Olympic Laurel

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Olympic Laurel
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Founder: International Olympic Committee
Foundation year: 2016
First award: 2016
Number of awards: 1

The Olympic Laurel Award ("Olympic Laurel Wreath ") is an honor created in 2016 by the International Olympic Committee , which honors athletes for services to education, development, culture and sport. A recommendation of the Olympic Agenda 2020 was thus implemented. The prize is to be presented during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games .

Kipchoge Keino giving the acceptance speech during the opening ceremony in Rio 2016

The former athlete Kipchoge Keino from Kenya was the first to be honored for his services at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro .

Award winners

year Surname Reference
2016 KenyaKenya Kipchoge Keino
2018 BelgiumBelgium Jacques Rogge

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kip Keino to receive Olympic Laurel distinction ( English ) IOC. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ The Latest: Keino gives heartfelt speech after Olympic award (English) . In: Lincoln Journal Star , August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016. 
  3. ↑ Kip Keino to receive Olympic Laurel distinction . IOC. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ https://www.apnews.com/c0762949da024bdfac1307f31e26e758