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Your Sport for Life Newsletter of European Athletics 3 | 11 October INSIDE TRACK European stars crowned in Arona Your Sport for Life WoRD fRom ThE PRESIDENT Celebrating the IMPRESSUM European Athletics Association Européenne continent’s best d’Athlétisme President: Hansjörg Wirz Vice Presidents: Jose Luis de Carlos Karel Pilny Jean Gracia Hansjörg Wirz | President, European Athletics Director General: Christian Milz It is my great pleasure to congratulate Mariya Savinova, Mo aim to raise awareness about gender issues in the sport. Farah, Jodie Williams and David Storl on being named the Office: Avenue Louis-Ruchonnet 18 2011 European Athletes of the Year and European Athletics Two winners from Great Britain and N.I., one from Russia CH-1003 Lausanne Rising Stars based on their performances this season. and another from Germany in the European Athlete of the Switzerland Year and Rising Star categories suggest these countries are Phone +41 (0)21 313 43 50 Once again, there have been a record number of votes this in good stead ahead of a very busy year in 2012, with the Fax +41 (0)21 313 43 51 [email protected] year, with tens of thousands of fans, media and member European Athletics Championships in Helsinki preceding www.european-athletics.org federation members casting their votes on whom they the Olympics in London. We look forward to the other thought was deserving of these prestigious awards presented powerhouse countries of Europe and all the others sending “Inside Track” is published by by MONDO. their strongest possible teams to Finland for what promises European Athletics to be a memorable event. Co-ordination: Mariya has become the fourth Russian woman – after her James Mulligan compatriots Irina Privalova, Svetlana Masterkova and Yelena In Daegu at the recent World Championships, both Lord Aditya Kumar Isinbayeva – to be honoured as European Athlete of the Year, Coe and Sergey Bubka talked of the fantastic opportunity European Athletics Communication Department while Mo follows up his compatriot Phillips Idowu’s triumph that Helsinki 2012 holds for our top European athletes to Phone +41 (0)21 313 43 57 in 2009. showcase their potential and how important a platform it is [email protected] for athletes ahead of London 2012. Both of these impressive athletes are wholly deserving of Text, Photos: their success, as are Jodie and David, two strong performers Looking across our award winners and another future event James Mulligan, Aditya Kumar, Bill Glad, Phil Minshull, and torchbearers for the future generation of our sport. springs to mind: Mo Farah, our men’s European Athlete of Hansjörg Wirz, Christian Milz, the Year, is an official ambassador for London’s bid for the Andy Heading, Picture Alliance The European Athletics Awards Night also recognises the 2017 IAAF World Championships. European Athletics, of national winners of the second edition of the European course, wholeheartedly supports this bid, and we wish UK Design, Production: AMK Atelier für Marketing Athletics Women’s Leadership Awards and the winners of Athletics all the best in their quest to host what I am sure und Kommunikation the European Athletics Coaching Awards. would be an excellent championships. Amstutzstrasse 14 CH-6010 Kriens, Switzerland Finland’s Anni Kirvsniemi-Bosco will represent the 30 national Taking into account the World Championships just passed, I Phone +41 (0)41 320 00 72 Fax +41 (0)41 320 00 79 Women’s Leadership Award winners in Arona, Spain, while was pleased to see that Europe once again gained the most [email protected] representatives Valentina Eiduka and Jacques Borleé of the medals out of the Area Associations, claiming 52 (16 gold, 84 winning coaches from 26 countries will step up to collect 18 silver, 18 bronze). This is compared to the 52 won at Berlin Print: the first two awards. 2009 (14 gold, 18 silver, 20 bronze). There is, of course, Multicolor Print AG CH-6340 Baar, Switzerland still much improvement to be made but I congratulate all The annual coaching awards were launched earlier this our athletes who competed to the best of their abilities in Follow us: year and are the centrepiece of our strategy to promote the Daegu. development of coaching. The biennial European Athletics Women’s Leadership Awards, meanwhile, first given in 2009, recognise the contributions made by women to athletics and European Athletics mourns passing of Dr. Ágoston Schulek It was with great sadness that European the European Athletics Council and Championships. Athletics learnt of the passing of Dr. Executive Committee but also as a In 2008 he became Honorary Council Ágoston Schulek on 2 October. Ágoston member of the Hungarian Olympic Member of European Athletics, the was, of course, European Athletics Vice Committee and President of the same year he decided to once again President from 1995 to 2007 and an Hungarian Athletics Federation. lead the Hungarian Athletics Association honorary member of the European but only for a year. In 2009 he stepped Athletics Council following this. During his time in office in Hungary, down and became Honorary Lifetime he organised the most successful President of the HAA, a title previously European Athletics remembers Ágoston athletics event of the century in the only awarded to Dr. József Sír and István not only as an important member of country, the 1998 European Athletics Gyulai. 2 www.european-athletics.org Newsletter of European Athletics 3 | 11 INSIDE TRACK DEVELoPmENT e Lif or f t Spor our Y Kirvesniemi-Bosco to represent Women Leaders Finland’s Anni Kirvesniemi-Bosco will represent the 30 national winners of the second edition of the European Athletics Women’s Leadership Award at the European Athletics Awards Night presented by Mondo in Arona, Spain, on 15 October 2011. artwork produced by Marjolaine Perreten, leadership positions in athletics. a student at Lausanne’s Ecole Romande One indicator of its success is the d’Arte et de Communication. fact that now more than 30% of athletic club leaders in Finland Kirvsniemi-Bosco has served the sport are women. in a number of roles, including coach, She will receive her award from European team leader at several international The biennial European Athletics Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz on championships, member of the Women’s Leadership Awards behalf of the others, who will in turn federation’s youth committee and were first given in 2009, be presented their awards at national member of the federation’s board. But when 24 Member Federations ceremonies. she is probably best known in Finland participated by naming national for her work on the federation’s highly winners. Thordis Gisladottir of Her selection to be the representative successful Women’s Mentor Programme, Iceland was selected to represent was made by a jury led by European which she established in 2007 with the the winners at the awards Athletics and IAAF Council Member Sylvia aim of reducing the drop-out rate of girls ceremony. Barlag. The other jury members were and young women aged 16–22. Anna Riccardi, IAAF Council Member; The aim of the awards is to recognise Ilse Bechthold, Honorary Chairperson of The programme has received funding from the contributions made by women to the IAAF Women’s Committee; and John Finland’s ministry of education and sport the athletics and raise awareness about Antonakis, Professor of Organisational and it has become a model used for other gender issues in the sport. Behaviour at the University of Lausanne. sports by the Finnish Olympic Committee. In recent years, the programme has For more information see All 30 winners will receive a diploma and expanded its focus to include support for www.european-athletics.org/womens- a limited edition copy of a commissioned women coaches and other women with leadership-awards.html. Awards celebrate excellence in coaching President Hansjörg Wirz will give the first two European Athletics Coaching Awards at the European Athletics Awards Night presented by Mondo in Arona, Spain, on 15 October 2011. Valentina Eiduka (LAT) and Jacques Borlée (BEL) will receive their awards as the representatives of the 84 award winners from 26 countries. Championships in Barcelona. All coaches high-performance athletes and in other, on the original Roll of Honour, plus any equally important but less high-profile coach whose athlete wins a European areas of the sport,” said President Wirz. Athletics senior championship in the future and is confirmed by the athlete’s Eiduka and Borlée were selected after federation, will automatically receive the consideration of all 84 winners by a jury The annual awards were launched earlier Coaching Award. led by European Athletics Council member this year and are the centrepiece of Frank Hensel. Other members of the jury European Athletics’ strategy to promote In addition, each federation has been for the years 2012–2015 are Michaela the development of coaching. invited to nominate one male and one Ingberg, co-chair of the European female coach per year for the award Athletics Athlete’s Commission; Vadim The remainder of the winners will receive based on the criteria “excellence in Zelichenok, European Atheltics Council their awards in national ceremonies coaching”. Fifteen federations nominated member; and Frank Dick, President of the organised by their federations. coaches this year. European Athletics Coaches Association. In 2010, European Athletics created a “We felt that a coaching award best For more information on the European Coaching Roll of Honour to recognise honours the recipients and expresses Athletics Coaching Awards visit: those coaches whose athletes had won European Athletics’ appreciation for the www.european-athletics.org/european- a gold medal at the European Athletics contributions of coaches working with athletics-coaching-awards.html. INSIDE TRACK 3 | 11 Newsletter of European Athletics www.european-athletics.org 3 Your Sport for Life EuRopean athLETE of ThE year Farah caps unforgettable year with Europe’s top award This year has been one that Mo Farah will never forget, regardless of what he goes on to achieve in front of his family, friends and many, many fans at the Olympic Games next summer in his home city of London.