Pierre de Coubertin Medal | |
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Awarded for | Institutions with a pedagogical and educational role and to people who, through their research and the creation of intellectual works in the spirit of Pierre de Coubertin, contribute to the promotion of Olympism. |
Presented by | International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
First awarded | 1997 |
Website | http://www.olympic.org/ |
The Pierre de Coubertin Medal is a special decoration awarded by the International Olympic Committee that "pays tribute to institutions with a pedagogical and educational role and to people who, through their research and the creation of intellectual works in the spirit of Pierre de Coubertin, contribute to the promotion of Olympism." [1] It was designed by André Ricard Sala, with one face featuring a portrait of Coubertin and the other showing the Olympic motto and rings. [1]
The medal is not the same award as the Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy, which was inaugurated in 1964 and is awarded by the International Fair Play Committee, [2] [3] although the two are often confused. For example, some news media reported on 22 August 2016 that Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Agostino had received the medal after colliding with each other on the track during the 5000 m event and assisting each other to continue the race. [4] The New Zealand Olympic Committee said that no such award had yet been made, [5] and The Guardian later corrected their report confirming "the award was the International Fair Play Committee Award rather than the Pierre de Coubertin award". [4] It is also regularly mentioned that the first winner of the Pierre de Coubertin Medal was the Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti in 1964, although in fact he became the first winner of the Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy. Lawrence Lemieux didn't receive the medal either. [6]
Recipient | Country | Accomplishment(s) | Date | Place |
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Juan Antonio Samaranch | Spain | Seventh President of the International Olympic Committee | September 1997 [7] [8] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Leon Štukelj | Slovenia | — | 12 November 1999 [lower-alpha 1] [9] | Maribor, Slovenia |
Raymond Gafner | Switzerland | — | 1999 [10] | — |
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco | Monaco | — | 2000 [11] | — |
João Havelange | Brazil | — | 2000 [11] | — |
Gianni Agnelli | Italy | — | 2000 [11] | — |
Alain Danet | France | — | 2000 [11] | — |
Kurt Furgler | Switzerland | — | 2000 [11] | — |
Henry Kissinger | United States | — | 2000 [11] | — |
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi | Japan | — | 2000 [11] | — |
Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia | 1952 Summer Olympics | 6 December 2000 [lower-alpha 1] [11] [12] | Prague, Czech Republic |
Kéba Mbaye | Senegal | — | 2001 [11] | — |
Rodolphe Leising | Switzerland | — | 2001 [11] | — |
Wolf Lyberg | Sweden | Sports journalist, "for his many contributions to the International Olympic Committee and to the Olympic Family" | July 2001 (awarded) [11] [13] 22 November 2001 (presented) [14] | Moscow, Russia Stockholm, Sweden |
Spencer Eccles [15] | United States | 2002 Winter Olympics | February 2002[ citation needed ] | Salt Lake City, United States |
Frieder Roskam | Germany | German architect, for "his groundbreaking work in sports facility construction" | 30 April 2002 [16] | Cologne, Germany |
Artur Takac [17] [ better source needed ] | Switzerland | — | 2002[ citation needed ] | — |
Conrado Durantez | Spain | — | 2002 [18] [ better source needed ] [19] | — |
Hilda Múdra | Slovakia | — | 2002 [20] | — |
Carlos Luña Longo [ citation needed ] | Guatemala | — | 2002 | — |
Walburga Grimm [21] | Germany | — | 2003[ citation needed ] | — |
Cecilia Tait [ citation needed ] | Peru | — | 2003 | — |
Marino Ercolani Casadei | San Marino | — | 2003 [22] | — |
Julio Ernesto Cassanello [23] [ better source needed ] | Argentina | — | 2003[ citation needed ] | — |
Vanderlei de Lima | Brazil | In recognition of his exceptional demonstration of fair play and Olympic values during the 2004 Summer Olympics | 29 August 2004 [24] | Athens, Greece |
Erwin Niedermann [ citation needed ] | Austria | — | 2004 | — |
Heiner Heinze [ citation needed ] | Germany | — | 2004 | — |
Martin Franken [ citation needed ] | Netherlands | In recognition of his contribution to the promotion of the Olympic Movement and services to the IOC | 16 November 2006 | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Elena Belova | Belarus | Presented at the 2007 XI International Scientific Congress | 17 May 2007 [6] [25] | Minsk, Belarus |
Shaul Ladany | Israel | "Unusual outstanding sports achievements during a span covering over four decades" | 17 May 2007 [26] | Minsk, Belarus |
Manfred Bergman [ citation needed ] | Israel | For services rendered to the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic cause | December 2008 | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Ronald Harvey | Australia | Former CEO of the Australian Sports Commission and Director of the Australian Institute of Sport, first Australian recipient | 2 April 2009 [27] | Australia |
Emanuel Bosák | Czech Republic | — | May 2009 [28] | Jičín, Czech Republic |
Xia Geng | China | Mayor of Qingdao 2003–2012, [29] "to thank Qingdao City for its efforts in the Olympic Movement" | 22 July 2009 [30] | Qingdao, China |
Boyan Radev | Bulgaria | — | 15 September 2009 [31] | — |
Bob Barney | Canada | Professor and historian, for "lifetime achievements in advancing Olympic scholarship" | 2009 [32] | — |
Eric Monnin | France | Olympic education specialist, first French recipient | August 2012 (awarded) [33] 6 August 2013 (presented) [34] | — |
Bob Nadin | Canada | Ice hockey referee | 2012 (awarded) 2013 (presented) [35] | — |
Richard Garneau | Canada | — | 6 February 2014 [lower-alpha 1] [36] | Sochi, Russia |
Hermann Andrecs | Austria | — | 10 September 2014 [37] | Vienna, Austria |
Michael Hwang | Singapore | "Exceptional services to the Olympic Movement" | 13 October 2014 [38] | Singapore |
Geraint John | United Kingdom | First Brit to be awarded the medal for "many years of outstanding service to the Olympic Movement while bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to Olympic design" [39] | 28 November 2014 [40] | London, England |
Petros Synadinos | Greece | Long and diverse service to the Olympic Movement | 2016 [41] | Athens, Greece |
Eduard von Falz-Fein | Liechtenstein | "Long service to the Olympic Movement" | 17 February 2017 [42] [43] | Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
Lü Junjie | China | First Zisha artist to be awarded, for "his work using Zisha to spread the Olympic spirit" | 15 January 2018 [44] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Han Meilin | China | Designer of the Fuwa, mascots of the 2008 Summer Olympics | 24 April 2018 [45] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Diego Pulido Aragón | Guatemala | Guatemalan banker and funder "for believing that through sports, culture and education, we can build a better future for our country" [46] | 28 August 2018 [47] | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Aldons Vrubļevskis | Latvia | Former President of the Latvian NOC | 28 November 2020 [48] | Sigulda, Latvia |
André Leclercq | France | At the 70th anniversary of the French Pierre de Coubertin Committee | 5 November 2021 [49] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Cui Jingzhe | China | Chinese artist, for "[his] efforts in spreading the Olympic spirit through art" | 11 January 2022 [50] | Beijing, China |
George Hirthler | United States | Author of The Idealist about Pierre de Coubertin | 23 June 2022 [51] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Rolf Lukaschewski | Germany | German-born contemporary artist | 23 June 2022 [52] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Kim Min-jae | South Korea | First Korean to be awarded the medal | May 2018 (awarded) 19 October 2022 (presented) [53] | Seoul, South Korea |
Michael Robert Payne | United Kingdom | Author of the 2021 IOC book Toon In! | 1 December 2022 [54] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Elguja Berishvili | Georgia | First Vice President of the Georgian National Olympic Committee, "for his contribution to the Olympic movement". First Georgian to be awarded the medal. | April 2023 (awarded) [55] August 2024 (presented) [56] | Paris, France |
Jean Durry | France | Author of Coubertin autographe – Tome I (1889–1915) about Pierre de Coubertin | 23 June 2023 [57] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Ed Hula | United States | Editor and Founder of Around the Rings | 23 June 2023 [58] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
David Miller | United Kingdom | Journalist and Olympic historian, author of Igniting the Games: The Evolution of the Olympics and Thomas Bach's Legacy (2022) [59] | November 2023 [60] | London, England |
Telmo Guerra | Portugal | Portuguese artist, and first Portuguese to be awarded the medal | 21 June 2024 [61] | Lausanne, Switzerland |
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In a simple ceremony at Prague's 19th century National Theatre, politicians, diplomats and sporting icons from around the world paid tribute to the unassuming Zatopek who died on November 21. He was 78. With the Olympic flag overhead and Zatopek's coffin draped with the Czech flag, IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch awarded Zatopek posthumously the Pierre de Coubertin medal, the IOC's highest honor.
SOK:s före detta generalsekreterare Wolf Lyberg tilldelades Pierre de Coubertinmedaljen för sina insatser och sitt långvariga arbete för IOK vid IOK:s session i Moskva. Medaljen utdelades vid en ceremoni i samband med Olympiabalen den 22 november i Stockholm av IOK:s ordförande Jacques Rogge.[SOK's former general secretary Wolf Lyberg was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his efforts and his long-term work for the IOC at the IOC's session in Moscow. The medal was awarded at a related ceremony with the Olympic Ball on November 22 in Stockholm by IOC President Jacques Rogge.]
The IOC honours Prof. Frieder Roskam for his pioneering services to sports facility development by awarding him the Pierre-de-Coubertin medal at a ceremony on 30 April 2002 in Cologne. Prof. Frieder Roskam, one of the founding fathers of the IAKS, dies a short while afterwards.
Eine seiner letzten Arbeiten galt der Olympiabewerbung der Rhein-Ruhr-Region für 2012. Hierfür hatte er den Teilsektor Sportstättenbau konzipiert. Zwei Wochen vor seiner 21. Operation war sein bahnbrechendes Wirken für den Sportstättenbau auch vom IOC durch die Verleihung der Pierre-de-Coubertin-Medaille bei einem Festakt am 30. April 2002 in Köln durch IOC-Vizepräsident Dr. Thomas Bach gewürdigt worden, eine Ehrung, die Frieder Roskam noch genießen konnte.[One of his last works was the Rhine-Ruhr region's Olympic bid for 2012. He had designed the sports facility construction sub-sector for this. Two weeks before his 21st operation, his groundbreaking work in sports facility construction was also recognized by the IOC with the award of the Pierre de Coubertin Medal at a ceremony on 30 April 2002 in Cologne by IOC Vice President Dr. Thomas Bach, an honor that Frieder Roskam was still able to enjoy.]
Why are none of Ladany's own sporting medals on display? "I have something like 2,000 sporting medals," he says dismissively. "I thought of including the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for outstanding service to the Olympic Movement, because it's more beautiful than all these medals here combined. But I decided I wanted to keep all that separate."
During a visit to Vaduz in February 2017, IOC President Thomas Bach presented Baron von Falz-Fein with the Pierre de Coubertin Medal...