Panathlon International

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Panathlon International
Formation1960
TypeSports organization
Headquarters Rapallo
Official language
English, French
President
 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pierre Zappelli
Website panathlon-international.org

Panathlon International (PI) is a global umbrella organization of "Panathlon clubs", which are nonprofit non-governmental organizations promoting sports ethics and fair play and opposing discrimination and politicisation in sport. Panathalon International is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [1] It is a member of the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), [2] and associate member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations.

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The name "Panathlon" is from Greek pan "all" + athlon "sport". [3]

PI has more than 300 clubs in 30 countries in 4 continents, with a head office in Rapallo, Italy. As well as promotional work, PI and its members support research on topics concerning sport and its relations with society. [4]

History

The first club was created on 12 June 1951 in Venice by Mario Viali of the Italian National Olympic Committee and some friends, [5] mostly members of the local Rotary Club. [6] Ludovico Foscari coined the name "Panathlon" and the motto ludis iungit, Latin for "[Panathlon] unites by means of sport". [6]

In 1953 seven clubs formed the Italian Panathlon Association. [7] In 1960 Panathlon International was formed by members from Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and France. [7]

As of 12 April 2018, there is no Panathlon International club in the United Kingdom. [8] On that date PI met with the Panathlon Foundation, a UK charity promoting youth disabled sports, to discuss co-operation to enable a UK PI club to use the name "Panathlon". [8]

Goals

As an independent organization, Panathlon aims at:

Actions

Panathlon's actions on integrity in sport have been fueled by the fact that sport is often beset by poor practice, corruption, and harmful behaviors. Sport has to remain credible and must be continuously proactive if it wants to sustain its positive values. Panathlon is therefore considering what should be done to ensure that the positive potential of sport can prevail in the complex commercialized and globalized sporting landscape of the 21st century. Its position is that it would be naïve to think that sport automatically elicits and promotes positive effects and that remaining silent on obvious aberrations would condone complicity.

A modern integrity management framework aims at preventing serious integrity violations on the one hand (rules-based approach), and promoting integrity through stimulating understanding commitment and capacity for ethical decision-making. On the other hand, PI demonstrates a "values-based approach." To direct its actions, Panathlon International adopts the "values-based approach" which is about supporting and stimulating (code of ethics) and limits itself to stimulate sports federations and sports authorities to address controlling and sanctioning (code of ethics). The Panathlon Declaration of Ethics in Youth Sports adopted by UNICEF, the IOC, SportAccord, international federations (FIFA, UCI, IAAF, FIBA, FIG and others), organizations (ENGSO, EUPEA and others) as well as National Olympic Committees (Belgium, Netherlands, Uruguay and others) exemplifies this "values-based approach."

Presidents

No.NameYears
1 Fernando Pozzani 1955–1957
2 Aldo Mairano  [ it ]1957–1968
3 Saverio Giulini  [ it ]1968–1972
4 Demetrio Balestra  [ de ]1972–1976
5 Sisto Favre 1976–1977
6 Paolo Cappabianca 1977–1988
7 Antonio Spallino 1988–1996
8 Vittorio Adorni 1996–2004
9 Enrico Prandi 2004–2012
10 Giacomo Santini  [ arz; it; pl; ro ]2012–2016
11 Pierre Zappelli 2016-

Flambeau d'Or

The Flambeau d'Or (Golden Torch) is an award that is presented every four years. It aims to reward distinguished international sports personalities. It is awarded in three categories for outstanding achievements in sport promotion, sport culture and organisation. [9]

Past Winners
YearPromotionCultureOrganisation
1972 Giulio Onesti Avery Brundage Willi Daume  [ de; fi; it; mg; pl; sv ]
1976 Marc Hodler Lord Killanin Juan Antonio Samaranch
1980 Mohamed Mzali Nikolaos Nissiotis Beppe Croce
1984 João Havelange Franco Carraro Mario Vazquez Rana
1988 Un Yong Kim Giulio Andreotti Anselmo Lopez
1992 Jacques Rogge Raymond Gafner Pasqual Maragall y Mira
1996 Pelé Hans Erni Gerhard Heiberg
2000 Albert II, Prince of Monaco He Zhenliang Michael Knight
2004 Sergey Bubka [10] Bruno Grandi [11] Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
2008 Oscar Pistorius Gudrun Doll-Tepper  [ de ] [12] Hein Verbruggen

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  1. ↑ IOC recognized organisations
  2. ↑ "CIFP Members – Ordinary Members". International Fair Play Committee. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Harvey, S.; Light, R. (2013). Ethics in Youth Sport: Policy and Pedagogical Applications. Ethics in Youth Sport: Policy and Pedagogical Applications. Routledge. p. 3. ISBN   978-0-415-67903-9 . Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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  5. ↑ Aledda, A.; Bizzini, L.; Bramante, A.C.; Maes, M.; Parry, J.; Spallino, A.; Tamburrini, C.M.; Vanden Auweele, Y.; Vigarello, G. (2008). Ethic and sport. Youth and manager. Etique et sport. Jeunesse et manager. Etica e sport. Giovani e manager. Proceedings of the XVI Congress of Panathlon International. Antwerp, 22-24 November 2007: Youth and manager. Etique et sport. Jeunesse et manager. Etica e sport. Giovani e manager. Proceedings of the XVI Congress of Panathlon International. Antwerp, 22-24 November 2007. Varie (in Latin). Franco Angeli Edizioni. p. 193. ISBN   978-88-464-9481-8 . Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. 1 2 Magi 2011 p.13
  7. 1 2 Magi 2011 p.14
  8. 1 2 Chiappe, Emanuela. "A bridge leading towards Great Britain". www.panathlon-international.org. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Flambeau d'Or".
  10. ↑ "Sergiy Bubka receives "Golden Torch 2005" international prize". Archived from the original on 2012-05-31.
  11. ↑ "Biography" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Professor Gudrun Doll-Tepper Honored with Two International Awards". 13 November 2009.

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