did not attack oppo-nents who were unfairly in difficulty (Jean-Clau-de Lebaube in the Southwest tour in 1967), healways refused to blame chance or misfortune

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(an almost sure victory in the 1968 Tour wascompromised by a serious accident caused by amotorcycle), all these qualities represent the highlevel of his moral strength.

RAISSA SMETANINA (Russia) - SkiingTrophy for the careerSeven times world champion, she participated infive editions of the Olympic Games winning tenmedals, four of which gold medals, she hasalways been respectful of sports rules. She refu-sed good offers in order to stay at the Great Northtraining Centre to help young talents. She repre-sents a very good example of a sports person whohas deep bonds with her own environment.

JEAN-LUC ETTORI (France) - FootballDiploma for the careerNine appearances in the national team, he played500 matches in the top league always showingkindness and balance, in 1991 after a clamorousmistake by a referee which caused damage to histeam, he wanted to escort the referee at the end ofthe match and showed great fair play in inter-views on that event.

Dr. COLIN KELLY (Canada) - FootballDiploma for the careerA professional player respected in Great Britainfor his ‘fair behaviour and for his sportsmans-hip’, coach for a quarter of a century at the Uni-versity of Guef, (Canada) Kelly was devoted tosports first by being an example and later by tea-ching the principles “based on the respect for theopponents and on fair play”.

LASZLO PAPP (Hungary) - BoxingDiploma for the careerThree times Olympic medallist, national teamcoach (retired), Papp’s career is an example ofdevotion to sports, education and young people’straining. He excelled particularly in the fightagainst doping.

RAYMOND BRON (Switzerland) - ManagersDiploma for promotionHead of the Sports and Physical Education

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Bureau in the Vaud Canton, he has been formany years a strong supporter of fair play educa-tion and he is the author of pedagogical materialused nationally.

FAIR PLAY SUPPORTERS CLUB Katmandu(Nepal) - OrganisationDiploma for promotionFounded in 1991, it soon became well-known forits spectacular activities (the longest letter in theworld, 3 km., on peace, fair play, and friendship),and active promotional activities devoted to sport-smanship (rally, tournaments, talent contests, anti-drugs campaigns, fund-raising activities).

SALEH ALI HAMMADI (Saudi Arabia) -JournalismDiploma for promotionProducer and reporter of sports programmes inEnglish for the Saudi TV, he is the author of arti-cles published in various newspapers and maga-zines where he stressed the importance of fairplay, in particular when his country hosted the1989 Juniores Football World Cup.

KATARINA LOKSOVA-RACZOVA(Slovakia) - FencingDiploma for promotionNational Fair Play Award for the career in 1992(she participated in three editions of the OlympicGames and two World Championships) she isdevoted to sportsmanship in her duties as acoach. Since 1989 she is President of the Slova-kian fair play club.

LUMIR PROPPER (Czech Republic)JournalismDiploma for promotionHe promoted for thirty years the fair play idealsthrough the newspaper ‘Cekoslovensky Sport’.An activist in the NOC Fair Play Club, he had animportant role in the organisation of the first FairPlay World Symposium in Prague in 1992.

SAINTE-THERESE INSTITUTE (Canada) -OrganisationDiploma for promotion

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Since 1986 this institute organized weekly rea-dings of “Sportsmanship” included in a program-me of educational activities devoted to “problemchildren” who completed compulsory educationschooling.

FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONALFOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS (FIFA) - FootballTrophy for actionShowing for many years an exceptional attitudein favour of fair play, the Federation modifiedsome rules and their interpretation to have moresevere sanctions against unfair and violent beha-viour. It organized referees’ seminars to illustra-te these new changes, with encouraging results.In particular, at the 1994 World Cup in the Uni-ted States, it encouraged a great sportsmanshipatmosphere both among players and fans.

THE PEOPLE OF NORWAY(XVII OlympicWinter Games in Lillehammer) -Olympic GamesTrophy for actionBy cheering athletes of all nationalities and prai-sing even less lucky athletes for their merits,these people distinguished themselves. In addi-tion, in the spirit of the Olympic Charter, the Lil-lehammer Olympic Aid raised, during differentlocal campaigns, more than 37 millions krone(about 6 million US dollars). These activities,gathering thousands of volunteers from all overthe country, allowed to help lessprivileged popu-lations and war victims in many parts of theworld. The Norwegian People contributed, withtheir sportsmanship, to the comp lete success ofthe Games which were remarkable for theirsports, cultural, environmental and humanitarianaspects.

NAIL ATLI (Turkey) - FootballDiploma for actionDuring a football match the opponents’ goalkee-per stopped the ball kicked by Atli and sufferedan injury to his arm while falling to the ground.Atli realised it was a severe injury, and instead of

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kicking an easy goal he invited the medical staffto assist the goalkeeper.

JANUSZ DAROCHA and ZBIGNIEWCHRZASZCZ (Poland) - AeronauticsDiploma for actionAt the end of a flying competition of the VII AirRaid World Championships in Chile, Darocha andChrzaszcz together with their coach realised thatthey had not been penalised as they should havebeen. They did not know the results of the othercompetitors but reported this fact to the organisersaccepting the penalty that could have represented areal problem for the third and last competition.

“KLOTTEN EHC” (Switzerland) - Ice HockeyDiploma for actionAfter long in-depth work (its juniors have beenseveral times Swiss champions in their category)this Club succeeded in winning not only the titleof Swiss champion after a long and hard fight,but also the fair play challenge. This demonstra-tes that it is possible to win important titleswithout overlooking sportsmanship.

MANUEL MARTIARENA (France) - PelotaDiploma for actionDuring the final match of the French singleschampionships of modern pelota in Bayonne(April] 992), his opponent had to quit the matchbecause of a self-inflicted stroke on the head.Regulations provide that in case of self-injury thetitle is assigned to the challenger but Martiarenaasked to resume the match after complete reco-very of his opponent.

ZUZANA POLIACKOVA (Slovakia) - TableTennisDiploma for actionDuring the European Juniores Championshipsfinal, she was granted a point that would haveallowed her to win the game but Poliackovareported to the referees a mistake she madewhich had gone unnoticed.

DIRK SCHUSTER (Germany) - FootballDiploma for action

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During a match against Stuttgart, a player fromKarlsruhe fell to the ground because of a violentcollision which appeared to be a foul Schuster, aplayer of Karlsruhe, immediately approached thereferee to tell him that, according to him, theopponent did not commit a foul.

LUCINDA ADAMS (United States) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerGold medallist at the Olympic Games in 1956and 1960, she devoted her long and exceptionalcareer to the cause of Olympism. As teacher andcoach, and later as manager of Dayton’s schools(Ohio), she encouraged and guided thousands ofyoung people to fair play in sports and in life.Moreover she lectured to young people andadults on her professional life.

GRANT CHAGUINIAN (Armenia)GymnasticsDiploma for the careerPommel horse silver medallist and men’s teamrings gold medallist at the Olympic Games inHelsinki, 1954 worId team champion, famousUSSR coach, Chaguinian always represented anexample of sportsmanship. He gave up the placeof alternate athlete in the Soviet team during theMelbourne Olympic Games, at 33, in favour of ayoung colleague, thus giving up the possibility ofa probable Olympic victory.

ULJANA SEMJONOVA (Latvia) - BasketballDiploma for the careerAfter a remarkable career, she was elected “mostpopular athlete of the year” in Latvia; for twelveyears Semjonova was loyal to her team (‘TTTRiga’) refusing offers from more importantteams where she could have become a professio-nal player and earn a lot of money. After retiringin 1991 she created the Latvian Olympic Fundoffering assistance to more that eighty disabledpeople and sports veterans.

ALGIRDAS SOCIKAS (Lithuania) - BoxingDiploma for the career1953-55 European Boxing champion, Socikasgreatly contributed to the development of sports

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in his country and devoted his teaching ability topromote the spirit of sportsmanship he outstan-dingly displayed and which gained him the nick-name of “gentleman of the ring”.

MASSIMO DELLA PERGOLA (Italy) -JournalismDiploma for promotionLife-long Secretary General of the InternationalSports Press Association, he is well know andregularly writes articles and lectures which pro-mote the moral value of fair play and denouncethe moral threats of doping. Every year he reportsextensively on fair play awards in particular inthe ‘Sportivo’ magazine.

CARLOS LUNA LONGO (Guatemala) -ManagersDiploma for promotionFounder and President of the Fair Play Commit-tee of the Guatemala Olympic Committee, hepromoted fair play with national and internatio-nal lectures, and by participating in the debates ofthe Athlete’s Commission, the National OlympicAcademy Commission, and the Central AmericaSports Organisation.

MANITOBA COACHES ASSOCIATION(Canada) - OrganisationDiploma for promotionA multidisciplinary organisation, co-ordinatingprojects devoted to sports ethics with all organisa-tions interested in sports, leisure and education. Itpromoted information seminars, the compilation ofpedagogical material and rewarded athletes andteams for their behaviour showing sportsmanship.

ZVONE MORNAR (Croatia) - JournalismDiploma for promotionA retired sports journalist, founder of the “Vladi-mir Oreskovic Fair Play Trophy” national Award in 1972, for many years he was an indefati-gable censor of unfair sports behaviour anddoping.

Dr. TARIKOZERENGIN (Turkey) - JournalismDiploma for promotion

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Member of the Turkish Football Federation for26 years, member of UEFA for 14 years, refereefor 17 years and first president of the NOC FairPlay Board founded in 1981, he wrote many arti-cles and lectured to stress the importance of fairplay and to introduce the Fair Play Manifesto andthe activity of IFPC.

SPORTS EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE“SZTANDAR MLODYCH” NEWSPAPER(Poland) - JournalismDiploma for promotionIn 1963 this staff launched the “Gentlemen ofSport” contest which effectively contributed topromote sportsmanship principles thanks also tothe publication of many articles on fair play.

DESZO VAD (Hungary) - JournalismDiploma for promotionFounder of the movement “Fair Play is the OnlyWay”, he is an important promoter of sports phi-losophy in Hungary, he wrote many articles topromote fair play, mainly on the important sportsnewspaper “Nemzeti Sport”.

JACQUES GLASSMAN (France) - FootballIFPC special awardUpon a proposal by the International AssociationFor Sports Without Violence (IASWV), thatgranted him its award, the International Fair PlayCommittee awarded him the IFPC SpecialAward for the courage showed by denouncing anattempt to bribe him. Thanks to his behaviourfederal and legal actions were started against thebribers.

FRANCESCO PANETTA (Italy) - AthleticsTrophy for actionWorld champion of 3000-m steeplechase compe-tition and first runner up in the 10,000 m in Romein 1987. During the European Cup in Helsinki(1993), running the 3000m steeplechase race hesaw his fellow countryman Alessandro Lambru-schini fall on one of the obstacles. He stopped,helped him stand up and stayed with him. He was

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later able to catch up with the leading group.Lambruschini won the gold medal and Panettawas seventh, but without the above describedaccident he would have easily won.

JUSTIN MCDONALD (Australia) - BobsledTrophy for actionDuring the XVII Olympic Winter Games in Lil-lehammer, the Swedish team coach asked theAustralian team captain Justin McDonald if hecould give him 5 kg. of ballast. McDonald agreedknowing that this would have helped his oppo-nents. In fact, Sweden defeated Australia for thefirst time. When questioned about his behaviourby Australian officials, McDonald said that a vic-tory due to the opponents’ inadequate equipmentis not a merit and that co-operation among sportspeople is a fundamental part of Olympism.

STIG INGE BERGERSEN (Norway)Motor Cycling on IceDiploma for actionDuring a race of the world championships(March 3, 1994) two opponents fell in front ofhim. He fell down deliberately to avoid runninginto them and he was injured so seriously he wasnot able to continue the race and the followingchampionship competitions. He received the FairPlay Award from the International MotorCyclingFederation for his noble behaviour.

RICHARD BLAKEY (Great Britain) - CricketDiploma for actionDuring a game (July 14, 1994) he stopped a ballthrown by the opponent Whitaker (who hadalready scored 35 points) with a reflex move-ment. Everybody considered his catch a verygood one, but Blakey spontaneously said hecaught the ball after it had just touched theground. This allowed his opponent batsman toobtain 139 points.

ESPEN BREDESEN (Norway) - Ski JumpingDiploma for actionDuring the 13th World Championships heexchanged his silver medal with the bronzemedal of the Italian Roberto Cecon: the latter, in

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fact, had jumped 191 m., a limit beyond whichregulations do not allow additional points. Afterthis episode the International Federation cancel-led that rule.

SERGEY BUDAYEV (Russia) - FootballDiploma for actionDuring a final match of the Junior League, thereferee granted a penalty kick to the Samara teambecause it appeared that a defender in the otherteam intentionally pushed a player to the ground.Sergey Budayev (12) was about to kick the ball,he realised that the foul was not intentional, so hemissed the goal on purpose to avoid winning anunfair point. Budayev was granted the specialFair Play Award by the Komsomolskaya Pravdanewspaper.

CHRIS COLE (United States) - RacquetballDiploma for actionDuring the semi-finals of the national Olympicfestival he reported that he hit the ball served byhis opponent after the second bounce. By repor-ting the mistake, nobody else had noticed, he lostthe match and the possibility of playing in thenational team.

MURRAY DRUDGE (Canada) - SwimmingDiploma for actionDuring a National Championships competition,Drudge, coach of the Optimist Dolphins Clubfrom Regina (Saskatchewan), realised that herwomen relay team had inadvertently broken arule. Nobody had realised that, but she informedthe referee and the team was disqualified.

IVA KOTOUNOVA (Czech Republic)OrienteeringDiploma for actionDuring a national championship race she stoppedto help a runner who had broken her leg. Sheassisted her and supported her until the doctorarrived. And she lost the opportunity of a goodplacing.

DONG-HO LEE (Korea) - Ice HockeyDiploma for action

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During a match between China and Korea on theoccasion of the Asian Cup, he divided two pla-yers who were fighting. One opponent tookadvantage of the situation and scored one point,the match came to a draw. Dong-Ho Lee was thefirst athlete to be awarded the National Fair Playaward created in 1994 by the National OlympicCommittee together with the Jung-Ang newspa-per, one of the most important in Korea.

McCROSSIM and COOK (Australia) - SailingDiploma for actionDuring the Australian World Cup they offered aboat to the Hungarian team, Majthenyi andDomokos. who did not have one. The latter wonthe title in spite of the fact that the Australianteam was favourite.

SERGE POUDRIER (France) - Ice-HockeyDiploma for actionInternational player well known for his sport-smanship, Poudrier gave one more proof of itduring a national championship match betweenhis team, Rouen, and the team of Gap: a strongblow of one of his opponents sent the disk in pro-ximity of the goal bouncing back so quickly itwas impossible for the referee to see if it was ornot a goal. Poudrier confirmed it was a validgoal: Gap’s score increased and the result of thematch was uncertain again.

FRANZ SCHIEFER (Austria)Motor Cycling on IceDiploma for actionOn November 26, 1994, during a world cham-pionship qualifying race, he violently crashedinto another racer who was eliminated by thejudgcs. Schiefer said the accident occurredbecause of his fault and lost the possibility of par-ticipating in the 1995 Final Tournament. For this,he received the special Fair Play award from thePolish Ministry of Sport.

VIRGINNIE SUSANNA (France) - HandballDiploma for actionDuring the match for the first place in the divi-sion, the scorc was 4 to 3. Susanna, captain of her

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team, told the referee that the point assigned toher team, and that would have allowed them tocome to a draw, was not valid because the balltouched the bar.

SYLWESTER SZMYD (Poland) - CyclingDiploma for actionIn the course of the national junior champions-hips, a few moments after the start, he saw thatone of the participants was stuck for a mechani-cal problem. He stopped to help him, jeopardi-sing his possibility of winning. After havingfixed the bicycle, the two started again andcaught up with the peloton. Szmyd won the com-petition and the title.

MARWAN DIA (Jordan) - Table TennisDiploma for the careerNominated many times “best player of the year”,he has never been admonished. On the contrary, onseveral occasions, seeing that his opponents sho-wed signs of nervousness affecting the fair courseof the match, he asked for some break time in orderto allow them to gain back their poise.

ATTILA MIZSER (Hungary)Modern PentathlonDiploma for the careerWorld and Olympic multi-champion, he was anexample of sportsmanship during the course ofhis whole career.

Dr. JOSE JOAQUIN PUELLO (DominicanRepublic) - ManagersDiploma for the careerIn addition to having a brilliant career as anOlympic manager and doctor in the fight againstdoping and marijuana, he showed considerablefair play during the Central American and Carib-bean Games in November 1993. Haiti, which ison the same island as the Dominican Republic,saw its participation in the Games in jeopardy,Puello asked his Olympic Committee and theGovernment to allow the Haitian athletes to prac-tice in the Dominican Republic. The two teamsshared the same facilities, hotels, meals andtransports, and all costs were borne by the host

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country. The two teams reached Ponce (PortoRico) together to participate in the Games.

JOZEF VENGLOS (Slovakia) - FootballDiploma for the careerAn example of sportsmanship, both as an athleteand as a coach, he always gave great importanceto sportsmanship. He is presently a lecturer forFIFA, professor at the Bratislava Sports Faculty,Vice-president of the European Union of Foot-ball Coaches, he promoted fair play within theNational Football Federation.

JIRI VICHA (Czech Republic) - HandballDiploma for the careerOne of the best goalkeepers during the years‘50s/ ‘60s, he constantly showed his sportsmans-hip on the field, being always devoted to it, alsoas a coach of the national team.

BERNOWISCHMANN (Germany) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerDirector of college sports, coach of Olympic athle-tes from the Mainz College Club, head coach of theNational Federation, founder of the Academy forAthletic Coaches training in developing countries,he is also the author of many articles and a book onfair play. Wischmann, who is now 84, in the cour-se of his whole career, managed to combine sportstraining and fair play defined by him as “a rule ofconduct for all human activities”.

ZOFIA ZUKOWSKA (Poland) - ManagersTrophy for promotionFormer athlete, member of the National OlympicAcademy, University and Physical EducationAcademy professor, President for twenty years ofthe Fair Play Club within the national OlympicCommittee, Zofia Zukowska promoted the spiritof fair play in sports combining it with educatio-nal values. Author of many articles and publica-tions promoting the values of sportsmanship andOlympism within the domain of sports pedagogy,she participated in radio and TV programmesdevoted to the promotion of ethical values insports. She actively contributed to the creation ofthe European Fair Play Movement and is invol-

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ved in the organisation of the fair play congressthat will take place in 1996 in Poland.

BUSTO SPORT (Italy) - JournalismDiploma for promotionThis magazine developed a constant activity devo-ted to the promotion of sportsmanship by regularlyreserving a column to the principles of fair play.

CANADIAN SPORTSMANSHIP (Canada) -OrganisationDiploma for promotionThis Committee, along with other activities infavour of fair play, produced a series of manualsfor sports managers, coaches, educators andparents aimed at promoting sportsmanship. Themanual for educators iIlustrates a pedagogicalmethod and applications, for example, a code ofbehaviour, discussions on the significance of fairplay and simple games allowing young people todiscover solidarity. These booklets make every-body aware of their responsibilities in sports edu-cation.

ELIASVICTORIANOJACOMEGUERRERO(Equador) - FootballDiploma for promotionInternational referee from 1977 to 1992, his fair-ness was praised by players, managers and thesports press, he regularly wrote articles for acolumn titled “Juego Limpio” (fair play), descri-bing the situations he experienced in his careeron the newspaper “El Universo”. He also wrote amanual “Juego Limpio” published by the Uni-versity of Guayaquil.

PERNETTE OSINGA (Netherlands) - FencingDiploma for promotionWorld-class épée fencer, she had an active role invarious fair play promotion campaigns devotedto young people and toured to lecture on “fairplay always wins”; her tours were covered bylocal televisions.

QUEBEC SPORTS SAFETY BOARD(Canada) - OrganisationDiploma for promotion

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For about 15 years the Board accomplished consi-derable efforts to promote sportsmanship in thesports environment. The Quebec Sports SafetyBoard created a Sports Spirit Charter which circu-lated in Quebec’s schools and sports organisations;started promotional campaigns with posters andbooklets, activities devoted to high school teachers,to Quebec’s sports federations, programmes pro-mulgating sportsmanship in competitions, createdteaching aids devoted to various protagonists insports life, organized “sportsmanship awards”. Allthese activities, considerable in their quality andmagnitude, inspired other national organisations topromote fair play.

VLADIMIR RODICHENKO (Russia) -ManagersDiploma for promotionVice-president of the National Olympic Commit-tee, former editor-in-chief of the technical maga-zine “Athlétisme”, he founded in 1990 the FairPlay Committee within his National OlympicCommittee, whose national Awards and Diplo-mas were assigned in the past four years. Rodi-chenko involved the media in these activitiesguaranteeing and promoting public awareness onthe ethical values of sports. He is the author ofmany articles and booklets used in fair play cam-paigns and wrote a book “An Invitation to theCountry of Fair Play” delivered to thousands ofRussian sports organisations.

CONSTANCIOVIGIL (Argentina) - JournalismDiploma for promotionHe promoted many campaigns against violencein sports and in favour of fair play in the nationalsports magazine “El Grafico” and on other media(TV11, Radio Continental). He courageouslysupported a strong campaign against all kinds ofaggressions directed to all sports activities andhis efforts are now widely covered by all thenational press.

SERGEY BUBKA (Ukraine) - AthleticsTrophy for action

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In 1995, world and Olympic champion SergeyBubka, helped his South African rival OkkertBrits twice, by lending him some material. Thefirst time on 3 July, at the Paris Grand Prix, afterlearning that Brits material had not arrived,Bubka offered him his poles, so that he couldcompete. The second time was on 9 September,at the 1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final in Munich,for the same reason. This time, however, hisaction cost him a victory, because Brits passedthe 5.95 m while Bubka did not jump above5.90 m.

LAURENT JALABERT (France) - CyclingTrophy for actionIn 1995, during the 12th stage of the Tour ofSpain, German Bert Diez did something extraor-dinary, he pulled away from all other competitorsat 199 km from the finishing line, staying in thelead almost up to the end of the race. However,after a series of attacks, Laurent Jalabert mana-ged to break away from the pack, and to excep-tionally catch up with Diez, who was exhausted,at 150 m from the finishing line. Instead of over-taking him on the finishing line, Laurent Jalabert,then runner-up in the general ranking, encoura-ged him to take out his remaining stamina, andtherefore helped him to win a stage.

EMANUELE BOMBINI (Italy) - CyclingDiploma for actionA professional since 1981, Emanuele Bombiniabandoned competitions in 1991 following aknee injury. Today he coaches his team. Duringthe Tour of Flanders, an opponent broke his bicy-cle 5 km from the finish. His race director and hisservice van had already overtaken him. Emanue-le Bombini decided to lend a bicycle to theunlucky opponent who immediately regained aleading position, beating at the finish a Bombinicyclist. This action allowed the opponent tomaintain second ranking in the world cham-pionships.

FRANTISEK CIHLAR (Czech Republic) -AeronauticsDiploma for action

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During a 1994 World Championship rally, Fran-tisek Cihlar, mechanician-pilot of his nationalteam, helped the Polish team to repair its craft.This action enabled the Poles to win, while theCzechs ended fifth.

BATORFI CSILLA (Hungary) - Table TennisDiploma for actionIn 1995, during the doubles semi-final of theEuropean League held in Godollo, between Hun-gary and Germany, Batorfi Csilla and her partnerhad won the first game and they were 19 all in thesecond game. When the Germans returned a ball,the judge did not see that the ball had brushed thetable and awarded a point to the Hungarians.Batorfi Csilla told the judge that the ball was inand the judge returned the point to the Germans,who therefore won the second and then the thirdgame.

DANIEL KUTERMAK (France) - FootballDiploma for actionTen minutes before the end of the second lastgame of the Alsace Cup, the result was 2 allwhen Daniel Kutermak, from the WittelsheimClub, scored. The goalkeeper complained thatthe ball had gone in from an opening in the netthat had not been fixed correctly. His complaintwould have been useless if Daniel Kutermak hadnot confirmed this fact : the referee nullified thegoal. Daniel Kutermak scored a third goal thatallowed his team to win the match.

HERBERTH JOEL MENA ARGAEZ (Mexi-co) - WrestlingDiploma for actionAfter his victories in the qualifying and semi-finals of the national wrestling tournament, 10-year-old Herberth Joel Mena Argaez reached thefinal. He managed to pin his opponent by tou-ching his shoulder blades to the mat. The refereemust therefore declare Mena Argaez winner, butthe latter saw his opponent bleeding from thenose and crying. He asked the referee to have hisopponent treated before resuming wrestling.After treatment his opponent won the match :with his fair play, Herberth Joel Mena Argaez

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was only national runner-up champion.

NUNO FILIPE RODRIGUES FRAZÃO(Portugal) - FencingDiploma for actionDuring the 1994 world championships, at a timewhen it was absolutely necessary to win not to beeliminated by well-trained opponents, Nuno Fili-pe Rodrigues Frazão was assigned a touch follo-wing a confused bout. He spontaneously declaredthat in actual fact he had touched the floor andthe point was invalidated. He finally managed toobtain a good ranking, but by pointing out themistake nobody had noticed, he risked being eli-minated.

KRISZTINA SZVITAN (Hungary)Table TennisDiploma for actionDuring the mixed junior quarter finals of the1995 European Championships held in TheHague, Krisztina Szvitan and her partner Dahlhad won the first game and were winning 20 to19 in the second game. They served for the matchball. The umpire declared that the return of theopponents was out, but Krisztina Szvitan pointedout that the ball was in. The umpire returned thepoint to the opposing team that ended up by win-ning the second game 25 to 23, and then the thirdgame 21 to 18. Krisztina Szvitan and her partnerDahl did not qualify for the semi-finals nor forthe podium.

NELSONMANDELA (South Africa) - Managers- Special Award -Trophy for the careerIn his youth Nelson Mandela practised boxing,cross-country and football. In his autobiographi-cal book “Long Walk to Freedom”, he stressedthat sport taught him some very precious lessons.Under the previous racist regime, Nelson Mande-la has spent 28 years in prison under very harshconditions, but when he became President of hiscountry, the first black to be elected to this offi-ce, his first political action at a public meeting,was to kiss Frederik De Klerk, representative ofthe previous racist regime, to proclaim a reconci-

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liation and to appoint the former Head of State ashis substitute of the new State freed from apar-theid. This is undoubtedly an extraordinaryaction of fair play, in the deepest meaning of theword, and was recognised as such all over theworld. Nelson Mandela embodies an extraordi-nary example of application in public life of thefair play principles, that form a basis not only forsport, but also for all other social activities, thatthus acquire human value.

JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAMOUR (France)FencingTrophy for the career1987 World Champion, 1988 Olympic Cham-pion, winner of the Masters in the same year,Jean-François Lamour has always exhibited insport, just like in life an impeccable and exem-plary behaviour. During his sporting career, at alllevels, also at hard times, he always proved to berigorous and willing to apply fair play rules.Always available to advise and help young fen-cing generations, he set a model of sportsmans-hip for all young people, for which he receivedthe national fair play award.

VRENI SCHNEIDER (Switzerland) - SkiingTrophy for the careerAfter numerous victories in the World Cup,Vreni Schneider finally ended her sporting careerat the end of the 1994/1995 season. All the yearsin which she competed she always exhibitedexemplary sportsmanship. She is the living proofthat victories can be supported by sports ethics,also in a highly competitive environment. Shenever considered the other competitors as adver-saries, but rather as mates. Her kindness and fair-ness made her universally esteemed.

VIERA CAMBOROVA (Slovakia) - SwimmingDiploma for the careerSwimming coach for over 20 years in the town ofPiestany, and in particular at professional levelbetween 1967 and 1995, when she coached thenational team, Viera Camborova set daily exam-ples of fair play in sport and in life. Modesty,dignity, a tactful behaviour and a sense of

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friendship, combined with professionalism anddetermination, are all qualities that made herhighly respected in general, but also by thecoaches of the adversary teams. Viera Camboro-va received the national Fair Play Award for thecareer in 1995.

BIRUTE KALEDIENE (Lithuania) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerBirute Kalediene, who took part in the Rome andTokyo Olympic Games, when training youngathletes, always placed the accent on moral qua-lities and fair play, that she taught youngsterswith talent and enthusiasm, prompting them toexhibit a noble behaviour, both in sport and inlife. She proved to be an efficient organiser ofregional sporting events that promoted the Olym-pic ideal. She also actively promoted the sportingspirit both through the press and on television.

BOZENA KREJCAROVA (Czech Republic) -GymnasticsDiploma for the careerGold medal at the 1948 London Olympics andbronze medal at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics,Bozena Krejcarova later devoted herself to trai-ning young gymnasts, always stressing theimportance of sports ethical values. Vice presi-dent of the Czech Olympic Club, for over twentyyears she has been working hard to support theFair Play Club.

JULIO CÉSAR MAGLIONE (Uruguay) -ManagersDiploma for the careerJulio César Maglione’s activity in the differentoffices he held in the course of 30 years (he iscurrently President of NOC and Sports Minister)was aimed at affirming the principles of Olym-pism, constantly devoting himself to safeguardsport, health and the practice of fair play in itsbroadest meaning. This commitment gained himthe recognition both of government authoritiesand of international sporting organisations. Hispurpose of focusing the athletes’ attention on theimportance of fair play, was rewarded with seve-ral prizes.

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LADISLAV NOVAK (Czech Republic)FootballDiploma for the careerLadislav Novak, one of the most prestigious foot-ballers of his country was, in particular, the cap-tain of the national team that he guided up to thefinal against Brazil in the 1962 World Cup. Heis also famous for his fair play and sportsmanshipthat characterised him all along his career, duringwhich he was never sanctioned. He received theNational Fair Play Award in 1995.

PILAR ROLDAN GIFFENIG (Mexico)FencingDiploma for the careerPilar Roldan Giffenig, one of the few womenfencers of South America to win an Olympicmedal, always exhibited great fair play during thewhole of her career. At the final of the 1968Olympic Games held in Mexico City, she deci-ded to wait for an opponent who would havebeen eliminated since she did not arrive in time;due to this action of sportsmanship she lost thegold medal.

PRINCE ALBERT OFMONACO - ManagersIOC member, NOC PresidentTrophy for promotionFor his fair play in practising top level sport, hispermanent actions supporting the InternationalAssociation for Non-Violent Sport (AICVS) withhead office in Monaco, and for his contribution atthe UN Congress supporting sports ethics, duringwhich he mentioned the activity of the Interna-tional Fair Play Committee.

JORGEEHLERSTROSTEL (Chile) -ManagersDiploma for promotionJorge Ehlers Trostel, as judge, and club, federa-tion official, Director General of Sport and Lei-sure Time, always promoted and encouragedobservance of the principles of Olympism andfair play. In particular, he created a “NationalMovement for the Defence of Sports Ethics”.

NAÏM GÖLLEROGLU (Turkey) - PreacherDiploma for promotion

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Professional jeweller, in charge of religiousaffairs for about 40 years, Naïm Gölleroglu sup-ported tolerance, benevolence and respect for allreligions, all life long. He therefore became arespected, appreciated preacher in his country.During his regular visits to sports clubs, he con-stantly invites athletes to avoid aggressive beha-viour and all forms of violence and to practisefair play. He also made such appeals in the press,on the radio and on television. He received theGrand Prix for fair play in 1995.

GUINEA ASSOCIATION AGAINSTVIOLENCE (Guinea) - OrganisationDiploma for promotionThis organisation made a big effort, consideringthe scanty means available, to make the publicaware of the importance of sportsmanship, byorganising gala events and other initiatives, bypublishing a report on fair play and implemen-ting a cultural programme highly diffused duringthe sporting season.

HIROSHI KATO (Japan) - FootballDiploma for promotionAfter the earthquake that devastated the town ofKobe, Hiroshi Kato, who was studying to beco-me a football coach, went to the College gym thatwas used as a shelter. Acting as leader, he tried toraise the morale of the 500 people shelteredthere, by organising, among other things, footballmatches to entertain children. For this work hewas amicably called “The Mayor of the KobeCollege”. He organised transport for relief opera-tions, water supply, etc. Other students joinedhim soon to help him. Hiroshi Kato’s effortscombine together, in a remarkable way, ideals ofsport and social life.

JORGE PEÑA (Argentina) - JournalismDiploma for promotionJorge Peña at the beginning of 1995 launched anintense campaign promoting the principles of theOlympic Charter, and in particular the spirit offair play, featuring the participation of top natio-nal athletes and reporters. 31 spots with the slo-gan “Let’s support fair play” have been and are

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still being broadcast ten times a day, duringprime viewing time. These fair play spots are partof a socio-educational triptych, together withother two series of spots entitled “Don’t drop outof college!” and “Let’s respect the environ-ment!”.

HANS REINHARD SCHEU (Germany) -JournalismDiploma for promotionHans Reinhard Scheu has been working for 20years as radio and TV commentator for SWF,where he is deeply involved in the promotion ofthe fair play ideal.

HANS BERNHARD SKASET (Norway) -ManagersDiploma for promotionFor his effective work against doping, at interna-tional level, through the International Work-Group that prepared the World Conferencesagainst Doping in Sport (1988, 1989, 1993); hewas the Chairman of the Organising Committeeof the 3rd Conference against Doping in Sport,Bergen, 1991, and Chairman of the ControlGroup of the Anti-doping Convention of theEuropean Council (1990-1994); he is the authorof the Memorandum on fight against doping(1990-1996) supported by Australia, Canada,France, Great Britain, New Zealand and Norway.He took part in numerous seminars and conferen-ces and wrote many articles on how to fightdoping.

THE “JOONG-ANG” DAILY PAPER(Korea) - JournalismDiploma for promotionOne of the most important daily papers of Korea,Joong-Ang, in 1995 launched a Sport section,which is the most read section out of all thepapers of this country. In co-operation withNOC, this paper launched a fair play award,thanks to focus the public’s attention on theimportance of complying both with the sportingspirit and with social rules. This monthly award,announced both in the daily and on TV, contri-buted in promoting the fair play spirit. In 1995,

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nine athletes and two teams were awarded. It isthe first time that such an award is assigned irre-spective of sporting achievements. This initiativeis expected to last in the long term.

TV NETWORK “TRT” (Turkey) - JournalismDiploma for promotionTRT, one of the national TV networks in Turkey,in its sports broadcasts regularly promotes sport-smanship and the principles of Olympism. Thisnetwork received the National Grand Prix forFair Play in 1995.

ELEONORA CARRUS (Italy) - FootballDiploma for actionDuring a local match between the women’steams of Torres and Pisa, a few minutes beforethe end, when the teams were drawing, EleonoraCarrus did not score a goal to help an injuredmember of the other team.

CARLOS DE GAVARDO (Chile)Motor CyclingDiploma for actionDuring the 15th stage of the Paris-Ulan Batorrally (Mongolia) held on 23 September 1996,Carlos de Gavardo helped a seriously injuredMongolian competitor who, without his help,would have probably frozen to death. Two othercompetitors had stopped, but only De Gavardowent back to look for help. Despite this loss oftime, he obtained a good place in the generalranking. The day before he had helped anothercompetitor in trouble, allowing him to continuehis race.

ROBERTB. FOWLER (Great Britain) - FootballDiploma for actionDuring a match against Arsenal, on 25 March1997, the Liverpool forward player, RobertFowler, was alone in front of the goalkeeper whenhe lost his balance and fell on the ground. Thereferee, thinking it was the goalkeeper’s fault,whistled for a penalty but Fowler immediatelystood up to signal that he had not been fouled.

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TORSTEN KREBS (Germany) - ShootingDiploma for actionThough his international titles allowed him toqualify for the Atlanta Olympic Games, TorstenKrebs wanted to participate in the traditionalqualifying events, at the end of which he did notqualify for half a point. He went all the same toAtlanta to support his team, a member of whichwon the gold medal.

WALTER LARREGLE (Argentina) - PelotaDiploma for actionDuring a regional championship final betweenOlavarria and Remo, the back of the latter teamwas suddenly taken ill. According to the rules, hehad five minutes’ time to recover and restart thegame. As he had not recovered, the refereesignalled to his partner that he had to decide whe-ther to continue by himself or quit. Walter Larre-gle, of the Olavarria club, asked the referee toextend recovery time. His request was accepted.After 20 minutes, the game was resumed and theRemo club won both the match and the title.

JURI MAKAROV (Estonia) - MotorcyclingDiploma for actionDuring a race of the World Championship held inVigo (Spain), on 21 April 1996, Juri Makarovgave first aid treatment to a rival rider with mul-tiple injuries, and took him to hospital, thereforelosing more than one hour, and for this reason hewas disqualified. For such action he was grantedthe Fair Play Award by the International Federa-tion.

FILIBERTO MARTINELLI (Italy) - CyclingDiploma for actionDuring a regional race, Filiberto Martinelli hel-ped a competitor to mend a tyre, therefore allo-wing him to continue the race. Martinelli endedsecond, behind the rival rider he had helped.

ADAM MICHALOWSKI (Poland) - GlidingDiploma for actionDuring a figure contest at Radom, Poland, in July1996, Adam Michalowski made a mistake thatwas not noticed by judges. He ranked first, but he

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pointed out his fault to judges, who did not wantto consider it as they had no recording of thisevent. However, Adam Michalowski insisted somuch that they accepted to change the result andAdam Michalowski was relegated to third place.

DEREK PORTER (Canada) - RowingDiploma for actionDuring the training immediately preceding theOlympic Games in Atlanta, Canadian rowerDerek Porter lent his material to Czech competi-tor Vaclav Chalupa, whose equipment was lostduring the journey. With his generous action,Derek Porter offered the best possible trainingconditions to an important rival.

PATRICK RAFTER (Australia) - TennisDiploma for actionOn the occasion of the Australia championshipsheld in Adelaide, on 1 January 1997, this 24-year-old tennis player asked the umpire, at a crucial timeof the match, to give back a point to his opponent,the Russian Tcherkassov, as he thought his returnball had gone beyond the line. This generous gestu-re cost him not only the victory but also 16 pointsin the ATP ranking and 3,600 US dollars.

SCOTT SHIPLEY (United States) - KayakDiploma for actionAt the Atlanta Olympic Games, Scott Shipley,one of the favourites, lent his high quality mate-rial to a Bosnian competitor whose boat had beenbadly damaged during trials.

VLADAS VITKAUSKAS (Lithuania)MountaineeringDiploma for actionAfter an exhausting descent from Mount Evereston 15 May 1993, Vladas Vitkauskas went upagain risking his life to help bring down the bodyof the first Nepalese woman climber who, afterconquering this mountain, had died near the top.

YEDIOTH ACHRONOT (Israel) - JournalismDiploma for actionThe daily paper Yedioth Achronot proved to pos-sess praiseworthy sportsmanship, in the present

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geopolitical context, by choosing Olympic hep-tathlon champion Rada Shuah, of Syrian nationa-lity, as best woman athlete of 1996.

LUDVIK DANEK (Czech Republic) - AthleticsTrophy for the careerLudvik Danek, three times Olympic medal andthree times world record holder for discus thro-wing, President of the Czech Olympians Club evice president of the National Athletic Union, atthe end of his competitive career he devoted him-self to coaching, and in both activities he con-stantly insisted on the ethic values of sport,which he displayed throughout his life, both atpersonal level and in sports grounds.

STEFAN EDBERG (Sweden) - TennisTrophy for the careerStefan Edberg, leading tennis player at interna-tional level, during his whole career he enjoyedundisputed reputation for his exceptional andconstant fair play, which he demonstrated boththrough his sportsmanship towards opponentsand through his exemplary behaviour towardsumpires. He showed his human qualities by fre-quently taking part in sporting events having ahumanitarian aim.

PETERWESTBROOK (United States) - FencingDiploma for the careerBronze Medal at the Los Angeles OlympicGames and Gold Medal at the 1979, 1983 and1995 Pan-American Games, Peter Westbrook,besides numerous other activities in the world ofsport, created a foundation whose aim is to rein-tegrate disadvantaged or abandoned youth, oftencriminals, and through sport and his influentialexample, help them understand the essentialvalue of such qualities as control of one’s ownemotions, courage, acknowledgement of one’sown responsibilities and will to contribute inone’s own personal development.

ERICATERPSTRA (Netherlands) - OrgnisationMinister of Health, of Social Affairs and of SportTrophies for promotionMrs. Erica Terpstra, former athlete (swimming)

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at the Rome and Tokyo Olympic Games, promo-ted, as Minister of Sport in her country, the inclu-sion of tolerance and fair play in the agenda ofthe Conference of European Sports Ministers,held in Lisbon in May 1995. In her country, sheorganised a great conference in 1996 on sport,tolerance and fair play, and, with the co-opera-tion of different sports authorities, created anaction plan with the purpose of fighting negativetrends exhibited during sporting events.

MARIOVÁZQUEZRAÑA (Mexico) -ManagersANOC President- Special Award -Trophies for promotionFor the outstanding services rendered to theInternational Fair Play Committee, whose Gene-ral Secretariat has been operating for 15 years atthe head office of the Association of NationalOlympic Committees (ANOC) in Paris.

AUSSIE SPORT (Australia) - Leading SportsOrganisationDiploma for promotion“Aussie Sport”, a set of programmes developedsince 1986 by the Australian Sport Commission,has the purpose to encourage a sound sports prac-tice for youngsters, and to this end to promote,among other things, the social values of sport, ofwhich fair play is an essential element. Thanks toits conceptualisation efforts, this programme wasalso successfully implemented in various othercountries.

FABRIZIO CORBETTA (Italy) - HandballDiploma for promotionFabrizio Corbetta a, dans le cadre de ses fonc-tions de Président du Comité Régional de laFédération Italienne de Handball, déployé desefforts suivis afin de promouvoir le fair play, aumoyen de campagnes non seulement auprès desjoueurs mais aussi du grand public.

HERMAN DUIT (Netherlands) - HandballDiploma for promotionHerman Duit for many years has been activelyinvolved in the promotion of fair play in various

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sports (handball, tennis, triathlon), in his role ofvolunteer, in co-operation with national federa-tions, with the National Foundation for Fair Playand with the Utrecht University.

NEFISSA EL-GHAMARAWI (Egypt) -BasketballDiploma for promotionFormer member of the national basketball team,Mrs. Nefissa El-Ghamarawi played, as teacher, aleading role in promulgating fair play and sport’sethic values among various generations of sportsmanagers.

FAIR PLAYCOMMISSIONOFTHEOEIRASMUNICIPALITY (Portugal) - OrganisationDiploma for promotionThe Commission in charge of sports for the cityof Oeiras made great efforts for many years topromote fair play. Besides producing high qua-lity educational tools, it also hosted in 1989 theGeneral Assembly of the European Fair PlayMovement, a European seminar on sportsmans-hip, and as well as another event on fair play insport at high level, in July 1997.

MILLIYET (Turkey) - JournalismDiploma for promotion“Milliyet”, one of the most influential nationaldailies, promoted a series of campaigns for theeducation of the public to the moral values ofsport and fair play in particular. In its columns ithas regularly highlighted exemplary fair playactions.

BRUNOPETER (Switzerland) - SportsMedicineDiploma for promotionBruno Peter has been promoting for many yearsfair play by organising, within the local Panath-lon Club, meetings aimed in particular at mana-gers and coaches. He was also entertainer inradio broadcasts and produced a video.

THE HILLARY COMMISSION FORSPORT FITNESS & LEISURE(New Zealand) - OrganisationDiploma for promotion

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The “Hillary Commission for Sport, Fitness andLeisure”, a national organisation, has been carr-ying out since 1991 a campaign among playersand sports officers, students and the public atlarge, to help sports actors (including spectators)to understand that fair play is an essential com-ponent of a live sport. Athletes are more andmore aware that they are taken as models, parti-cularly by young people.

ANGELO FUMAGALLI (Italy)Motor CyclingDiploma for actionBorn in 1962, he participated six times in theParis-Dakar Rally. In 1988, at the Italian Cham-pionships, he gave his own spare tyres to the lea-ding competitor who was not assisted by a team.At the Italian Championships in Florence in1989, noticing that his rival had fallen and bro-ken his femur, immediately rushed to assist him,abandoning the race and a possible victory. In1996, during the Paris-Dakar Rally, in Senegal,he quit the race to assist a competitor who hadmechanical problems and one year later, in Mali,he helped his main rival (the Belgian Verholf),who had gone astray, to find the right track.

MICHAL KUNIC (Slovakia) - TriathlonDiploma for actionFive times Slovak champion, four times secondin the Slovak Championship, member of thenational team at the European Championships,Michal Kunic demonstrated his great sport-smanship and humanity towards his leading rival,Gabriel Baran, during the Triathlon SlovakChampionship. At the end of the 5 km race, only80 meters from the finish line, Baran was leadingin front of Kunic when he suddenly fell. Afterthat, he was limping and seemed unable to conti-nue the race. Michal Kunic did not take advanta-ge of the chance to win easily and let Baran reachthe finishing line first. After the race he said thatBaran had been the best athlete that day and thathe would not have been happy about a victoryobtained in such a way.

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STANISLAV POZDNYAKOV (Russia)FencingDiploma for actionBorn in Novosibirsk in 1973, Stanislav Pozdnya-kov is Emeritus Master of Sports in Russia.Member of the team which represented hiscountry at the 1992 Olympic Games, Olympicchampion in individual and team competitions,he also won the World Championships in 1995and 1996, and was 1994 World Champion inteam competitions and European Champion in1995. During a sabre bout against Charikov inthe World Championships (Moscow, January1997), when it was clear that his rival was goingto win, the judge made a mistake and gave apoint to Pozdnyakov who, realising the injusticeof this decision, explained the fact to the judgewho cancelled the point. Nonetheless, Pozdnya-kov won the bout.

JIRI ZERZAN (Czech Republic) - HandballDiploma for actionAt the end of the first half of the fourth matchbetween the First Division teams CosmeticsOstrava and SK Veselì, an Ostrava player wasinjured and had to step off the ground to be caredfor. After coming back, probably still shocked,involuntarily made a mistake and was thereforeordered off for two minutes. Jiri Zerzan, coach ofthe women’s team of Veselì, considering thereferees’ decision unfair, deliberately withdrewone of his players so that the Veselì team did nothave the advantage of numerical superiority, inspite of the fact that Veselì was losing 8:9.

RENÉ AMROUCHE (Algeria) - RefereeDiploma for the careerBasketballer during the years 1950-1970, laterbasketball coach (AGVGA 1963-1975, BNA1975-1978), then coach of the National Team inthe Algerian Division (1963-1964). He hadnumerous functions in the Algerian Division(President of the Referees’ Commission 1964-1970, Secretary General 1967-1970) and also inthe Basketball Federation (since 1965) of whichhe was Vice president from 1982 to 1992 andHonorary Life President from 1992. He has been

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international referee since 1965 and has coveredvarious roles at international level on many occa-sions, from the 1975 Mediterranean Games inAlgiers to the 1982 International Tournament ofAfrica.

JOHN BLANKENSTEIN (Netherlands) -RefereeDiploma for the careerBorn in 1949, John Blankenstein was refereeuntil 1996. Since 1997 he has been head of thereferee department of the Dutch Football Asso-ciation. He is also member of the Advice Groupfor sport, tolerance and fair play of the Ministryof State for Public Health, Welfare and Sports.His activities have always been aimed at the pro-motion of fair play. He is very popular in theNetherlands where he has always been an exam-ple of perseverance and sporting enthusiasm. Ininterviews for television, papers, etc. he alwaysshows a perfect attitude for fair play.

BRIDGETTE GUSTERSON (Australia) -Water PoloDiploma for the careerBridgette Gusterson is one of the World’s mostfeared women’s water polo centre forwards andis the cornerstone of Australia’s attack. She wasawarded Most Valuable Player (Anzio Cup inJune 1997), Highest Goalscorer at 1997 FINAWorld Cup and at the 1998 World Champions-hips (24 goals). She is a totally dedicated athletewho balances a full-time working career with asports career. Her general attitude throughout hersporting career has always been extremely sim-ple. She never disputed a referee’s decision andis considered the perfect role model to any sport-sperson, both professional or amateur athletes.

JAN VESELY (Czech Republic) - CyclingDiploma for the careerCyclist, 26 times national champion of the roadrace, 8 times national champion of the uphillrace, he participated many times in the Course dela Paix and is one of the best post-war cyclists.Winner of the individual pursuit and four timesmember of the winning team, he has always sho-

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wed great fair play. At the end of his sportscareer, the former political regime unjustly con-demned him and deprived him of his title ofEmeritus Sports Master. Jan Vesely, who is heldin great esteem by athletes and sports amateurs,accepted such injustice with his usual dignity.

HAMZA YERLIKAYA (Turkey) - WrestlingDiploma for the careerBorn in 1976, European Champion in 1995(Budapest), World Champion in 1996, he wonthe Gold Medal in the Atlanta Olympic Games in1996. He won second place in the World Juniorsraking when he was 16 years old. At the end of1997, he was declared “wrestler of the century”by FILA thanks to his successful performance.He never received any penalty points during hismatches.. He leads a very modest life and spendsall the financial rewards which he receives due tohis participation in championships, for the treat-ment of his brother who has bone marrow cancer.As a result of a public polling survey conductedby a Turkish paper (Milliyet), Hamza Yerlikayawas elected Sportsman of the Year. He was awar-ded the Fair Play Grand Award by the TurkishNational Olympic Committee.

LUDVIK DANEK (Czech Republic) - AthleticsTrophy for promotionLudvik Danek is one of the most famous perso-nalities of our sport. He is the holder of threeOlympic Medals and multiple world champion inthe discuss throw. At the end of his sports careerhe dedicated his life to coaching activities andapplied his experience also as Vice-President ofthe Czech Federation of Track and Field, asmember of the Executive of the Czech OlympicCommittee, and particularly as President of theCzech Club of Olympians. During all his life hehas always respected the principles of the fairplay- both in his personal and sports life.

YASOKICHI KONISHIKI (Japan) - SumoTrophy for promotionYasokichi Konishiki, born in Honolulu, Hawaii,in 1963 entered the Takasago stable after gradua-ting from the senior High School in Hawaii. In

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the world of sumo, steeped in tradition and hie-rarchy, where the very existence of a foreignwrestler is rare enough, Konishiki reached therank of Ozeki in 1987. He helped to spread thepopularity of sumo abroad and has often showedgreat enthusiasm for volunteer work. In Septem-ber 1995, after the great Hanshin earthquake, hedished out chanko-nabe (typical food for sumowrestlers) in Kobe. In June 1996 he gave a talkon his volunteer philosophy at the Japan WelfareUniversity, where he stressed the need for volun-teer work.

FANATIK (Turkey) - JournalismDiploma for promotionFANATIK is the name of a daily sports paper, apassionate promoter of fair play in Turkey.FANATIK promotes fair play every day andsystematically denounces hooliganism. Conside-ring the large number of its readers, this activityis of the utmost importance. Once a week anissue of the paper is entirely devoted to fair playphotos, actions or other initiatives. FAN-ETIK isthe name given to this issue.

NIEDERSACHSISCHER FUSSBALLVERBAND(Germany) - Football FederationDiploma for promotionIn 1987 the Football Federation of Land Nieder-sachsen established a Fair Play Cup for teamsbetween 14 and 15 years of age. Once a week150 teams from 4 regions send a report on the fairplay actions of their rivals. At the end of the fol-lowing season the Federation - according to a listof total points acquired - invites the best team toa “fair play training camp”. A University team(Prof. Pils - Hanover University), with the help ofa questionnaire, evaluates young footballers atthe end of a 12 months period. No such experi-ment has ever been carried out elsewhere in theworld.

GIOVANNI SOLDINI (Italy) - SailingTrophy for actionWhile competing in the aroundalone, Soldini

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rescued Isabelle Autissier whose boat was indanger. During the whole of his career Soldinidid not hesitate to risk his own records in favourof solidarity, which for him is the most importantissue, despite all regulations.

SEBASTIAN ABRAMOWSKI (Germany)SwimmingDiploma for actionDuring a national competition, on 14 November1998, Sebastian was participating in the breast-stroke competition when his direct competitor,who was in ahead of him, suddenly collapsed.Sebastian immediately stopped his race, therefo-re giving up the chance of winning a medal, tohelp his mate who risked drowning.

DANIELE CAIMMI (Italy) - AthleticsDiploma for actionIn October 1998, during the international Venicemarathon, Caimmi helped the Kenyan runnerKibet, 700 before the finishing line, to stand upafter a fall due to the rain. After resuming therace together, Kibet arrived first, while Caimmiended second. The news of his action was widelycovered by papers and television.

ALEXANDER INCZEDI (Slovaquie) - JudoDiploma for actionDuring an international judo tournament, held inAustria, 12-year-old Inczedi pointed out a refe-ree’s error which enabled him to rank first.Despite this, he was assigned the gold medal, butduring the awarding ceremony he gave it to thesecond-placed athlete.

IREK MANNANOV (Russia)Sport for DisabledDiploma for actionDuring the Nagano Paralympics, Mannanov gaveone of her skis to German athlete Bentel who hadjust broken one of hers. This action enabled Ben-tel not only to finish her cross-country race butalso to win a silver metal.

BRIGITTE DEYDIER (France) - JudoTrophy for the career

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Silver Medal at the Seoul Games, three timesWorld Champion and four times EuropeanChampion, she is also a graduate from the HigherSchool of Business. After working for differentcompanies, Brigitte Deydier was in charge ofpress relations at the Paris-Dakar rally, beforeentering the French Judo Federation as Commu-nications Director. She fought for the admissionof women’s judo to the Olympic Games and con-tributed in drawing up judoka’s “good conductcharter”.

LITHUANIAN COMMITTEE FOR FAIRPLAY and MR. ARTURAS POVILIUNAS -OrganisationTrophy for promotionFor their commitment in favour of fair play andparticularly for the perfect organisation of the1997 IFPC general meeting.

TURKISH FOOTBALL FOUNDATIONDiploma for promotionThey promote the idea of fair play through nume-rous articles in their “Stadium Magazine” and bydelivering important messages on fair play befo-re each match.

ZDENEK ZEMAN (Czech Republic) - FootballDiploma for promotionCoach in Rome, he openly criticised the use ofbanned substances, therefore launching animportant movement promoting fight againstdoping in football and other sports.

MICHAL KRISSAK (Slovakia)MountaineeringDiploma for actionDuring his descent from Mount McKinley(6000m), he discovered a Japanese climber whowas completely exhausted and in life-threateningconditions. Unlike many other climbers who did-n’t stop, Krissak helped the Japanese climber andsaved him. He was honoured as ‘The Life Saverof the Year’ (1999) in Alaska for this generous,brave action.

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KATJA SEIZINGER (Germany) - SkiingDiploma for the careerShe won three gold medals at the Nagano andLillehammer Olympic Games. She wrote severalarticles for the official magazine of the GermanOlympic Committee on Olympic education andon the need for Fair Play. During the NaganoOlympic Games she reached the hearts of allvolunteers by thanking them for their co-opera-tion in front of the audience.

ZDENEK ZEMAN (Czech Republic) - FootballDiploma for the careerAs football coach he openly protested against theuse of illicit drugs encouraging, with his exem-plary behaviour, the fight against doping in foot-ball and in all other sports.

PANATHLON INTERNATIONALTrophy for promotionFor its constant work promoting the spirit of FairPlay and developed locally through its clubs anddistricts, and for the perfect organisation of its1994 Awarding Ceremony held in Rome (1995).

ROBERTO BOLOGNINI (Italy) - FootballDiploma for actionAmateur football player, during a match in aregional Championship, only a few minutes befo-re the final whistle, he found himself in the goalarea alone, in front of the goalkeeper. As he sawanother player lying on the ground, in need ofmedical care, he decided to kick the ball offsideinstead of scoring an easy goal. His team lost thematch and lost even the first position in theChampionship.

ANDREAS DITTMER (Germany)Canoeing - KayakingDiploma for actionAt the Olympic kayaking-canoeing events, in thesecond run of canoe single 500m qualifyingheats, Czech competitor Martin Doktor wassecond after the German Andreas Dittmer. Uponrequest of the German team Doktor was disquali-

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fied because he rowed on the side waves. So Ditt-mer forwarded a letter to the Jury President affir-ming that Doktor didn’t use his waves. Thanks tohis rival’s help Doctor, two times champion inAtlanta, could continue the competition.

DAVID PABISKA (Czech Republic) - MotorCyclingDiploma for actionDuring the 2000 Motorcross Championship hegave up his racing position and assisted a riderwho had crashed into a tree at full speed. Withouthis help he could have died.

PAULO ROGÉRIO PINTO COELHO etHELENA GUIRO PACHECO PINTOCOELHO (Brazil) - MountaineeringDiploma for actionDuring an expedition to Mount Everest the twoclimbers gave up their dream to conquer thehighest peak of the world to help look for a clim-ber who was lost. They didn’t find him, but theysaved the life of the second climber exhaustedafter searching for his friend.

ROLAND BOITELLE (France) - FencingTrophy for the careerSabre champion and winner of internationalchampionships, in 1948 he became a referee. Herefereed most of the finals at the Olympic Gamesand World Championships till 1981. He was thecaptain of the Men’s French Foil Team for 22years starting from 1955. In 1980 he becameSecretary General and later President of theFrench Fencing Federation for 8 years. He wasAssistant Secretary General, then Vice-Presidentof the French Olympic Committee in the ‘80s. Heparticipated in 9 Olympic Games, from 1960 to1992 in different positions

LÁSZLÓ TÁBORI (United States)Coach of long distance runningDiploma for the careerHe was born and began his sports career in Hun-gary, where he became one of the best long dis-tance runners of his era. In 1955 in London hewas the third man in the world to run one mile

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under 4 minutes. In 1956 in Melbourne he was4th in the 1500m and 6th in the 5000m then heemigrated to the United States. Even if he wasthe world record holder in different runningevents, due to the cold-war, and considering thathe didn’t have the American citizenship, hecouldn’t participate in the Rome OlympicGames. So, he tried to be successful as a coachand founded his own running club in Los Ange-les. In 1971 he became “The track coach of theyear” in the United States. He devoted all his lifeto noble causes: encouraging inner city kids toswitch from drugs to sports, promoting women’sparticipation in the marathon, training the dis-abled and senior athletes for competitions.

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROMSYDNEY AND NEW SOUTH WALES(Australia)Trophy for promotionFor their enthusiasm in examining in depth theFair Play spirit through different educational pro-grammes and also for their exceptional behaviourduring the Paralympic Games.

INTERNATIONAL ROWING FEDERATION(FISA) - OrganisationDiploma for promotionDuring the Atlanta Olympic Games FISA deve-loped a programme whose aim was to give equalopportunities to lighter and smaller athletes, suchas Asians or representatives from South America.Giving equal opportunities means promoting theFair Play spirit. This decision was accepted by allfederations with good sportsmanship.

PRIESTGAETANOGALIA (Italy) - OrganiserDiploma for promotionStarting from 1989, a project was developed inSassari by the local church and by the churchrecreation centre, focused on education and pre-vention. Its activity covers sports, theatre, cine-ma, travelling, camping, traditional feasts, carni-val etc. In the course of this project, the OlympicGames of the suburbs were organised in 2000,lasting 24 days, and featuring the participation ofabout 50 teams, 800 athletes, 40 managers, 30

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organisers and 60 referees of various sports. Areal sports festival aimed at promoting fair playand honesty, rejecting violence and drugs.

SIMONE MORO (Italy) - ClimbingTrophy for actionWhile he was climbing the two 8000m. Himala-yan peaks, he received an SOS message about ayoung man of an American expedition who hadplunged into a 200m-deep waterfall crevice.Believing that the young man had died, his groupopted to continue climbing the mountain. OnlyMoro, after encountering incredible difficulties,and thanks to his courage and skilfulness, suc-ceeded in reaching Tom Moores and rescued himfrom certain death. The Government of Nepalofficially thanked Moro, and for his act of bra-very he received the Bergamo Panathlon ClubFair Play Award.

FABIO FERRONI (Italy) - ShootingDiploma for actionFabio Ferroni (who was 14 at that time), duringthe Italian Junior Championship, missed the tar-get in one of his 20 shots, but no one noticed. Hecontinued with the competition finishing second,but being not at peace, he told the judge that hehad missed the target and was relegated to 11thposition.

IRINA KARAVAEVA (Russia) - GymnasticsDiploma for actionAs European, World and Olympic champion, shefinished first at the 2001 World Championships.It turned out later that due to a technical errormade by the judge, she was overtaken by a Ger-man athlete who had won the silver medal. Sinceregulations don’t allow to change the rankingafter the results have been announced, Karavaevaturned to the International Federation for anexchange of medals.

TOUFIK LACHEMI (France) - HandballDiploma for actionIn 1998 as goalkeeper of the Montereau team,

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during an important match, he realised that a ballthrown at the goal had crossed over the goal lineby a few centimetres, but the referee hadn’t see it.In the spirit of Fair Play he decided to denouncethe fact, even if it damaged his own team.

CRAIG WIGHTMAN (Malta)Canoeing - KayakingDiploma for actionVeteran canoeist, Craig Wightman was rankingsecond after a 10km race. After a short rest thecompetition continued with a 3 km stage whichhad attracted many inexperienced and beginnercanoeists; he was able to rescue a young compe-titor whose canoe had tipped over and anotherwho was going adrift.

EUSÉBIO FERREIRA DA SILVA (Portugal)- FootballTrophy for the careerBorn in Mozambique in 1942, he moved to Por-tugal in 1961 to join the Benfica football team, herapidly made his debut on the international sceneplaying against the Brazilian team in Paris. Thosewho watched him play that evening in the ‘Parcdes Princes’ understood that a new football starwas born. In addition to his exceptional playingabilities, his behaviour idolised him in Portugaland he helped his team achieve many victories. Hehad a long and brilliant career and he currently tra-vels around the world as ‘Ambassador of Portu-guese Football’. He often participates in sportsevents organised for young people and continuesto gain followers for his spirit of Fair Play.

KENJI OGIWARA (Japan) - SkiingDiploma for the careerAt the age of 24, in 1993, he was number one inthe world ranking and stayed there throughoutthe following two years. Up to his retirement heobtained many great achievements, includingOlympic victories, both in individual and teamevents. Thanks to his popularity he was one ofJapan’s most admired and loved athletes.

KIPCHOGE KEINO (Kenya) - AthleticsTrophy for promotion

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With his exceptional sports achievements hecreated a tradition in Kenya and often wishes hiscountry could give the world something moreuseful. He made his debut in 1964, at the TokyoOlympic Games, setting new world records inthe 3000m and 5000m events. In 1968, in Mexi-co, he won his first gold medal in the 1500mevent and two silver medals in the other races.His career was taken as a model by many youngpeople and now, having retired from sports life,he has done a great humanitarian work. Forthree decades he and his wife have been adop-ting homeless and orphan children. At presentthey are 80. He is also President of the KenyanOlympic Committee.

MARKUS MERCK (Germany) - FootballRefereeDiploma for promotionArbitre du plus haut niveau international, il parti-cipe à de nombreux séminaires du MouvementFair Play local ayant pour but la formation dejeunes arbitres et de joueurs de football. Sonengagement social est bien connu. Dentiste,depuis 15 ans il pratique cette profession pendantses vacances en Inde et il a fondé une école dontle financement est assuré par une fondation qu’ila créée.

SCHOOL “ PASCOLI “ OF URBINOCOMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL “VOLPONI”OF GALLO DI PETRIANO (Italy)Diploma for promotionThe Fair Play Charter drawn up by PanathlonInternational was at the basis of a teaching andeducational project developed by young peopleaged 11-14, resulting from numerous conferen-ces and debates attended by doctors and athletes.A CD-ROM was finally produced aimed at tea-ching health, safety and socialisation while dra-wing the attention to risks in doping.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM (Denmark)Trophy for actionDuring the “New Year’s Carlsberg Cup”, this

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team met Iran’s national team on 7th February2003. An Iranian player, thinking that the refereehad blown his whistle for the end of the first halfof the game, picked the ball up to give it to thereferee, but the whistle had been blown by aspectator and the referee penalised the Iranianteam. After briefly conferring with the coach, theball was intentionally kicked offside by theDanish team.

GRANT ELLIS (U.S.A) - JudoDiploma for actionAt the 2000 national collegiate championships hewas awarded a point that he thought should havegone to his opponent, so he brought the matter tothe referee but his protest was disregarded. At theend of the match, when the referee awarded thematch to Grant, he again protested and only aftera vigorous protest of the opponent’s coach thevideotape was reviewed. Only then he was consi-dered right and the match result was reversed.

STANISLAV KUBÍCEK (Czech Republic) -GlidingDiploma for actionDuring the national championship, he hadalready reached a height of 1200 meters, sowhen he saw another glider heading for a crash,Stanislav Kubícek immediately interrupted hisascent to help his opponent who was severelyinjured. Thanks to this action of solidarity hewon the 2002 Czech Fair Play Award.

AIMILIOS PAPATHANASSIOU (Greece) -SailingDiploma for actionPotential candidate for Olympic gold in finn classsailing at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. InFebruary 2002 during the Athens EurolympicRegatta he realised that Turkish sailor Ali EnverAdakan ( 8th in Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and5th at the World Championships in 2001) had bro-ken the tiller- extension of his rudder because ofthe strong wind. Without this extension it wasimpossible to compete. Aimilios asked the Organi-sing Committee to postpone the race and his coachto bring a spare extension for his opponent.

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SVETLANA SHVETSOVA (Russia) - Orien-teeringDiploma for actionThree times silver medallist in the Junior WorldChampionships, in August 2002, on the last dayof a long competition ( Tavatuy 2002 ), SvetlanaShvetsova realised that the athlete running infront of her suddenly fell and injured her arm.Despite the importance of the competition, Svet-lana stopped to help her injured opponent, untilthe doctor arrived. By stopping to help her oppo-nent Svetlana lost her chance of reaching the firstrankings she had achieved during the previousdays.

MARIA MRACNOVA (Slovakia) - AthleticsTrophy for the careerShe was 6th at the Olympic Games in Mexicoand 4th in Montreal, she represented Czechoslo-vakia for 16 years in high jump. Five timeschampion and record holder, after ending hersports career she has been active in youth educa-tion, she has a strong personality and is a firmsupporter of the role of sport to improve the qua-lity of life. Vice-President of the SlovakianOlympic Committee, she participates in theworks of many commissions: Women and Sport,Environment and Sport, Slovakian Olympic Aca-demy, Club Fair Play, Slovak Olympians Asso-ciation, Olympic Slovak Clubs.

VÁCLAVCEVONA (Czech Republic) - AthleticsDiploma for the careerFrom 1944 to 1951 he was the national 1500mtrack champion. He competed in two OlympicGames (4th place in 1948 in London and semifi-nalist in 1952 in Helsinki). Several times nationalrecord holder. Since retiring from competitions, hehas devoted most of his free time to young athletesand skiers without receiving any financial or per-sonal gain. Thanks to him the skiing area in Ricky(Orlicke Mountains ) was built and now manyinternational skiing events are held there.

ANTÓNIO DA SILVA BARBOSA(Alves Barbosa) (Portugal) - CyclingDiploma for the career

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Three times winner of the Tour of Portugal, bet-ween 1949 and 1962, several times nationalmarathon champion, five times national sprintchampion (Track), and cyclo-cross champion. Heparticipated several times in the “ Tour de Fran-ce “, in the “ Vuelta d’Espagne “, and in the“Tour du Maroc “ and in such classical races likethe “ Paris-Nice “. In 1990 he was awarded amedal for Sports Merits by his Government, forhis exceptional sporting career and his merits asnational trainer and coach. He is currently incharge of training courses at his own cyclingschool.

JURATE GUTNIKIENE (Lithuania)ParachutingDiploma for the careerHis popularity in this country is due to his fairplay and courageous action dating back to Sep-tember 1979, when he saved the life of a team-mate from a certain death during a dramaticjump. After this terrible accident, the survivorcontinued to practice this sport with passion. Inher career she set twelve national records andtotalled 7500 jumps. At present she is a trainer inparachuting, Alpine skiing and ballooning andhas been a member of the national team in eachof these three sports.

ABDELHAMID SALHI (Algeria) - FootballDiploma for the careerHe started his career at the age of 18 playing forthe “Entente Sportive de Sétif “ club, he was cap-ped 34 times as a member of the African Natio-nal Team. During his career he has been a modelfor young people, he is the only player who wasnever sanctioned.

DR. ALBERT BUISMAN (Netherlands) -Literature and Sports ArtsTrophy for promotionAssistant professor of education at the UtrechtUniversity Department of Social Science, forover 20 years he has been investigating the rela-tionship between youth, sport and Fair Play. Allthis also at a practical level. Author of threebooks and several articles, he is holding courses

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for young people and sports coaches, and draf-ting practical guides. Recently his work hasbecome a doctoral dissertation entitled “Sport,Youth and Fair Play in Dutch Sports Policy”.

GAZANFER BILGE (Turkey) - FreestyleWrestlingDiploma for promotionEuropean freestyle wrestling champion, class 62kg, in 1946 and Olympic freestyle wrestlingchampion in the 1948 London Olympic Games.He has made a significant contribution to Kara-mürsel, the district where he was born, by finan-cing the construction of a school, an orphanage,a sports education centre and a building for thehomeless. He supported many young wrestlersand scholars with scholarships.

ARTURO HOTZ (Switzerland) - Literatureand Sports ArtsDiploma for promotionProfessor and lecturer at a number of universitiesand institutions that train sports coaches and P.E.teachers, the spirit of Fair Play is an essential threadof his reflections and is a central theme of his publis-hed works (Philosophy and ethics in sport andphysical education) featuring articles and books.

CHRISTOPHERMINKO(Australia) -OrganiserDiploma for promotionHe has been working in Cambodia since 1996 todevelop disabled sports and to raise awareness,among the population and public authorities, onissues facing the survivors of land-mines. Hecreated Cambodia’s National Paralympic Com-mittee, that for the first time in 2000 took part inthe Paralympic Games (Sydney). Under hisdirection, a National Volleyball League, formedby 12 teams, has been established with an annualcompetition programme (The National team tookpart in four international tournaments rankingfirst in the Asia Pacific region). He has beenworking since 2003 at the ‘Cambodian Sport forLife’ programme to extend it to other disciplines.

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General Secretary of the International SportsPress Association ( AIPS ), he made a remarka-ble contribution to the Olympic Games and hasalways promoted Fair Play in internationalreporting. He played an important role in brin-ging new associations into AIPS and supportedthe membership of African and Third Worldcountries as full and rightful members of AIPS.

TANA UMAGA (New Zealand) - RugbyTrophy for actionThe All Blacks were attacking and had the oppor-tunity of scoring a try but Tana Umaga stoppedand helped an injured member of the opposingteam who was risking to suffocate. The AllBlacks are known for their zest to win and thisaction by Tana Umaga was noticed and apprecia-ted throughout New Zealand.

ORHUN ENE (Turkey) - BasketballDiploma for actionAs captain of the Istanbul Technical University,Orhun Ene noticed that a teammate had scoredafter the 24 seconds time limit. He explained thisto the referees. After the game he declared: “Inoticed that we had scored after the time limit. Itwouldn’t have been fair to beat our opponents inthis way. Sportsmanship is more important andbasketball is not just beating opponents”.

KÁROLY NÉMETH (Hungary) - Table TennisDiploma for actionDuring the Singles Senior National Champions-hips, in the third game of the final, when theresult was 1:1 and the opponent was leading 10:9Németh informed the referees that his opponenthad not been assigned a point. Németh lost thegame and the match.

VALERIO RUSCONI (Italy) - FootballDiploma for actionThe Malgrate - Molteno match was to decidewhich team was to be promoted to division 2.When Molteno was winning 1- 0, a forward fromthe opposing team scored, leading to a draw, but

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the referee called the ball out. Rusconi (Molte-no’s top player) explained to the referee thatthere was a hole in the net and despite appearan-ces the ball had gone into the goal.

MILOS STANISAVLJEVIC (Malta) - HandballDiploma for actionDuring the match between Malta and England forthe bronze medal, in the third edition of the Euro-pean Cup, at five minutes from the end, the Hun-garian referee awarded a goal scored by Stani-savljevic.He knew that he did not score a goal as the ballhad gone slightly over the bar. Stanisavljevicinformed the referee and Malta lost the bronzemedal.

PETER VANKY (Sweden) - FencingDiploma for actionWhen taking part in the World Cup in Kuwait,during the semi-final, Peter Vanky was facingAustrian fencer Christoph Marik. The score was8 all, the referee attributed a touch to PeterVanky, but the athlete informed the referee thatthe point should not have been awarded to himbecause he had touched his own foot with hissword. Marik won the Cup, while Vanky rankedsecond.

WAYNE GRETZKY (Canada) - HockeyTrophy for the careerOn 16th April 1999 he retired at the age of 43after 20 seasons in which he dominated theNational Hockey League. Gretzky helped winfour Stanley Cup Championships and 10 ArtRoss Trophies as NHL’s leading scorer, 9 Harttrophies as the League’s MVP and two ConnSmythe Trophies as playoff MVP. He won fiveLady Byng Trophies and made 18 consecutiveAll-Star Game appearances, securing three All-Star MVP Awards. He is an eight- time First All-Star Team Member and seven times Second All-Star Team member, he virtually holds everyoffensive record in the NHL. He has been namedthe fifth greatest athlete among North Americanathletes by a Sport Century jury (formed by 48members). Only Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth,

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Muhammad Ali and Jim Brown preceded him.Under his leadership the Canadian team won theOlympic gold medal for the first time in 50 years,at Salt Lake City, in February 2002. He receivedthe Olympic Order which is the highest honourbestowed by the International Olympic Commit-tee. Gretzky is also active in the community,dedicating much of his time to charitable endea-vours. He is honorary member of the Board ofTrustees of Olympic Aid, he is also honorary pre-sident of charitable endeavours for children. Hehas recently created the Wayne Gretzky Founda-tion to help disadvantaged youngsters who wantto play hockey.

RICHARD KRAJICEK (Netherlands) - TennisDiploma for the careerFirst Dutch player to win Wimbledon (1996) andone of the top players in this discipline; after hisvictory he declared that he wanted to create ten-nis courses for the children of the poorest districtin La Hague. In 1997 he launched the “ Wimble-don on the streets “ project and in 1998 a play-ground was created in La Hague. The foundationorganises sports projects in the streets and hasfounded playgrounds where there are no sportsfacilities.

STANISLAVA KUCEROVA (Czechoslova-kia) - Handball, Volleyball, BasketballDiploma for the careerWorld champion in team games, a nominationfor the International Fair Play Award for her acti-vity as trainer and sports manager. During herwhole career she observed the Fair Play idealsand trained young players accordingly.

DANIEL RENATO LOEB (Brazil)Equestrian SportsDiploma for the careerHe accepted the opportunity to take part in the 5thDressage World Championships in Moorsele, Bel-gium, knowing that if he accepted this invitation, hecould not participate in the Athens 2004 ParalympicGames. Loeb gave a teammate the opportunity toqualify for the Paralympic Games so that Brazilcould be represented on the international arena.

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ARNOLD PALMER (United States) - GolfDiploma for the careerHe has 92 international golf championship titles,four Masters Championships, American Openand British Open victories. He is a friendlyhonest and passionate sportsman. Palmer hasbeen fighting cancer for many years, he is a belo-ved figure and a symbol of elegance. He is a cha-rismatic hero who has followed his father’s foot-steps, the head greenkeeper of the LatrobeCountry Club. During his long sports career healways respected the rules of the game and theprinciples of fair play. He founded a hospital forchildren in Orlando, Florida.

JANUSZ PIEWCEWICZ - (Poland)Trophy for promotionSecretary General of the International Fair PlayCommittee from 1977 to 1997 and member of theBoard until he retired, during his devoted andsystematic activity IFPC membership increasedto 250 members, featuring more than 90 NationalOlympic Committees and 50 international sportsfederations and associations. During his mandatethe Committee established close relations withthe International Olympic Committee and UNE-SCO.

BUD GREENSPAN (United States)Literature and Sports ArtsDiploma for promotionIn 1968 in Mexico, a young Tanzanian athlete,John Stephen Ahkwari, finished the marathonone and a half hours after the second last runner.He was dragging along his foot covered inblood and bandages. I asked him: ‘Why did youkeep going ?’ He said: “You don’t’ understand.My country did not send me here, 8000 kmaway, to start a race but to achieve a goal.” Hiswords sent chills down my spine, I will neverforget them.... This is what I want to do in mymovies, get into people’s minds. “ In his acti-vity, he creates intimate portraits of young menand women as athletes and more importantly ashuman beings, who try to win personal challen-ges, bringing honour to themselves, to theircountry and to all of us.

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MATHARE YOUTH (Kenya)Sport association (MYSA)Diploma for promotionMYSA is a development project of the Matharearea, one of the poorest regions of Africa. Since1987 the basis had been set to create a link bet-ween sports that can help the youth, promote acleaner environment, prevent AIDS, train leadersand support other community service program-mes. Today more than 15 000 boys and girlsbelonging to 1200 teams in over 100 leagues,participate in the MYSA programmes. Fair playon and off the field has always been a dominantprinciple and practice in MYSA.

MUNICIPALITY OF ZWOLLE (Holland)Diploma for promotionAfter a preparation of two years, this municipa-lity (100.000 inhabitants, located in the East ofthe Netherlands) in 2000 launched, a big pilotproject called “ Fair Play Points in Zwolle “. In2003 the “ Sport, Tolerance and Fair Play inZwolle “ campaign was launched. This successencouraged the Province of Overijssel (whereZwolle is the county town) to actively encouragesportsmanship and Fair Play in 20 municipalities.

BOUBACAR OUADREOGO (Burkina Faso)- Organiser/ManagersDiploma for promotionConsultant in communication, training and ani-mation he has been Secretary General of theNational Basketball Federation and assistantSecretary General of the National OlympicCommittee. Since 1990 he is president/founderof the Burkinabe Association for Non-violencein Sport, an organisation whose main goal is tocreate awareness among youngsters on thisissue. He is also charter member of the Franco-phone Association for the Promotion of theSporting Spirit. He actively supports schoolsport, by promoting a Football Cup, and dona-ted sports equipment. His exemplary activitywas recognised by IOC in 2001 with the Diplo-ma of Volunteer for Sports Development andOlympism and for Promoting Solidarity Bet-ween Peoples.

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ALEKSEY NEMOV (Russia) - GymnasticsTrophy for actionAt the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, held inAthens, after Nemov’s exercise at the bar, theaudience vigorously disagreed with the jury’sscore. For 15 minutes the next athlete couldn’tcarry out his exercise. Nemov then addressed theapplauding audience asking for silence. Thanksto his action the competition went on.

MARKUS ROGAN (Austria) - SwimmingTrophy for actionDuring the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, afterthe 200m backstroke final, winner Aaron Peirsolwas disqualified for a technical mistake. Secondqualified, Rogan, declared in front of TV came-ras that he didn’t want the gold medal: “I do notdeserve it. Persol is the best and he deserves themedal”. Rogan became the “sportsman of theyear” in Austria.

GIOVANNI BUSSEI (Italy) - Motor CyclingDiploma for actionDuring a motorcycling race held at Imola hebroke the rules to assist his opponent Chris Ver-mulen.

CISM FEMALE MILITARY TEAM(Norway) - BiathlonDiploma for actionA member of the Norwegian team went to thejudges to refer that she had missed one target andthat the computer hadn’t identified her mistake.As a consequence the team formed by OurenBorghild, Eikeland Liv Kjersti, Berger Tora,Morve Jori, lost the silver medal.

EQUESTRIAN TEAM (Brazil) - EquestrianDiploma for actionDuring grade 1 individual championships of theAthens 2004 Paralympic Games, the horse ofFrench rider Valerie Salles had a heart attackwhen entering the dressage arena. The Brazilianteam offered her a horse for the following event,which also included a Brazilian rider. The team

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was formed by Andrei Parson (Assistant Chef deMission), Marcela Pimentel (coach) and MarcosFernandes Alves (grade 1 rider).

MICHAEL GALEA Football andSTEPHEN AZZOPARDI, Coach, (Malta)Diploma for actionOn 31st October, in the course of a matchagainst St. Patrick, Birkirkara was winning 2-0when a defender from the opposite team fell andGalea was left free to run forward. Coach Azzo-pardi immediately invited Galea to stop theaction so that his opponent could receive medicalaid. Galea kicked the ball out of the field.

KARMEN MACHERIOTOU (Cyprus)AthleticsDiploma for actionAt the Pan-Hellenic Championships in October2004 a mistake was made when recording theresults of fencer, Adam Lambrini. Instead of a 4-0 victory, a 0-4 defeat was recorded. Despitecomplaints, the result couldn’t be changed becau-se the participant had signed the official score(without seeing the mistake). As a result, Lam-brini had lost half of the advantage he wouldhave had on Carmen Macheriotou, that is 24seconds (in other words the difference shouldhave been 48 seconds). Informed by her coach,Carmen only started running after 48 seconds.After about 2000m Carmen overtook Lambrini eand won the competition.

PAWEL SWIDERSKI (Poland) - MotorcyclingDiploma for actionAt the Enduro World Championship for nationalteams, Swiderski tried to save the life of Germanrider Swen Enderlein, victim of a serious acci-dent. Without thinking of the result, but wantingto save the life of another athlete, he interruptedhis race to help the injured competitor until theambulance arrived.

ARTUR TALAY (Turkey) - AthleticsDiploma for actionCoach of Esref Apak - a Turkish athlete who wonthe bronze medal in hammer throwing at the

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Athens 2004 Olympic Games - after many yearsof collaboration, Artur Talay announced that hewasn’t able to increase Apak’s level of perfor-mances and that this athlete needed another trai-ner. He was replaced after the Athens 2004Olympic Games.

MATEJ ZAGAR (Slovenia) - Motor CyclingDiploma for actionDuring a race the engine of Slovenian ChampionMatej Ferjan suddenly broke down. The currentSlovenian champion Matej Zagar offered hisengine to his dreaded opponent.

MIGUEL INDURAIN (Spain) - CyclingTrophy for the careerHe was the first rider to win the Tour de Francefive times in a row, from 1991 to 1995. Born on16th July 1964, he stood out at 22 when he wonthe most important cycling stage competition, theTour of the European Community (1986).Always ready to learn, he gradually worked hisway through to top positions, and helped his teamleader, Pedro Delgado. Starting from 1989 hewon the Paris-Nice and the Critérium Internatio-nal competitions. His reign started in 1991. Prac-tically unbeaten in the ‘time trial’ race, he brokethe hour record in 1993 (253,040 km). FirstOlympic champion in 1996, Atlanta, when theGames were opened to professionals, he won theGrand Prix of the Midi Libre in 1995 and the Cri-térium of the Dauphiné Libéré in 1995 and in1996. Spanish champion in 1992, he almost wonthe world title in 1993 and in 1995, but in thename of the sporting spirit he let his countrymanAbraham Olano win. He retired from professio-nal cycling when he was 33 years old. He was amodel of dignity and fair play during his entirecareer, remaining loyal to his team from thebeginning (1982) till the end.

ALESSANDRO DURAN (Italy) - Boxing CoachDiploma for the careerAfter an intense and significant professionalcareer, without any warnings or suspensions, heis currently busy promoting this “noble art”among young people.

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CRISTINA HOFFMANN TORRES (Mexico)- Wheelchair Table TennisDiploma for the careerShe is always enthusiastic and committed. Afterpractising different sports at high school, sheapproached table tennis, a sport that matched herskills. This choice was really fruitful and she nowplays an important role in the world team.

BRUNO GRANDI (Italy) - GymnasticsTrophy for promotionInternational judge, trainer and head coach of thenational team, President of the Institute of SportsScience and of the “Artemio Franchi” Founda-tion, President of the Italian and then of the Inter-national Federation of Gymnastics, member ofCONI and of the IOC board; this exceptionalexperience and his strong personality, togetherwith his unique fair play are the reasons for awar-ding him. Sport in its absolute meaning, honourshim. In the sports world where it’s easy to findextreme ambition and personal interests, his trans-parent personality emerges for his fair play andsense of responsibility. As President of the Federa-tion of Gymnastics since 1979 he has been fightingagainst excessive and early training of young ath-letes. He has always encouraged gymnasts, theircoaches and managers to take sporting decisions,as in the case of Russian gymnast Karavacva andof American athlete Hamm, who Grandi awardedfor their noble actions.

BETSY ALISON (United States) - SailingDiploma for promotionHead coach of the US disabled sailing team, Ali-son is tirelessly promoting this discipline and hermethods helped the US Sonar team win the bron-ze medal. After leaving her post, Alison went toAthens as IPC volunteer to study how to impro-ve the safety of all athletes. In Greece she workedwith all countries, overcoming all national rival-ries, in order to significantly contribute to thedevelopment of this sport.

PAVEL BELSAN (Czech Republic)Physical EducationDiploma for promotion

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He devoted all his life to educational activity,promoting the application of scientific methods.Known to television and radio audience for illu-strating gymnastics exercises, he has applied fair-play values all his life. After losing his sight in1994, he has been organising conferences for thedisabled at the “Charles University”, Prague, atthe faculty of Sport and Physical Education thatincludes special sections for the visually impai-red. He has written many books on teachingmethods and materials for primary and secondaryschool teachers.

GERMAN NATIONAL PARALYMPICCOMMITTEE - OrganisationDiploma for promotionDeutscher Behindertensportverband Jugend(DBSJ) constantly promotes fair play amongyoung people with disabilities in Germany andEurope. A Paralympic Camp for youngsters wasorganised at the 1992 Barcelona ParalympicGames. In 2004, DBSJ invited delegations fromAustria and Turkey to take part in the programmethat included visits to the Games, as well as cul-tural activities. DBSJ is currently organising aEuropean Youth Camp for Bejing 2008.

SEBASTIEN LOEB (France) - Motor Racing(Rally)Trophy for actionDuring the 2005 World Rally Championship, theWales Rally GB ended prematurely in tragic cir-cumstances on Special stage15, when the Peugeotdriven by Markko Martin had an accident in whichBritish co-driver Michael Park was fatally injured.Following Park’s fatal accident, the rally was hal-ted and the two remaining stages were cancelled.At the time of the accident Sébastien Loeb(Citroën-Michelin) was in the lead. He would havewon the 2005 world title, but he spontaneouslydeclined to retain his world title in such sad cir-cumstances. Together with his team they decidednot to withdraw, in order not to compromise therace but to anticipate a final control, in order to bepenalised (with two minutes) and not rank first.

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TIMO BOLL (Germany) - Table TennisDiploma for actionIn the course of the 48th World Table TennisChampionships held in Shanghai at the begin-ning of May 2005, Timo Boll (Germany) pointedout a table edge in favour of his opponent, whenhe was leading 13 to 12 in the 7th match in thecourse of a 4 - 3 set. He was, however, awardedthe Richard Bergman Fair Play Trophy by theInternational Table Tennis Federation.

GUILLERMOGIACOMAZZI (Italy) - FootballDiploma for actionOn 27 February 2005, in the course of the Lecce-Messina football match, the referee blew apenalty following a fake. The Lecce footballer,Giacomazzi, admitted that nobody had touchedhim and that he had fallen for his own fault. TheLecce Panathlon Club rewarded the player for hisaction.

DENIS R. HISMATULLIN (Russia)Chess GrandmasterDiploma for actionOn 30 June 2003, in Warsaw, in the course of the10th tour of the European Chess Championship,all of a sudden, the Polish competitor, MiroslavGrabarchuk, was unwell and had to be taken tohospital. In these cases, the game is stopped andthe player who is not well is automatically decla-red to be the loser. In the spirit of fair play, DenisHismatullin continued the game after Grabar-chuk returned from the hospital, and the Polishchess player ended up winning.

ÖZGÜRCAN ÖZCAN (Turkey) - FootballDiploma for actionDuring the Galatasaray-Denizlispor footballmatch held on 22 October 2005 at Istanbul,Özcan scored with a header. After scoring headmitted using his hand. The referee cancelledthe goal and showed the yellow card.

PETE SAMPRAS (United States) - TennisTrophy for the careerThe prize record of Pete Sampras, born in Was-hington on 12 august 1971, proclaims him, if

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things do not change, the first player in thehistory of tennis. In any case, he currently holdsa record that is difficult to equal and even moreso to beat, with a record 14 Grand Slam men’ssingles titles, starting gradually from 1990 - at 19in 2002, he had constantly been No.1 in worldranking from 1993 to 1998. He always defendedhis team colours in the Davis Cup, affirming, forexample his self-control and moral value inDecember 1995, in Moscow, when he was seizedwith cramps after winning the first single 6-4 inthe 5th set. Pete Sampras accepted to play thedouble on the following day, with which heachieved, together with his second single, the 3points that awarded the Cup to the United States.A model of fair play, without ever exhibitingimproper actions, nor possibly involving oppo-nents in case of defeat in this or that final orsemifinal, he always displayed a natural eleganceand impeccable behaviour during all the years ofhis career as top player.

EVA SZEKELY, (Hungary) - SwimmingTrophy for the careerBorn in 1927 Éva Székely, a bright star of Hun-gary, knew everything on competitions, strug-gles, sadness and happiness, as well as on how toconvey happiness. For over 20 years she has pla-yed a fundamental role in selecting the Hunga-rian team, achieving victory after victory. Olym-pic gold medallist - in the 200 m breast stroke, in1952 in Helsinki, silver and bronze medallist,European champion, 34 times Hungarian indivi-dual champion, 8 times world champion, 10times world record holder and 12 times Europeanrecord holder. An individual athlete with dazz-ling talent, Éva Székely revealed unique skills asa champion, chemist and as the nation’s headcoach. Her best known disciple was her daughterAndrea Gyarnati - silver medallist the MunichOlympic Games in 1972. Éva is ranking amongthe most famous Hungarian athletes in history,and is also included in the SWIMMING HALLOF FAME of Fort Lauderdale. In 2004 she waselected Hungary’s national Athlete for her exem-plary career. Éva Székely published several best-sellers on her experience. She is respected for her

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prize record, but also for her spontaneity, availa-bility and sense of humour.

ANDRE FERREN, (France) - Rugby TrainerDiploma for promotionBoth as an international rugby player and as arugby trainer of youngsters between 1966 and1975, André Ferren has always been a model offair play. Later, between 1980 and 1997, when hetook part in the founding and management of theDepartmental Olympic and Sports Committee ofVaucluse, he became a tireless advocate and pro-moter of fair play, within such Committee and innumerous other sports organisations. He then for-med the Panathlon International Avignon Cluband promoted the creation of the local Fair PlayAwards.

MARCO PASTONESI, (Italy) - JournalismDiploma for promotionEvery week, Marco Pastonesi points out both fairplay and foul play actions of the Serie A footballleague in the most important Italian sports paper“La Gazzetta dello Sport”. He also providesregular coverage on Fair Play to a large audien-ce.

JIRI RASKA, (Czech Republic)- Ski JumpingDiploma for the careerJiri Raska was Olympic champion in individualK90 and silver medallist in individual K120 atthe Grenoble Winter Olympic Games in 1968.He became world champion in 1968 in individualK90 and was 6 times national champion. At theend of his sports career he devoted himself totraining within his local sports club, in the townof Frenstat pod Radhostern where he is still acti-ve. He trains youngsters in particular. In 2004, hewas elected member of the Executive Board ofthe Czech Olympians Club and since 2001 he hasbeen President of the Czech Sports Foundationthat sponsors senior athletes as well as junior ath-letes at the beginning of their career. Also whenhe was a star, Jiri Raska has always remainedmodest and unpretentious. Today Jiri Raska, whocelebrated his 65th birthday on 4 February 2005,continues training athletes with the same spirit.

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MASSIMO ROSA, (Italy) - JournalismPresident of the Verona Panathlon ClubDiploma for promotionHe created the “Fair Play Stand”. For the firsttime in Italy, boys, girls and their parents all takepart, before each match, in an educational, cultu-ral and didactic session in which different topicsare discussed. The aim is to diffuse sports cultu-re and Fair Play rules. After the educational ses-sion, children and parents have access to a spe-cial space, called “ Fair Play Stand”, to watch thehome match of Hellas Verona football club.

JEAN ROSIER, (France) - Disabled FencingDiploma for careerAfter winning 12 gold medals at the ParalympicGames and at the Wheelchair Fencing WorldChampionships, he ended his career after theSydney Games in 2000, to devote himself to trai-ning and integration of young disabled athletes.Furthermore, he also trains able children, intro-ducing them to fencing, to refereeing (he is aNational Referee) and shows them how to repairtheir swords. He is currently Vice President ofthe Fencing League of Guadeloupe and Head ofDelegation, for the team away matches.

RENATA SOLIANI, (Italy)Physical Education TeacherDiploma for promotionRenata Soliani promoted the “ Fair Play Trophy“ project aimed at guaranteeing the characteristicfeatures of sporting combat and at creating a trai-ning programme that implements Fair Play’stheoretical concepts. This action, lasting twoyears and aimed at primary school teachers inComo and surrounding region, involved 400 stu-dents and 33 teachers from 12 schools, attractingthe attention of the media and of the public atlarge. Through this model, which is still beingapplied, Renata Soliani proved that Fair Play canassume a fundamental role in the educationalprocess by turning sports values into socialvalues.

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Letters of congratulationsAbbassi Abed Alnaser SYR L/a 1989 (football)Abbate Bruno ITA L/a 1987 (motor boating)Abeberry et Iturino FRA L/a 1989 (pelota)Abonyi Imre HUN L/c 1979 (equestrian)Aceves Villagran Daniel MEX L/c 2004

(wrestling)Adler Maggie USA L/a 1992 (archery)Alkhateeb Mahmoud EGY L/c 1987 (football)Allen Katie AUS L/a 1997 (hockey)Alromaihi Saleh Hamad KSA L/c 1993 (handball)Andre Johan FRA L/a 1990 (motor cycling)Anguelov Dimitar SUL L/a 1970 (motor racing)Angulo Eduardo BOL L/a 1977 (football)Annan Allison AUS L/g 1997 (hockey)Aranda Humberto CRC L/c 1988 (boxing)Arimori Yuko JPN L/a 1992 (athletics)Asciak Gordon MLT L/a 1986 (badminton)Association of Social Solidarity POR L/p 2002

(handball)Association “Royale Néerlandaise” football

HOLL/p 1991 (organisation)Association Ohio Colleges USA L/p 1993

(organisation)Association of High Schools USA L/p 1986

(organisation)Association Fans-Clubs SVI L/p 1986 (ice hockey)Association of Turkish Sports Writers

TUR L/p 1996Attard Kevin MLT L/a 1993 (cycling)Ayala Poblete Francisco CHI L/c 1988 (judo)Baggio Roberto ITA L/a 1994 (football)Balestrieri Vincenzo ITA L/a 1970 (motor boating)Ballone Daniela ITA L/a 1998 (primary school

pupil)Barragan Alfredo Roberto ARG L/c 1985

(canoeing-kayaking)Bartolsic Juri TCH L/a 1978 (cycling)Bartu Karel TCH L/c 1990 (modern pentathlon)Basketball-Club Soleuvre LUX L/a 1995 (club)Bayas Rivera Alberto ECU L/c 1984

(weightlifting)Beaudoin Didier FRA L/a 1986 (athletics)

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Benedek Janos HUN L/a 2004 (weightlifting)Bertaigne Olivier FRA L/a 1987 (football)Bertellotti Georges MON L/p 1990 (journalism)Betak Zsuzsanna HUN L/a 2005 (kickboxing)Bilia Massimo ITA L/a 1992 (taekwondo)Bin Amor Bin Rashild Al Malki Mohamed OMA

L/a 1986 (athletics)Blanch Conrad ESP L/a 1985 (mountaineering)Boninsegni Walter ITA L/c 1980 (shooting)Bonner Rudergcseilschaft GER L/a 1985 (rowing)Borg Bjorn SVE L/a 1979 (tennis)Bori Victor HUN L/a 1983 (athletics)Bouamra Said ALGERIA L/p 2004Boutros Labib L1B L/p i 993 (journalism)BP Honved HUN L/a 1985 (volleyball)Brand Dieter GER L/a 1975 (athletics)Bronwyn Thompson AUS L/a (athletics)Brumel Valeri RUS L/a 1968 (athletics)Brzezicki Jozef POL L/a 1979 (wrestling)Bu-Hamoud Raed Salim BRN L/a 1994 (handball)Burhans Keith USA L/a 2004 (sailing)Burman Jarl SVE L/a 1968 (athletics)Cachia Arthur MLT L/a 1995 (snooker)Can Tuncer TUR L/a 2000 (football)Canaydin Ozhan, President of the Galatasaray

Sport Club TUR L/a 2002 (football)Canik Aykut TUR L/a 1998 (football)Capello Marco MLT L/a 1991 (tennis)Capey Roy GBR L/a 1971 (football)Castelianos Félix Sienra URU L/c 1989 (yachting)Cetola Jorge Luis ARG L/a 1986 (shooting)Cevik Kerem TUR L/a 1991 (swimming)Chardel Michel FRA L/a 1966 (athletics)Cherez Canseco Luìs Aniba ECU L/a 1987

(football)Chumacero-Flernandez Edgar MEX L/a 1997

(fencing)Cicognani Miranda ITA L/c 2002 (gymnastics)City of Vlaardingen NED L/p 2000Claudio Murillo Paulina MEX L/a 1997

(gymnastics)Coles Phillip W. AUS L/a 1992

(canoeing-kayaking)College “ Saint-Gabriel de Bagneaux “ FRA L/p

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Colon Luis Raul “Rolo” PUR L/c 1984 (baseball)Commission of the Australian CNO Athlets

L/p 1998Correira Antonio Jesus POR L/c 1983

(roller hockey)Crowe Jeffrey NZL L/c 1988 (cricket)Da Silva Resende A. POR L/p 1992 (football)Da Veiga Ventura José F POR L/c 1990 (fencing)Danas Pozniakas LIT L/c 2003 (boxing)Dar Mlodziezy POL L/a 1982 (sailing)De Dood Comelius GER L/a 1965 (sailing)De Marco FRA L/a 1987 (football)De Santiago Luis AND L/p 1987 (journalism)De Sario Francesco ITA L/c 1997 (archery)Deckarm Joachim et Pánovics Lajos (HUN) L/p

2004 (handball)Delgado Panchana Jorge ECUADOR L/p 2004Dìaz Garcia Laura Enriqucta MEX L/a 1997

(triathlon)Dimas Pyrros GRE et Huster Marc GER La/ 2000

(weightlifting)Dolczelova Hana CZE L/a 1993 (orienteering)Douglas Desmond GBR L/c 1991 (table tennis)Douglas Desmond GBR L/c 1995 (table tennis)Duriez Andre FRA L/a 1966 (athletics)Elford Vie GBR L/a 1972 (motor racing)Elmanharawy Salah EGY L/p 1987 (journalism)Erikci Omer Ali TUR L/a 1983 (cycling)Ettyne N. Nikolai RUS L/a 1993 (sleight-dog race)Expedition on South Annapurna GRE L/a 1985

(mountaineering)Czech Alpine Expedition TCH L/a 1982

(mountaineering)Fahmi Rohman Abdul EGY L/p 1990 (journalism)Falize Didier BEL L/a 1986 (athletics)Faustmann Helmut GER L/a 1982 (motor boating)Fehr Beat SVI L/a 1967 (motor racing)Feistmantel Josef AUT L/a 1969 (wrestling)Ferreira Michael INO L/a 1983 (snooker)Feuereis Erhard GER L/c 1984 (wrestling)Filip Jiri CZE L/a 2004 (precision flight)Finaczy György HUN L/a 1970 (sailing)Fless Fencing Club HUN L/a 2005 (fencing)Foudy Julie L/p 1997 (football)Fuzukavva Yoshimitsu JPN L/a 1996 (golf)

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Gara Steffen MON L/p 1995 (administrator)Geesink Anton HOL L/c 1965 (judo)Gilchrist Adam AUS L/a 2003 (cricket)Giuseppin Aldino ZAM L/c 1985 (cycling)Gomez Santos Andres ECU L/p 1998 (tennis)Goncalves Joao Paulo POR L/a 2001 (fencing)Goss Peter GBR L/a 1996 (sailing)Goudenbour Johny LUX L/a 1989 (tennis)Grossi Franco ITA L/p 2002 (football)Guedes de Heredia Antonio POR L/c 1986

(sailing)Gueorguijev Boris BUL L/c 2000 (boxing)Guez Michel FRA L/a 1977 (sailing)Güre Municipality Girl’s Team TUR L/c 2000

(basket)Halim Mashour Salem Abdel EGY L/c 2002

(rowing, canoeing-kayaking)Hapoel Tel-Aviv ISR L/p 2001 (football)Hareza Tadeusz POL L/a 1992 (motor boating)Hashimoto Sheiko JPN L/c 1988 (cycling)Henkel Wilhelm GER L/c 1986 (ice hockey)Herber Klaus GER L/a 1996 (journalism)Hohmann Herbert GER L/c 1988 (boxing)Hulliger Dieter SVI L/a 1972 (orienteering)Hunt James GBR L/a 1978 (motor racing)Hussain Nabel Taha BRN L/c 1990 (handball)Hyogo Masakata JPN L/a 2002 (ski)Innocentini Thierry FRA L/a 1987 (football)Ito Midori JPN L/c 1989 (figure skating)Ivanovich Milan AUS L/c 1997 (football)Iwanaka Yoshida Michael GUAM L/a 1990

(swimming)Jacquesson Gerard MON L/p 1995 (jounialisme)Japanese Fan Club during the 1998 World Cup

L/p 1998Jaworski Marcin POL L/a 1978 (boxing)Jiguet-Covex Jean-Lue FRA L/a 1992 (ski)Juniors Team “North West Territories” CAN

L/a 1994 (athletics)Juniors Team SUI L/a 1969 (golf)Kacprowski Pawel et Kuzmicki Pavel POL

L/a 2001 (sailing)Kall Stig SVE L/a 1964 (sailing)Kanidi Ivan (posthumous) RUS L/a 2004

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Karapetian Shafarsh V. RUS L/a 1982 (swimming)Kartar Singh Padam Shree IND L/c 2002

(wrestling)Kelly Shane AUS L/a 1996 (cycling)Khalefah Moshen Khalaf ICS A L/c 1989

(volleyball)Khamees Altaliani Adnan UAE L/c 2000

(football)Kirbac Dogan TUR L/a 1996 (ski)Kiremif Kadir TUR L/a 1997 (football)Kisilsu Alp TUR L/a 1990 (shooting)Klas Gunther GER L/a 1966 (motor racing)Klasa Miclial TCH L/a 1978 (cycling)Kocaman Aykut TUR L/a 1996 (football)Kol Ercan TUR L/a 1994 (football)Kologlu Dogan TUR L/p 1994 (football)Kotlan Pavel CZE L/a 1995 (biathlon)Kovacs Gabor HUN L/a 1994 (athletics)Kovacs Pai HUN L/c 1985 (fencing)Kremer Jim LUX L/c 1985 (football)Kryukov Nikolai RUS L/a 2005 (gymnastics)Krzesinski Stanislaw POL L/a 1984 (wrestling)Kum Hasan TUR L/c 1997 (archery)Labail Maxime MON L/p 1995 (journalism)Labat Juan ARO L/c 1987 (pelota)Lagzdinsh Ainars LAT L/a 1991 (orienteering)Lamdjadani Driss ALG L/c 1997 (handball)Lareau Sebastien CAN L/c 1990 (tennis)Leganger Cecile NOR L/a 1996 (handball)Leda Louis FRA L/a 1987 (football)Ledermann Alexandra FRA L/a 2001 (equestrian)Leme Vera Helena BRA L/a 1984 (volleyball)Lemieux Lawrence CAN L/a 1988 (sailing)Lesage Brigate FRA L/c 1989 (volleyball)Lizuka Turo JPN L/a 1984 (archery)Lonzi Gianni ITA L/a 1967 (water-polo)Loprais Karel CZE L/a 2002 (rally)Loureiro Ferreira Fernando C. POR L/p 1990

(joumalisme)Lubanski Wlodzimierz POL L/a 1977 (football)Lyceum Het Tedelijk NED L/p 2002Macha Vitezslav TCH L/c 1980 (wrestling)Maglione Rabela Julio C. URU L/c 1984

(swimming)Magne Frédéric FRA L/a 1994 (cycling)

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Magnusson Gandrup Christine L/p 1997(badminton)

Mako Laszlo HUN L/a 1982 (mountaineering)Mandon Eric FRA L/a 5974 (motor racing)Mankin Valentin RUS L/a 1970 (sailing)Manus Michelle USA L/a 1991 (athletics)Maphasa Tlhoriso Obed LES L/c 1985 (football)Markov Gueorgiu BUL L/a 1984 (wrestling)Martin Patrice FRA L/c 2001 (water skiing)Martincevic Zvonimir et Freko Marin CRO L/a

2004 (rally)Masse Charles FRA L/p 1987 (ice hockey)Matysik Zdenek CZE L/a 1993 (equestrian)McCarthy Paul IRL L/a 2004 (sailing)Mecir Miroslav SVK L/c 1992 (tennis)Meneghin Dino ITA L/c 1991 (basketball)Merckx Eddy BEL L/a 1971 (cycling)Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed EGY L/p 1997

(football)Moussy Olivier FRA L/a 1982 (sailing)Muscat Joseph MLT L/a 1978 (football)“Nada” Split YUG L/a 1987 (rugby)National Federation GEO L/p 1995 (football)National Federation HUN L/a 1994

(canoeing-kayaking)National Women’s Semi-marathon Team POR

L/a 1994 (athletics)Nemeth Anna HUN L/a 1983 (tennis)Nikolaï Krioukov (RUS) L/a 2005 (gymnastics)Novak Ladislav TCH L/a 1976 (cycling)Nsambu Hillary UGA L/p 1995 (journalism)Olympic Academy of Romania ROM L/p 1998Oman Football Association OMA L/p 1992

(football)O’Neal Thompson David USA L/c 1974

(volleyball)Ordonewitz Frank GER L/a 1988 (football)Orenda Canoe Club CAN L/a 1993

(canoeing-kayaking)Ostos Mora Javier MEXL/p 2005 (lawyer)Ott Fritz GER L/a 1968 (rowing)Özalan Alpay TUR L/a 1996 (football)Panatta Adriano ITA L/a 1982 (tennis)Parker Michele USA L/a 1985 (basketball)Paulin Camille FRA L/a 1985 (karate)

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Pay Ferrari Maria ARG L/a 2002 (hockey)Pawel Kacprowski et Pavel Kuzmicki POL

(sailing)Pazdzior Kazimìerz POL L/a 1978 (boxing)Pazzi Mario ITA L/a 1995 (biathlon)Pereira De Jesus Prata Mimo Fclipc POR L/a 1993

(rowing)Person Lee GBR L/a 2004 (riding)Petras Karoblis Povilas LTU L/c 2001 (trainer)Popluhar Jan SVK L/c 1996 (football)Provenzano Alessandro ITA L/a 2004 (football)Raafat Mahmoud Mohammad EGY L/p 1988

(managers)Ragin Melvin USA L/p 1986 (basketball)Razlag Andreja SLO L/p 2000 (humanitarian)Razzak Barakat Murai Abdul JOR L/c 1986

(basketball)Réczi Laszlo HUN L/c 1977 (wrestling)Remsa Zdenek CZE L/c 2000 (ski)Remy Mare LUX L/a 1976 (cycling)Reyes Varcla Miguel Angel MEX L/a 1978

(tennis)Rodriguez-Uribe Felipe MEX L/a 1997 (tennis)Rogge Jacques BEL L/a 1965 (sailing)Rolfo Roberto ITA L/a 2004 (motor cycling)Romaniuk Leon USA L/a 2003 (curling)Rosenthal Radu ISR L/c 2004 (volleyball)Rzytelewska Margareta POL L/a 1989

(badminton)Saeed Mohammed Hussein IRQ L/c 1989

(football)Saei Bonehkohal Hadi IRAN L/p 2004

(taekwondo)Sailors and air pilots of the crew “Adélaide” AUS

L/a 1996Samacy Rik BEL L/c 1994 (basketball)Samvelyan Lyova ARMENIA L/p 2004

(professor)Sant’Anna do Espìrito Santo Guilherme POR L/c

1984 (football)Schembri Jacqueline MLT L/a 1989 (volleyball)Schihin Henri SVI L/p 1975 (journalism)Schmid Wolfgang GER L/a 1970

(modern pentathlon)Schmit Nadine LUX L/a 1980 (tennis)

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Schneider Thomas SUI L/a 2002 (gigathlon)School of football of Tahuichi BOL L/p 1994

(organisation)Sebestyén Júlia HUN L/a 2005 (figure skating)Section of the Sports Veterans Union of ParmaITA

L/p 1997Sehter Aaron ARG L/c 1989 (pelota)Shin Kyung KOR L/a 1995 (handball)Singh Malik Shri Mohinder IND L/p 2002

(wrestling)Skudlo Antoni POL L/a 1987 (motor racing)Slevin Colum IRL L/c 1995 (table tennis)Snell Peter NZL L/c 1965 (athletics)Sórensen Mika SVE L/a 1976 (orienteering)Spadaro Pierre FRA L/a 1970 (basketball)Spectators CAN L/a 1988 (winter olympics games)Spectators at the Nations African Cup MAR L/a

1987 (football)Spectators of Stuttgart GER L/a 1986 (athletics)Stasi Mario ITA L/c 1992 (managers)Steele Scoti USA L/a 1990 (sailing)Stenlund Erik SVE L/a 1982 (ice motor cycling)Stolba Miroslav CZE L/a 1995 (biathlon)Supporters “Monterrey” MEX L/a 1994 (football)Sykes Gary GBR L/a 1984 (archery)Szydlowski Emil POL L/a 1979 (cycling)Taniguchi Hiromi JPN L/a 1992 (athletics)Tanner Roscoe USA L/a Ì979 (tennis)Taylor Roger GBR L/a 1973 (tennis)Team at the Olympic Games (Wells James, TobinJon-Paul, Ashley Thomas) NZL L/a 2004 (surf)Team of Australia at Barcelona Olimpics Games

AUS L/a 1992 (cycling)Team of Italy at Barcelona Olimpics Games ITA

L/a 1992 (cycling)Team of all Japanese Women JPN L/p 2000

(softball)Team of Brazil at the World University Games of

Moscow BRA L/a 1973 (basketball)Team of the Ship “Scorpion” BUL L/a 1988

(sailing)Team Slavia Junior SLO L/a 2004 (volleyball)Team “Tigers Gold (Masters)” AUS L/a 2001

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Thofelt Sven SVE L/a 1968 (modern pentathlon)Thompson Bronwyn AUS La/ 2001 (athletics)Tomov Detelin BUL L/a 1970 (motor racing)“Torneos Competencia Sports” ARG L/p 1996

(press tv)Tutachikova Elena RUS L/a 1995 (archery)U.S. Football Association USA L/p 1992 (football)Van Roost Dominique BEL L/c 2000 (tennis)Van Snick Rudy BEL L/a 1992 (mountaineering)Verboys Andrew USA L/a 1996 (american

football)Vigil Sergio Roberto, ARG L/a 2002 (hockey)Vilas Guillermo ARG L/c 1992 (tennis)Virenque Richard FRA L/a 1995 (cycling)Volante Fabio SUI L/a 1997 (karate)Vrsecky Pavel CZE L/a 1992 (cycling)Vukojicic Paula ARG L/a 2002 (hockey)Wade Paul AUS L/c 1993 (football)Walsh Courtney JAM L/a 1987 (cricket)Weber Ester GER L/a 1992 (fencing)Weiss Richie USA L/a 1989 (canoeing-kayaking)Wesolowski Piolr PQL L/a 1997 (beachvolley)Wilson Michael GBR L/a 1991 (archery)Wojtkowiak Konrad POL L/a 2003 (archery)Wrighl Stanley V. USA L/c 1993 (athletics)Wutherich Rolf GER L/a 1966 (motor racing)Yameogo Jean Hubert BUR L/p 2002Yankov Ludmil BUL L/a 1984 (mountaineering)Zachara Jan TCH L/c 1991 (boxing)Zahl Pederson Calo NOR L/c 1995 (ski)Zaoziray Orest CAN L/p 1994 (ice hockey)Zarubnicka Zdenka TCH L/a 1967 (parachutisme)Zelenanski Ondrej CZE L/a 1978 (athletics)Zivec Petr CZE L/a 1995 (biathlon)Zwierzehlewki Benoit FRA L/a 1995 (athletics)

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Award legendT = Trophy D = Diplomaa = action c = career p = promotionE/P = Exceptional Prize

Nation legendeWe used the same abbreviation adopted by I.O.C.to indicate the nationality of the Olympic Commit-tees.

AFG AfghanistanAHO Netherlands AntillesALB AlbaniaALG AlgeriaAND AndorraANG AngolaANT Antigua and BarbudaARG ArgentinaARM ArmeniaARU ArubaASA American SamoaAUS AustraliaAUT AustriaAZE AzerbaijanBAH BahamasBAN BangladeshBAR BarbadosBDI BurundiBEL BelgiumBEN BeninBER BermudaBHU BhutanBIH Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIZ BelizeBLR BelarusBOL BoliviaBOT BotswanaBRA BrazilBRN BahrainBRU Brunei DarussalamBUL BulgariaBUR Burkina FasoCAF Central African Republic

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CAM CambodiaCAN CanadaCAY Cayman IslandsCGO CongoCHA ChadCHI ChileCHN People’s Republic of ChinaCIV Côte d’IvoireCMR CameroonCOD Democratic Republic of the CongoCOK Cook IslandsCOL ColombiaCOM ComorosCPV Cape VerdeCRC Costa RicaCRO CroatiaCUB CubaCYP CyprusCZE Czech RepublicDEN DenmarkDJI DjiboutiDMA DominicaDOM Dominican RepublicECU EcuadorEGY EgyptERI EritreaESA El SalvadorESP SpainEST EstoniaETH EthiopiaFIJ FijiFIN FinlandFRA FranceFSM Federated States of MicronesiaGAB GabonGAM GambiaGBR Great BritainGBS Guinea-BissauGEO GeorgiaGEQ Equatorial GuineaGER GermanyGHA GhanaGRE GreeceGRN GrenadaGUA GuatemalaGUI GuineaGUM Guam

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GUY GuyanaHAI HaitiHKG Hong-KongHON HondurasHUN HungaryINA IndonesiaIND IndiaIRI Islamic Republic of IranIRL IrelandIRQ IraqISL IcelandISR IsraelISV Virgin IslandsITA ItalyIVB British Virgin IslandsJAM JamaicaJOR JordanJPN JapanKAZ KazakhstanKEN KenyaKGZ KyrgyzstanKIR KiribatiKOR KoreaKSA Saudi ArabiaKUW KuwaitLAO Lao People’s Democratic RepublicLAT LatviaLBA Libyan Arab JamahiriyaLBR LiberiaLCA Saint LuciaLES LesothoLIB LebanonLIE LiechtensteinLTU LithuaniaLUX LuxembourgMAD MadagascarMAR MoroccoMAS MalaysiaMAW MalawiMDA Republic of MoldovaMDV MaldivesMEX MexicoMGL MongoliaMHL Marshall IslandsMKD Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMLI MaliMLT Malta

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MON MonacoMOZ MozambiqueMRI MauritiusMTN MauritaniaMYA Myanmar (ex Burma until 1989)NAM NamibiaNCA NicaraguaNED NetherlandsNEP NepalNGR NigeriaNIG NigerNOR NorwayNRU NauruNZL New ZealandOMA OmanPAK PakistanPAN PanamaPAR ParaguayPER PeruPHI PhilippinesPLE PalestinePLW PalauPNG Papua New GuineaPOL PolandPOR PortugalPRK Democratic People’s Republic of KoreaPUR Puerto RicoQAT QatarROM RomaniaRSA South AfricaRUS Russian FederationRWA RwandaSAM Samoa (until 1996 Western Samoa)SEN SenegalSEY SeychellesSIN SingaporeSKN Saint Kitts and NevisSLE Sierra LeoneSLO SloveniaSMR San MarinoSOL Solomon IslandsSOM SomaliaSRB SerbiaSRI Sri LankaSTP Sao Tome and PrincipeSUD SudanSUI Switzerland

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SUR SurinameSVK SlovakiaSWE SwedenSWZ SwazilandSYR Syrian Arab RepublicTAN United Republic of TanzaniaTGA TongaTHA ThailandTJK TadjikistanTKM TurkmenistanTLS Timor-LesteTOG TogoTPE Chinese TaipeiTRI Trinidad and TobagoTUN TunisiaTUR TurkeyUAE United Arab EmiratesUGA UgandaUKR UkraineURU UruguayUSA United States of AmericaUZB UzbekistanVAN VanuatuVEN VenezuelaVIE Viet NamVIN Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYEM YemenZAM ZambiaZIM Zimbabwe

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Discipline section

Year Sport Discipline Nat. Award

AERONAUTICS1993 Chrzaszcz Zbìgniew POL D/a1995 Cihlar Frantisek CZE D/a1993 Darocha Janusz POL D/a

ARCHERY1988 Basgall Pablo ARG D/a1990 Cadieux Sylvain CAN D/a

ATHLETICS1984 Acquarone Luciano ITA D/c1993 Adams Lucinda USA D/c1971 Antenen Meta SVI T/a1983 Banks Willie USA D/a1985 Bazennerye Rene FRA T/c1995 Bubka Sergey UKR T/a1998 Caimmi M. Daniele ITA D/a2002 _evona Vaclav CZE D/c1996 Danek Ludvik CZE T/c1986 Deschatres Daniel FRA D/c1981 Gammoudi Mohamed TUN T/c1986 Heyes Josef TCH D/a1995 Kalediene Birute LIT D/c2001 Keino Kipchoge KEN T/p1987 Kratochvilova Jarmila TCH D/c1987 Landy John AUS D/c1986 Lismont Karel BEL D/c2004 Macheriotou Carmen CYP D/a1974 Manoliu Lia ROM T/c1975 Mathias Bob USA T/c2002 Mracnova Maria SVK T/c1991 O’Brien Cathy USA D/a1994 Panetta Francesco ITA T/a1987 Perez Velazquez Longino MEX D/c1977 Podlas Ryszard POL D/a1992 Reyes O. Elvia HON D/a1980 Schmit Femande LUX D/a1985 Simon Annette FRA D/a1980 Sinko Georgy HUN D/a2000 Tábori Laszlo USA D/c2004 Talay Artur TUR D/a1988 Van Winkel Paul BEL D/c1965 White Willye USA T/a

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1994 Wischmann Berne GER D/c1975 Zatopek Emil TCH T/c1991 Zatopkova Dana TCH D/c1981 Zwiefelhofer Vlastimil TCH D/a

BADMINTON1987 Hartono Kumiawan Rudy INA D/c1986 Nedergaard Perniile DEN D/a1979 Padukone Prakash IND D/c1988 Spiteri Simon MLT D/a1977 Stevans Ray GBR D/a1988 Velia Kenneth MLT D/a

BASEBALL1988 Lajoie Bill USA D/a

BASKETBALL1983 Aliaga Rodolfo BOL D/c1969 Buscato Francisco ESP T/a1996 EI-Ghamarawi Nefissa EGY D/p2003 Ene Orhun TUR D/a1192 Gencer Nur TUR D/a1991 Giammattei Caceres A. GUA D/c1972 Rodriguez Emiliano ESP T/c1993 Semjonova Uljana LAT D/c1970 Senoussi Mohamed TUN D/a1987 Stroud Cleveland USA T/a

BIATHLON2004 CISM Female Military Team NOR D/a1972 Speer Dieter GER D/a

BOBSLEIGH1994 McDonald Justin AUS T/a1964 Monti Eugenio ITA T/a

BOXING2004 Duran Alessandro ITA D/c1992 Papp Laszlo HUN D/c1993 Socikas Algirdas LIT D/c1988 Stevenson Lawrence Teofilo CUB T/c

CANOEING-KAYAKING1990 Burns Graham GBR T/a2000 Dittmer Andreas GER D/a1984 Helm Ruediger GER D/c1990 Lawer Ivan GBR T/a1986 Sarusi-Kìss Janos HUN T/a1996 Shipley Scott USA D/a

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1986 Vaskuti Istvan HUN T/a1978 Wichmann Tamas HUN T/a2001 Wightman Craig MLT D/a1985 Zilioli Cesare ITA D/c

CHESS2005 Hismatullin Denis R. (Grandmaster) RUS D/a

CRICKET1994 Blakey Richard GBR D/a1991 Browne Cecil FIJ D/a

CROSS1989 Quebec’s Pall Mall Federation CAN D/p

CYCLING1995 Bombini Emanuele ITA D/a1973 British Team GBR T/a1986 Caunter Judy USA D/a1971 Clewart John GBR D/a1990 Ernzer Marcel LUX D/c2002 Da Silva Barbosa António (Alves Barbosa)

POR D/c2004 Indurain Miguel ESP T/c1995 Jalabert Laurent FRA T/a1979 Kelessidis Elie GRE D/a1977 Killian Gustav GER T/c1996 Martinelli Filiberto ITA D/a1992 Poulidor Raymond FRA T/c1986 Rondon Abelardo COL D/a1976 Santisteban Juan Manuel ESP D/c1994 Szmyd Sylwester POL D/a1970 Szurkowski Ryszard POL T/a1997 Vesely Jan CZE D/c1990 Women’s Team USA D/a

EQUESTRIAN1991 Al-Assad Basel SYR D/c1988 Brinkmann Wolfgang GER D/a2004 Equestrian Team BRA D/a1986 Snoek Henrik GER D/p1984 Ward Barney USA D/a

FENCING2000 Boitelle Roland FRA T/c1989 Chiuchich Andrea Cristina ARG D/c1989 Gerevich Aladar HUN D/c1995 Giffenig Pilar Roldan MEX D/c1984 Gretsch Emile LUX D/c

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1989 Henry Jean-Michel FRA T/a1976 Kamuti Jeno HUN T/c1995 Lamour Jean-Francois FRA T/c1992 Loksová-Ràczová Katarina SLO D/p1994 Osinga Pernette HOL D/p1987 Poffet Michel SUI D/a1997 Pozdnyakov Stanislav RUS D/a1990 Riboud Philippe FRA D/c1995 Rodrigues Frazão Nuno Filipe POR D/a2005 Rosier Jean FRA D/c2003 Vanky Peter SWE D/a1991 Veghelyi Robert HUN T/a1996 Westbrook Peter USA D/c

FIELD HOCKEY1984 Women’s Team CAN D/a

FIGURE SKATING1985 Amelon Kandì USA D/a1985 Binnie Alex USA D/a

FOOTBALL1978 Aleksandrowicz Grzegorz POL D/c1993 Atli Nail TUR D/a2004 Azzopardi Stephen MLT D/a1983 “Ball-Spielclub Frankfurt” GER D/a1989 Banerjee Pradip Kumar IND D/c1967 Batteux Albert FRA D/a1982 Battiston Patrick FRA D/a2000 Bolognini Roberto ITA D/a1994 Budayev Sergey RUS D/a1996 Carrus Eleonora ITA D/a1973 Charlton Bobby GBR T/c1984 “Chaux de Fonds” SUI D/p1987 Chitalu Godfrey ZAM D/c1971 Courtin Paul FRA D/a1984 Danish fans DEN D/a1991 Dolmy Abdelmajib MAR D/c1992 Ettori Jean-Luc FRA D/c2001 Eusébio Ferreira Da Silva POR T/c1980 Facchetti Giacinto ITA T/c1993 F.I.F.A (International Football Federation) T/a1998 Football Foundation TUR D/p1996 Fowler Robert B. GBR D/a2004 Galea Michael MLT D/a2005 Giacomazzi Guillermo ITA D/a1993 Glassmann Jacques FRA P/s1981 Gomez Vieira Jorge POR D/c1994 Jacome Guerrero E. V. ECU D/p

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1983 Karababa Ismet TUR T/a1995 Kato Hiroshi JPN D/p1992 Kelly Colin CAN D/c1971 Kember Steve GBR D/a1988 “Konya” TUR D/c1995 Kutermak Daniel FRA D/a1984 “L’Espérance Sportive”

Supporters’ Committee TUN D/p1986 Matthews Stanley GBR T/c1988 Milla Albert Roger CMR D/c1995 Mokhtar Aly Mokhtar EGY T/a1965 “Munchen TSV” GER T/a1972 National Olympic Team BIR D/a1968 National Olympic Team JPN T/a2002 National Team DEN T/a1974 National Team RDT GER T/a1974 National Team RFT GER T/a1997 “Niedersachsiscber Fussballverband” GER D/p1995 Novak Ladislav CZE D/c2005 Özcan Özgürcan TUR D/a1984 Planicka Frantisek TCH D/c1983 Presset Jean SUI D/c1980 Rous Stanley GBR T/c2003 Rusconi Valerio ITA D/a2002 Salhi Abdelhamid ALG D/c1990 “Sampdoria U.C.” ITA D/p1993 Schuster Dirk GER D/a1991 Spectators of the Africa’s Nations Cup SEN D/a1967 “St.Etienne A.S.” FRA D/a1994 Venglos Jozef SVK D/c1989 Wa Kabengu Kabamba ZAI D/c1965 “West Ham United” GBR T/a1969 Zaballa Pedro ESP T/a1998 Zeman Zdenek CZE D/p1999 Zeman Zdenek CZE D/c1990 Zoff Dino ITA T/c1965 Zsolt Istvan HUN T/a

GLIDING2002 Kubicek Stanislav CZE D/a1996 Michalowski Adam POL D/a

GOLF2003 Palmer Arnold USA D/c

GYMNASTICS1989 Caslavska Vera TCH T/c1993 Chaguinian Grant ARM D/c1965 Female Team GBR D/a

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2004 Grandi Bruno ITA T/p2001 Karavaeva Irina RUS D/a1995 Krejcarova Bozena CZE D/c2004 Nemov Aleksey RUS T/a1983 Stoffel Josy LUX D/c1992 Van Hoff Eddie GBR T/a

HANDBALL1996 Corbetta Fabrizio ITA D/p1996 Duit Herman NED D/p2001 Lachemi Toufik FRA D/a2003 Stanisavljevic Milos MLT D/a1994 Susanna Virginnie FRA D/a1994 Vicha Jiri CZE D/c1997 Zerzan Jiri CZE D/a

HANDISPORT1998 Mannanov Irek RUS D/a

HOCKEY2003 Gretzky Wayne CAN T/c

ICE HOCKEY1993 “Kloten EHC” SUI D/a1994 Lee Dong-Ho COR D/a1976 Olympic Team RUS D/a1994 Poudrier Serge FRA D/a1990 Quebec’s Federation CAN D/p

ICE MOTOR CYCLING1994 Bergersen Stig Inge NOR D/a1994 Schiefer Franz AUT D/a

JOURNALISM1996 Achronot Yedioth ISR D/a1986 Banciulescu Victor ROM D/p1985 Braga Arides BRA D/p1994 “Busto Sport” ITA D/p1984 Cauwels Alfred BEL D/p1993 Della Pergola Massimo ITA D/p1991 Dolgopolov Nikolai RUS D/p1997 “Fanatik” TUR D/p1990 “L’Equipe” FRA D/p1992 Hammadi Saleh Ali KSA D/p1991 Jeannotat Yves SUI D/p1995 “Joong-Ang” PRK D/p1989 Kebir Arsalane MAR D/p1987 List Jan POL D/p1985 Malina Karel TCH D/p

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1996 “Milliyet” TUR D/a1993 Mornar Zvone CRO D/p1988 “Nice Matin” FRA D/p1987 Olszanski Tadeusz POL D/p1993 Ozerengin Tarik TUR D/p2005 Pastonesi Marco ITA D/p1995 Peña Jorge ARG D/p1992 Propper Lumir CZE D/p2005 Rosa Massimo ITA D/p1991 Salek Jaroslav TCH D/p2002 Salmenkylä Matti FIN D/p1995 Scheu Hans Reinhard GER D/p1993 “Sztandar Mlodych Section Sport” POL D/p1995 TV Network “Trt” TUR D/p1993 Vad Dezso HUN D/p1994 Vigil Constancio ARG D/p

JUDO1998 Deydier Brigitte FRA T/c2002 Ellis Grant USA D/a1998 Inczedi Alexander SVK D/a1986 League of “Côte d’Azur” FRA D/p1984 Rashwan Mohamed Ali EGY T/a1990 Van De Walle Robert BEL D/c

KARATE1974 Ravonel Claude SUI T/a

LITTERATURE AND SPORTS ARTS2002 Buisman Dr. Albert NED T/p2003 Greenspan Bud USA D/p2002 Hotz Arturo SUI D/p

LUGE1989 Feistmantl Josef AUT D/c

MANAGERS1989 Breton Gerry CAN D/p1992 Bron Raymond SUI D/p1990 Bühler Stefan SUI D/p1989 Buisman Albert HOL D/p1988 Dolezal Miroslav TCH D/p1995 Ehlers Trostel Jorge CHI D/p2000 Galia Priest Gaetano ITA D/p1993 Luna Longo Carlos GUA D/p1995 Maglione Tulio Cèsar URU D/c1995 Mandela Nelson RSA T/c- P/s2002 Minko Christopher AUS D/p2003 Ouadreogo Boubacar BUR D/p

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2003 Piewcewicz Janusz POL T/p1995 Prince Alberto MON T/p1994 Puello José Joaquin DOM D/c1991 Remans Albert BEL D/p1994 Rodichenko Vladimir RUS D/p1995 Skaset Hans Bernhard NOR D/p1989 Van der Veen Johannes HOL D/p1996 Vázquez Raña Mario MEX T/p- P/s1984 Von Bose Jonkheer R.C.W. HOL D/p1977 Xavìer de Araujo Francisco POR D/c1994 Zukowska Zofia POL T/p

MODERN PENTATHLON1974 Fox Jeremy GBR D/c1994 Mizser Attila HUN D/c1979 Thofelt Sven SWE T/c

MOTOR CYCLING2004 Bussei Giovanni ITA D/a1996 De Gavardo Carlos CHI D/a1997 Fumagalli Angelo ITA D/a1979 Gualdi Franco ITA D/a1996 Makarov Juri EST D/a1977 Olsen Ole DEN D/a1980 Olszewski Stanislaw POL D/a2000 Pabiska David CZE D/a1985 Posledni Bohumil TCH D/a2004 Swiderski Pawel POL D/a1987 Tanti Sander MLT D/a2004 Zagar Matej SLO D/a

MOTOR RACING1976 Bastin André LUX D/a1984 Krupa Blazej POL D/a2005 Loeb Sebastien FRA T/p1984 Mystkowski Piotr POL D/a1979 Roux Philippe SUI T/a

MOUNTAINEERING2000 Guiro Pacheco Pinto Coelho Helena BRA D/a1999 Krissak Michal SVK D/a2001 Moro Simone ITA T/a2000 Pinto Coelho Paulo Rogério BRA D/a1996 Vitkauskas Vladas LIT D/a

OLYMPICS GAMES1993 People of Norway NOR T/a

ORGANISATION1991 Association ABNVS BUR D/p

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1995 Association against violence GUI D/p1996 Aussie Sport AUS D/p1996 Commission Fair Play

of the Oeiras Municipality POR D/p1998 Commitee for Fair Play LIT T/p1992 “Fair Play Supporters Club” Katmandu NEP D/p2000 F.I.S.A (International Rowing Federation) D/p1995 Gölleroglu Naim TUR D/p1996 Hillary Commission

for Sport, Fitness & Leisure NZL D/p1993 Manitoba Coaches Association CAN D/p1988 National Federation of the Unesco

Associations JPN D/p2004 National Paralympic Commitee GER D/p1999 Panathlon International T/p1998 Poviliunas Arturas LIT T/p1985 Sports Association SUI D/p1996 Terpstra Erica NED T/p

ORGANISME2003 Municipality of Zwolle NED D/p

ORIENTEERING1980 Branth Stefan SWE D/a1988 Ketting Ole Hans DEN D/a1994 Kotounova Iva CZE D/a1980 Pettersson Gert SWE D/a2002 Shvetsova Svetlana RUS D/a

PARACHUTISM2002 Gutnikiene Jurate LTU D/c

PELOTA1982 Bizzozero Ricardo ARG D/a1992 Elortondo Fernando J. ARG D/a1987 Irigoitia Pablo ARG D/a1996 Larregle Walter ARG D/a1993 Martiarena Manuel FRA D/a

PHYSICAL EDUCATION2004 Belsan Pavel CZE D/p2005 Soliani Renata ITA D/p

POLO1983 Harriot Juan Carlos ARG D/c

RACQUETBALL1994 Cole Chris USA D/a

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REFEREES1997 Amrouche René ALG D/c1997 Blankenstein John NED D/c2001 Merck Markus GER D/p

ROAD RUNNING1992 Pace Joseph MLT D/a

ROLLER SKATING1987 Lambrechts Annie BEL D/c

ROWING1985 Butt Charles USA D/a2000 F.I.S.A (International Rowing Federation) D/p1985 Kelly Jr. John B. USA T/c1992 Lange Thomas GER D/a1996 Porter Derek CAN D/a

RUGBY1990 Albaladejo Pierre FRA D/p1978 Edwards Gareth GBR T/c2005 Ferren André FRA D/p1991 “Racing Club de France” Team FRA T/a2003 Umaga Tana NZL T/a

SAILING2004 Alison Betsy USA D/p1966 Bonney Jim USA D/a1994 Cook AUS T/a1981 Kovacs Barnabas HUN D/a1994 McCrossim AUS D/a2002 Papathanassiou Aimilios GRE D/a1976 Ripard Chris MLT D/a1966 Schiels Bob USA D/a1998 Soldini Giovanni ITA T/a

SHOOTING1988 Aranguena Rodrigo PER D/a2001 Ferroni Fabio ITA D/a1996 Krebs Torsten GER D/a

SKIING1988 Anguelov Dimitar BUL D/a1968 Bachleda Andrzej POL D/a1983 Beran Jiri TCH D/a1994 Bredesen Espen NOR D/a1990 D’Anzieri Gabriella ITA D/a1986 Hess Erika SUI D/c1985 Mieto Juha FIN T/c

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2001 Ogiwara Kenji JAP D/c2005 Raska Jiri CZE D/c1995 Schneider Vreni SUI T/c1999 Seizinger Katja GER D/c1992 Smetanina Raissa RUS T/c1988 Trans-arctic expedition RUS/CAN T/a1972 Trémoulet Pascale FRA D/a1989 Walliser Maria SUI D/c1989 Zurbriggen Pirmin SUI T/c

SPEED SKATING1982 Gorgenyi Andràs HUN D/a1987 Rothenburger-Luding Christa GER D/c

SPONSORS1988 “IBM Allemagne GmbH” GER D/a

SPORT ASSOCIATION2003 Mathare Youth (Mysa) KEN D/p

SPORTS MEDICINE1996 Peter Bruno SUI D/p

SPORTS MULTIDISCIPLINES2003 Kucerova Stanislava CZE D/c

SQUASH1989 Devoy Susan NZL D/a1975 Niederhofer Victor USA T/a

STUDENTS SPORTS2001 Comprehensive School “Volponi”

of Gallo de Petriano ITA D/p2000 New South Wales and Sydney Students AUS T/p2001 School “Pascoli” of Urbino ITA D/p

SUMO1997 Konishiki Yasokichi JPN T/p

SWIMMING1998 Abramowski Sebastian GER D/a1995 Camborova Viera SVK D/c1994 Drudge Murray CAN D/a1984 Gomariz Montserrat ESP D/a1985 Machado Fernando POR D/c1977 Naber John USA T/c1988 Pou Michel FRA D/a2004 Rogan Markus AUT T/a1981 Steinbach Klaus GER T/c

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2005 Szekely Eva HUN T/c

TABLE TENNIS1978 Bengtsson Stellan SWE D/a2005 Boll Timo GER D/a1995 Csilla Batorfi HUN D/a1994 Dia Marwan JOR D/c1988 Grubba Andrzej POL D/a1978 Hartmann Andre LUX D/a2004 Hoffmann Torres Cristina MEX D/c1985 Mnich Norbert POL D/a2003 Nemeth Karoly HUN D/a1991 Ogimura Ichiro JPN D/a1979 Orlowski Milan TCH D/a1993 Poliackova Zuzana SVK D/a1988 Putz Camille LUX D/a1988 Saive Jean-Michel BEL D/a1992 Schaus Christian LUX D/a1995 Szvitan Krisztina HUN D/a1992 Wintersdorf Daniel LUX D/a

TENNIS1987 Amritraj Vijay IND T/c1991 Ashe Arthur USA T/c1996 Edberg Stefan SWE T/c1989 Evert Chris USA T/c1967 Gulyas Istvan HUN T/a1981 Katz Marcelo ARG D/a1987 Kisgyorgy Gergely HUN D/a2003 Krajicek Richard NED D/c1991 Lapentti Gomez Nicolas ECU D/a1978 Navratilova Martina TCH D/a1996 Rafter Patrick AUS D/a1989 Rosewall Ken AUS T/c1971 Rouyer Jean-Loup FRA D/a2005 Sampras Pete USA T/c1972 Smith Stan USA T/a1991 Vivar Jurado Felipe ECU D/a1982 Wilander Mats SWE T/a

TRIATHLON1997 Kunic Michal SVK D/a

VOLLEYBALL1984 Libaud Paul FRA D/c1977 Spectators at the World Cup JPN T/a

WATER-POLO1997 Guslerson Bridgette AUS D/c

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WEIGHTLIFTING1982 Ardisson Francìsco Julio POR D/c1985 Singh Balbir IND T/c1984 Zawadzki Dariusz POL D/a

WRESTLING2002 Bilge Gazanfer TUR D/p1981 Dziedzic Stan USA D/a1980 Hanuman Guru IND D/c1966 Horvat Stevan YUG T/c1983 Medved Alexandre RUS T/c1995 Mena Argaez Herberth Joel MEX D/a1984 Migieczi Janos HUN D/a1981 Trizzino Mark USA D/a1992 Wilson Chris CAN D/a1997 Yerlikaya Hamza TUR D/c

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Alphabethical indexof Winners

A Abramowski SebastianAchronot YediothAcquarone LucianoAdams LucindaAl-Assad BaselAlbaladejo PierreAleksandrowicz GrzegorzAliaga RodolfoAlison BetsyAmelon KandìAmritraj VijayAmrouche RenéAnguelov DimitarAntenen MetaAranguena RodrigoArdisson Francìsco JulioAshe ArthurAssociation ABNVS BURAssociation against violence GUIAtli NailAussie SportAzzopardi Stephen

B Bachleda Andrzej“Ball-Spielclub Frankfurt”Banciulescu VictorBanerjee Pradip RumarBanks WillieBasgall PabloBastin AndréBatteux AlbertBattiston PatrickBazennerye ReneBelsan PavelBengtsson StellariBeran JiriBergersen Stig IngeBilge GazanferBinnie AlexBizzozero Ricardo

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Blakey RichardBlankenstein JohnBoitelle RolandBoll TimoBolognini RobertoBombini EmanueleBonney JimBraga AridesBranth StefanBredesen EspenBreton GerryBrinkmann WolfgangBritish TeamBron RaymondBrowne CecilBubka SergeyBudayev SergeyBühler StefanBuisman AlbertBurns GrahamBuscato FranciscoBussei Giovanni“Busto Sport”Butt Charles

C Cadieux SylvainCaimmi M. DanieleCamborova VieraCarrus EleonoraCaslavska VeraCaunter JudyCauwels Alfred_ evona VaclavChaguinian GrantCharlton Bobby“Chaux de Fonds”Chitalu GodfreyChiuchich Andrea CristinaChrzaszcz ZbìgniewCihlar FrantisckCISM Female Military TeamClewart JohnCole ChrisCommittee for Fair Play LITCommission Fair Play of the Oeiras Municipality

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Comprehensive School “Volponi” of Gallo de PetrianoCookCorbetta FabrizioCourtin PaulCsilla Batortì

D Da Silva Barbosa António (Alves Barbosa)Danek LudvikDanish FansD’Anzieri GabriellaDarocha JanuszDe Gavardo CarlosDella Pergola MassimoDeschatres DanielDevoy SusanDeydier BrigitteDia MarwanDittmer AndreasDolezal MiroslavDolgopolov NikolaiDolmy AbdelmajibDrudge MurrayDuit HermanDuran AlessandroDziedzic Stan

E Edberg StefanEdwards GarethEhlers Trostel JorgeEI-Ghamarawi NefissaEllis GrantElortondo Fernando J.Ernzer MarcelEne OrhunEquestrian Team BRAEttori Jean-LucEusébio Ferreira Da SilvaEvert Chris

F Facchetti Giacinto“Fair Play Supporters Club” Katmandu“Fanatik”Female Team GBRFeistmantl JosefFerren André

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Ferroni FabioF.I.F.A. (International Football Federation)F.I.S.A. (International Rowing Federation)Football Foundation TURFowler Robert B.Fox JeremyFumagalli Angelo

G Galea MichaelGalia Priest GaetanoGammoudi MohamedGencer NurGerevich AladarGerman National Paralympic CommitteeGiacomazzi GuillermoGiammattei Caceres A.Giassmann JacquesGiffenig Piiar RoldanGölleroglu NaimGomariz MontserratGomez Vieira JorgeGorgenyi AndràsGrandi BrunoGreenspan BudGretsch EmileGretzky WayneGrubba AndrzejGualdi FrancoGuiro Pacheco Pinto Coelho HelenaGulyas IstvanGuslerson BridgelteGutnikiene Jurate

H Hammadi Saleh AliHanuman GuruHarriot Juan CarlosHartmann AndreHartono Kumiawan RudyHelm RuedigerHenry Jean-MichelHess ErikaHeyes JosefHillary Commission for Sport, Fitness & Leisure (The)Hismatullin Denis R. (Grandmaster)Hoffmann Torres Cristina

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Horvat StevanHotz Arturo

I “IBM Allemagne GmbH”Inczedi AlexanderIndurain MiguelIrigoitia Pablo

J Jacome Guerrero E. V.Jalabert LaurentJeannotat Yves“Joong-Ang”

K Kalediene BiruteKamuti JenoKarababa IsmetKaravaeva IrinaKato HirosliiKatz MarceloKebir ArsalaneKeino KipchogeKelessidis ElieKelly ColinKelly Jr. John B.Kember SteveKetting Ole HansKillian GustavKisgyorgy Gergely“Kloten EHC”Konishiki Yasokichi“Konya”Kotounova IvaKovacs BamabasKrajicek RichardKratochvilova JarmilaKrebs ToretenKrejcarova BozenaKrissak MichalKrupa BlazejKubicek StanislavKucerova StanislavaKunic MichalKutermak Daniel

L Lachemi Toufik

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Lajoie BillLambrechts AnnieLamour Jean-FrancoisLandy JohnLange ThomasLapentti Gomez NicolasLarregle WaltcrLawer IvanLeague of “Côte d’Azur”Lee Dong-Ho“L’Equipe”“L’Espérance Sportive” Supporters’ CommitteeLibaud PaulLìsmont KarelList JanLoeb SebastienLoksová-Ràczová KatarinaLuna Longo Carlos

M Machado FernandoMacheriotou KarmenMaglione Tulio CèsarMakarov JuriMalina KarelMandela NelsonManitoba Coaches AssociationMannanov IrckManoliu LiaMartiarena ManuelMartinelli FilibertoMathias BobMatthews StanleyMcCrossimMcDonald JustinMedved AlexandreMena Argaez Herberth JoelMerck MarkusMichalowski AdamMieto JuhaMigieczi JanosMilla Albert Roger“Milliyet”Minko ChristopherMizser AttilaMnich Norbert

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Mokhtar Aly MokhtarMonti EugenioMornar ZvoneMoro SimoneMracnova Maria“Munchen TSV”Municipality of ZwolleMystkowski Piotr

N Naber JohnNational Federation of the Unesco Associations JPNNational Olympic Team BIRNational Olympic Team JPNNational Team DENNational Team RDTNational Team RFTNavratilova MarinaNedergaard PerniileNemeth KarolyNemov Aleksey“Nice Matin”Niederhofer Victor“Niedersachsiscber Fussballverband”Novak Ladislav

O O’Brien CathyOgimura IchiroOgiwara KenjiOlsen OleOlszanski TadeuszOlszewski StanislawOlympic Team RUSOrlowski MilanOsinga PernetteOuadreogo BoubacarÖzcan ÖzgürcanOzerengin Tarik

P Pabiska DavidPace JosephPadukone PrakashPalmer ArnoldPanathlon InternationalPanetta FrancescoPapathanassiou Aimilios

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Papp LaszloPastonesi MarcoPeña JorgePerez Velazquez LonginoPeter BrunoPettersson GertPeople of NorwayPiewcewicz JanuszPinto Coelho Paulo RogérioPlanicka FrantisekPodlas RyszardPoffet MichelPoliackova ZuzanaPorter DerekPosledni BohumilPou MichelPoudrier SergePoulidor RaymondPoviliunas ArturasPozdnyakov StanislavPresset JeanPrince AlbertoPropper LumirPuello José JoaquinPutz Camille

Q Quebec’s Ice hockey FederationQuebec’s Pall Mall Federation

R “Racing Club de France” TeamRafter PatrickRashwan Mohamed AliRaska JiriRavonel ClaudeReyes O. ElviaRemans AlbertRiboud PhilippeRipard ChrisRodichenko VladimirRodrigues Frazão Nuno FilipeRodriguez EmilianoRogan MarkusRondon AbelardoRosa MassimoRosewall Ken

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Rosier JeanRothenburger-Luding C.Rous StanleyRoux PhilippeRouyer Jean-LoupRusconi Valerio

S Saive Jean-MichelSalek JaroslavSalhi AbdelhamidSalmenkylä Matti“Sampdoria U.C.”Sampras PeteSantisteban Juan ManuelSarusi-Kìss JanosSchaus ChristianScheu Hans ReinhardSchiefer FranzSchiels BobSchmit FemandeSchneider VreniSchool “Pascoli” of UrbinoSchuster DirkSeizinger KatjaSemjonova UljanaSenoussi MohamedShipley ScottShvetsova SvetlanaSimon AnnetteSingh BalbirSinko GeorgySkaset Hans BernhardSmetanina RaìssaSmith StanSnoek HenrikSocikas AlgirdasSoldini GiovanniSoliani RenataSpectators SEN of the Africa’s Nations CupSpectators of JPN at the World CupSpeer DjeterSpiteri SimonSports Association SUIStanisavljevic MilosSteinbach Klaus c“St.Etienne A.S.”

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Stevans RayStevenson Lawrence TeofiloStoffel JosyStroud ClevelandStudents of New South Wales and SydneySusanna VirginnieSwiderski PawelSzekely EvaSzmyd SylwesterSzurkowski Ryszard“Sztandar Mlodych Section Sport”Szvitan Krisztina

T Tábori LaszloTalay ArturTanti SanderTerpstra EricaThofelt SvenTrans-arctic expedition RUS/CANTrémoulet PascaleTrizzinoMarkTV Network “Trt”

U Umaga TanaUSA Women’s Team

V Vad DezsoVan De Walle RoberlVan der Veen JohannesVan Hoff EddieVan Winkel PaulVanky PeterVaskuti IstvanVázquez Raña MarioVeghelyi RobertVelia KennethVenglos JozefVesely JanVicha JiriVigil ConstandoVitkauskas VladasVivar Jurado FelipeVon Bose Jonkheer R.C.W.

W Wa Kabengu KabambaWalliser Maria

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Ward BarneyWestbrook Peter“West Ham United”White WillyeWichmann TamasWightman CraigWilander MaisWilson ChrisWintersdorf DanielWischmann BerneWomen’s Team CAN

X Xavìer de Araujo Francisco

Y Yerlikaya HamzaYouth Mathare (Mysa) KEN

Z Zaballa PedroZagar MatejZatopek EmilZatopkova DanaZawadzki DariuszZeman ZdenekZerzan JiriZilioli CesareZoff DinoZsolt IstvanZukowska ZofiaZurbriggen PirminZwiefelhofer Vlastimil

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