Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive
The Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive (AIPS) is an international association for sports journalists.
The association was founded in 1924 on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Paris . The first president was the French journalist Frantz Reichel , who himself took part in the Olympic Games in 1896 and 1900 as a runner and rugby player and won a gold medal in rugby. After the end of his sporting career, he became a journalist. a. at Le Figaro . He remained president of the AIPS until his sudden death in 1932. He was succeeded by his Belgian vice-president Victor Boin , who held this post until 1956 and had also competed in four Olympic Games and won three medals in water polo and fencing. Today's president is the Italian Gianni Merlo , editor-in-chief of Atletica Leggera magazine and author of several sports books (as of 2015). The association is based in Lausanne .
The AIPS is the umbrella organization of the national sports journalists' associations. Eight nations were represented when it was founded; especially after the Second World War the number of members grew steadily to 144 in 2005. She herself is a member of Sportaccord , formerly known as the General Association of International Sports Associations .
The association publishes the AIPS magazine four times a year . It also bestows the Power of Sports Award and the highest international award for sports journalists, the AIPS Sport Media Awards .
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- ↑ SWR Sport, SWR Sport: SWR sports editors win media award. Accessed May 31, 2019 .