Fair Play 1964-2005 INGLESE

Fair Play Trophies et Diplomas awarded by IFPC from 1964 to 2005 Winners Publication edited in agreement with the International Committee for Fair Play Panathlon International Villa Porticciolo – Via Maggio, 6 16035 Rapallo - Italie www.panathlon.net e-mail: [email protected] project and cultural coordination International Committee for Fair Play Panathlon International works coordinators Jean Durry Siropietro Quaroni coordination assistants Nicoletta Bena Emanuela Chiappe page layout and printing: Azienda Grafica Busco - Rapallo 2 Contents Jeno Kamuti 5 The "Fair Play", its sense and its winners Enrico Prandi 8 “Angel or Demon? The choise of Fair Play” Definition and History 11 of the International Committee for Fair Play Antonio Spallino 25 Panathlon International and the promotion of Fair Play Fair Play World Trophies Trophies and Diplomas 33 awarded by International Committee for Fair play from the origin Letters of congratulations 141 Nations legend 150 Disciplines section 155 Alphabethical index 168 3 Jeno Kamuti President of the International Fair Play Committee The “Fair Play”, its sense and its winners Nowadays, at the beginning of the XXIst century, sport has finally earned a worthy place in the hier - archy of society. It has become common wisdom that sport is not only an activity assuring physical well-being, it is not only a phenomenon carrying and reinforcing human values while being part of general culture, but that it is also a tool in the process of education, teaching and growing up to be an upright individ - ual. Up until now, we have mostly contented our - selves with saying that sport is a mirror of human activities in society. Just like in all walks of life, in sport, too, some are good and some are bad, some are honest and some are deceitful. What we have come to realize, and that is probably more impor - tant than the original idea, is that with the second - ary help of sport, man can become a better person for his community. It is this value, so hard to define, that fair play carries. It is no accident that the UNESCO as well as the UN have declared 2005 the year of sport. Likewise, it cannot be by accident that IOC Presi - dent Jacques Rogge always insists on the role of fair play in sport at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. Jacques Rogge affirmed that there is no sport with - out fair play. All Olympic Games and world championships give birth to new champions, but the champion of champions is the one who, thanks to his or her character, can fight for victory while regarding his or her opponent as a peer in all his or her activities. Fair play is most often described as the observation of written and unwritten rules. These unwritten rules are hard to define, for they emanate from the innermost moral attitude of a sportsman. A well-known feature of fair play is that “you play it fair”. Victory is only valuable if the athlete has achieved it by absolutely fair means and with the condition of equal chances. This unique trait of fair play excludes all fraud (corruption, doping, etc.), and it takes the fairness of arbitration and just eval - 5 uation for granted. Naturally, fair play is the most valuable if this attitude is manifested by the athlete at the competitions that count the most to him or her. It is undeniable that in sports disciplines where body to body contact occurs more frequently between the opponents (e.g. ice-hockey, rugby, football, basketball, wrestling, boxing, and fenc - ing), fair play plays a greater role, but that does not mean that there are no opportunities to demonstrate a fair attitude in other disciplines. Fair play is a complex notion that is the fundamen - tal moral axis of sport (ethos). Partly, it is a genet - ic talent, but it is not generated instinctively in all athletes - hence the significance of starting a con - scious education as soon as possible in this area as well. Let me point out here that sport and fair play appear as models in other fields of social life, too, so in fact, fair play should become a factor inspir - ing loyalty in almost every human activity. As for the implementation of fair play, we must note that the ripple effect of external political, eco - nomic and ideological factors, general social ten - dencies such as competition, conflicts of interest, nationalism, alienation, business, etc. in sport can substantially distort sport, and fair play can be achieved less and less under such circumstances. There was a time when competitions (agon) took place in the spirit of cooperation where, besides their opposition (conflict), the adversaries could accomplish a natural kind of collaboration in which fair play was created almost instinctively. In the course of the evolution of our civilization, this appeared in various forms according to the ages (for example, in the age of chivalry). Sadly enough, today it is the principle of winning at all price that seems to have become justified. At the beginning of the XXth century, there was no need to talk about fair play with relation to sport, as fair play was a natural component of the image created of a sportsman. That mentality was widespread until the 1960s when the significance of sport was extended: the value of a victory was multiplied, and chauvinism, nationalism and the business-like attitude appeared. Consequently, violence, brutali - ty and later doping crept into sports venues. Sport started to lose its original values. When the CIFP was established in 1963 under the leadership of the legendary Jean Borotra, the founding fathers 6 of the movement called attention to these dangers primarily, relying on the idea of fair play. We must note that this movement has proved to be success - ful by the beginning of the XXIst century, as for the containment of violence. Unfortunately, there is still one serious threat to sport, namely, doping that not only harms health, but it simply amounts to a fraud. Competitors using drugs and thus disregarding the basic rules of fair play, help themselves to unearned advantages through which they try to achieve success. This approach is incompatible with noble sports compe - titions. Sport contributes not only to the physical develop - ment of man, but it also builds character. In order to achieve this, we must internalize the principles of fair play. And if we want to defend the future of mankind and our human values that we have fought for in the course of history, it is an urging necessity to save our souls, that is, our moral atti - tude. It is our duty to preserve fair play, as an eternal human value, and hand it over to next generations. This can be found in the newly published book “Fair Play”, which contains all winners of the fair play award since 1964. To become acquainted with their examples helps the ethical education of younger generations in the beginning of the XXIst century. Kind regards to Panathlon International, who com - posed and published the book, as it did in 1995 and 2000 for the two prevous editions. 7 Enrico Prandi President of Panathlon International “Angel or Demon? The choise of Fair Play” this is the title of the beautiful show exhibited at the Lausanne Olympic Museum from 12 April to 5 November 2006 whose aim is to communicate, through the ‘games of mirrors’, the concept of Fair Play. Among its objectives is to show that Fair Play “is not incompatible with performance, even at the very top, and that its absence destroys the very concepts of play and sharing”. “The value of Fair Play is revealed by considering its opposite: the unfair act”, Willi Daume wrote in his introduction - “Fair play as a ‘way of life ” - in the Fair Play Booklet published in 1995 by Panathlon Inter - national in concert with IFPC. The efficacy of this exhibition relies on the fact that the visitor can identify himself with the demon or the angel and confront himself with the fragile balance of these human rela - tions. The publication we review testifies the Ange - l’s actions, well aware that the demon’s actions are more numerous and reported everyday on all the media, too often presented as models. Unpropitious for those who struggle to promo - te more fair play in sport and in life; a mirror of society for the more cynical who deny human values in the name of an irresponsible, immoral pragmatism. Presenting several athletes’ conduct and testi - monies of fair play, updating the long list star - ted way back in 1964, to highlight that fil rouge that identifies real Sport, as is correctly intended and inspired by Olympism. Just like the red threads in rigging identified the British Imperial Navy - as Wolfgang Göthe recalled in his Elective Affinities , similarly fair play is the life and soul of sport, according to René Maheu’s definition: “fair play, the non written rules, forming the moral law that gives life to sport, turning it into an irreplaceable experience, of crucial educational value for life in society”. 8 Since it is consisting in non written, non regu - lated rules, fair play cannot be imposed, but people have to be educated to practise it. Just like for virtues. “Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit”. (Aristot - le, “ Nicomachean Ethics ”). The educational aspect is therefore fundamen - tal and supported by IOC, IFPC, and Panath - lon, with the latter focusing all its accultura - tion activity on sport and through sport, by speaking in particular to youngsters and chil - dren.

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