Pierre de Coubertin Medal

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The Pierre de Coubertin Medal (also known as the Baron de Coubertin Award ) is a medal awarded by the International Olympic Committee to athletes who have shown themselves to be particularly fair . It is named after Pierre de Coubertin , the founder of the modern Olympic Games .

Many athletes and fans consider the medal to be the highest honor an athlete can receive, even higher than a gold medal . The award has been presented since 1964.

Recipient (selection)

athlete event date place
German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Luz Long 1936 Summer Olympics 1964 (posthumous) Berlin
ItalyItaly Eugenio Monti 1964 Winter Olympics 1964 innsbruck
AustriaAustria Franz Jonas July 1969
AustriaAustria Karl Heinz Klee 1976 Winter Olympics February 1977 innsbruck
CanadaCanada Lawrence Lemieux 1988 Summer Olympics September 1988 Seoul
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Raymond Gafner 1999
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Emil Zatopek 1952 Summer Olympics December 6, 2000 (posthumously) Helsinki
United StatesUnited States Spencer Eccles 1976 Winter Olympics February 2002 Salt Lake City
New ZealandNew Zealand Tana Umaga Rugby international match 2003 June 2003 Cardiff
BrazilBrazil Vanderlei de Lima 2004 Summer Olympics August 29, 2004 Athens
GermanyGermany Klaus-Peter Thaler Organizer " Tour of Hope " 2005
Soviet UnionSoviet Union Elena Dmitrievna Belovea XI. International Scientific Congress 2007 May 17, 2007 Minsk
GermanyGermany Jochen Wollmert 2012 Summer Paralympics 2013 London
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Eduard Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein February 2017 Vaduz

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ «An event that touched me» . In: Fatherland online . ( vaterland.li [accessed on February 21, 2017]).