Pierre de Coubertin medal

Pierre de Coubertin medal
Pierre de Coubertin medal (olympic museum barcelona)

The Pierre de Coubertin medal (also known as the De Coubertin medal or the True Spirit of Sportsmanship medal) is a special medal given by the International Olympic Committee to those athletes who demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in Olympic events.

The medal was inaugurated in 1964 and named in honour of Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee. According to the Olympic Museum, "it is one of the noblest honours that can be bestowed upon an Olympic athlete."[1]

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Recipients

Athlete Country Event Date Place
Luz Long  Germany 1936 Summer Olympics Awarded posthumously Berlin, Germany
Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 1952 Summer Olympics December 6, 2000 (Awarded posthumously) Helsinki, Finland
Eugenio Monti  Italy 1964 Winter Olympics 1964 Innsbruck, Austria
Karl Heinz Klee  Austria 1976 Winter Olympics February 1977 Innsbruck, Austria
Franz Jonas[2]  Austria - July 1969 -
Lawrence Lemieux  Canada 1988 Summer Olympics September 1988 Seoul, South Korea
Raymond Gafner  Switzerland - 1999 -
Tana Umaga  New Zealand 2003 Rugby Test Match June 2003 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Spencer Eccles  United States 2002 Winter Olympics February 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Vanderlei de Lima  Brazil 2004 Summer Olympics August 29, 2004 Athens, Greece
Elena Novikova-Belova  Belarus 2007 XI International Scientific Congress May 17, 2007 Minsk, Belarus

Quotations

“Nash didn't win because I gave him the bolt. He won because he had the fastest run.”
—Eugenio Monti when interviewed after giving a bolt from his own bobsled to his competitors, the British bobsled team, at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Monti was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his sportsmanship.
“It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler... You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the twenty-four karat friendship that I felt for Lutz Long at that moment."
—Jesse Owens after being advised by his competitor, Lutz Long, at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Long was posthumously awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his sportsmanship. [3]
"I can't accept Emanuel's medal. I'm happy with mine, it's bronze but means gold"
—July 1, 2005, Brazilian beach volleyball player Emanuel Rego, who won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games, gave his gold medal to Vanderlei de Lima on television. Deeply touched, Vanderlei returned it.

See also

References

  1. ^ International Olympic Committee - The Olympic Museum Lausanne
  2. ^ Newsletter No. 22, Comité international olympique, Château de Vidy 1007 Lausanne, p. 402
  3. ^ >Schwartz, Larry (2007). "ESPN.com: Owens pierced a myth". http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016393.html. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 

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