Challenges an Olympic Athlete faces as a Role Model 58th INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS Published by the International Olympic Academy 2019 International Olympic Academy 52, Dimitrios Vikelas Avenue 152 33 Halandri – Athens GREECE Tel.: +30 210 6878809-13, +30 210 6878888 Fax: +30 210 6878840 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ioa.org.gr Editor: Konstantinos Georgiadis Editorial coordination: Roula Vathi Photographs: IOA Photographic Archives ISBN: 978-960-9454-50-6 ISSN: 2654-1335 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY Challenges an Olympic Athlete faces as a Role Model 58th INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS 16–30 JUNE 2018 Editor KONSTANTINOS GEORGIADIS Professor, University of Peloponnese Honorary Dean of the IOA ANCIENT OLYMPIA EPHORIA OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY (2018) President Isidoros KOUVELOS (HOC Member) Vice-President Michail FYSENTZIDIS (HOC Member) Members Spyros CAPRALOS (HOC President – ex officio member) Emmanuel KOLYMPADIS (HOC Secretary General – ex officio member) Emmanuel KATSIADAKIS (HOC Member) Georgios KARABETSOS (HOC Member) Athanasios KANELLOPOULOS (HOC Member) Efthimios KOTZAS (Mayor, Ancient Olympia) Gordon TANG Honorary President Jacques ROGGE (IOC Honorary President) Honorary Dean Konstantinos GEORGIADIS (Professor, University of Peloponnese) Honorary Members Pere MIRÓ (Director, Olympic Solidarity, IOC) Makis MATSAS 7 IOC CULTURE AND OLYMPIC HERITAGE COMMISSION (2018) Chair Ching-Kuo WU Members Valeriy BORZOV Ung CHANG Iván DIBÓS Aïcha GARAD ALI Nat INDRAPANA Nora of Liechtenstein Samih MOUDALLAL Franco B. ASCANI Roman BABUT Mehrez BOYSSAYENE Ronald BRADSTOCK Maria BULATOVA Spyros CAPRALOS Jacques DE NAVACELLE Beatriz GARCIA Bouchra HAJIJ Lord HALL of BIRKENHEAD Yoshiko HAMAZAKI Isidoros KOUVELOS Admire MASENDA Alicia MASONI De MOREA Norbert MÜLLER Tubby REDDY Martin ROTH Klaus SCHORMANN Sylvia SWEENEY David WALLECHINSKY Honorary Chair Lambis V. NIKOLAOU Director in charge Director of Culture and Heritage 8 IOC COMMISSION FOR OLYMPIC EDUCATION (2018) Chair Barry MAISTER, ONZM Members Beatrice ALLEN Nita AMBANI Mikaela COJUANGCO JAWORSKI Sam RAMSAMY Paul K. TERGAT Helen BROWNLEE Anastasia DAVYDOVA Gudrun DOLL-TEPPER Filomena FORTES Dionyssis GANGAS Kostas GEORGIADIS Keith JOSEPH Marion KEIM LEES Young Hee LEE Denis MASSEGLIA Vera PEREDERII Laurent PETRYNKA Judy SIMONS, J.P. Jeannette SMALL Luzeng SONG Ryan STOKES Stephan WASSONG Thierry ZINTZ Director in charge Director of Culture and Heritage 9 “Every athlete is different. We all come from different parts of the world and have different cultures. But we are all united by the Olympic Values of excellence, friendship and respect. Guided by these Olympic Values, each one of you makes a difference in sport and in life. This experience will stay with you all your life. We are all assembled here to celebrate you, as the real game changers.” Dr Thomas BACH, IOC President, Extract from his speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games CONTENTS Foreword by the Honorary Dean of the International Olympic Academy Prof. Konstantinos GEORGIADIS .............................................................................17 OPENING CEREMONY HILL OF PNYX, 17 JUNE 2018 Address by the President of the International Olympic Academy Isidoros KOUVELOS ................................................................................................21 Address on behalf of the President of the International Olympic Committee by the IOC Honorary Member Lambis V. NIKOLAOU .............................................................................................25 Address by the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros CAPRALOS ..................................................................................................27 Address by the Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports Georgios VASILEIADIS ............................................................................................29 Honorary distinctions awarding by the IOA to Barry MAISTER, ONZM (NZL) to the National Olympic Academy of JAPAN to Prof. Stephen G. MILLER (USA) to Prof. Ingomar WEILER (AUT) ..............................................................................30 13 58th INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS OPENING CEREMONY Ancient Olympia, 19 June 2018 Address by the President of the International Olympic Academy Isidoros KOUVELOS ................................................................................................41 Address by the Regional Councillor of Western Greece Paraskevi VERGOPOULOU .....................................................................................45 Address by the Mayor of Ancient Olympia Efthimios KOTZAS ...................................................................................................47 PROCEEDINGS Lectures The IOC Commission for Olympic Education and its vision Barry Maister, ONZM (NZL) .....................................................................................55 Athletes as celebrities in Ancient Greece Prof. Stephen G. MILLER (USA) ..............................................................................64 Athletes as role models in the process of reconciliation Hee-beom LEE (KOR) .............................................................................................74 Feats of athlete-heroes in Antiquity: the social and educational value of athletic excellence Prof. Ingomar WEILER (AUT) ..................................................................................78 Olympic athlete as a role model – Then and now Dr Sam RAMSAMY (RSA) .......................................................................................90 Young upcoming champions in athletics Dr Hezekiah Kipchoge KEINO (KEN) .......................................................................98 The Role Model Debate, Olympism, and Education Prof. Cesar R. TORRES (USA) ...............................................................................100 14 CONTENTS Sisyphus and Olympism: An existentialist approach to role models Prof. Leslie A. HOWE (CAN) .................................................................................111 Paralympians as real-life role models Dr Ian BRITTAIN (GBR) ........................................................................................123 The Sport for Development and Peace sector Prof. Richard GIULIANOTTI (GBR) .......................................................................134 The role of National Olympic Committees in the education of Olympic athletes Dinos MICHAELIDES (CYP) ..................................................................................143 Olympic Experiences Sarah COOK (AUS) ...............................................................................................161 Mercedes NICOLL (CAN) ......................................................................................163 Maxime DUFOUR-LAPOINTE (CAN) ....................................................................166 Genevieve BEΗRENT (NZL) .................................................................................169 Yanel PINTO PEREZ (VEN) ...................................................................................172 Richie PATTERSON (NZL) ....................................................................................175 Geraldine SOLORZANO (GUA) .............................................................................179 Silvia STROESCU (ROU) .......................................................................................181 Nicolas BRUZZONE (ARG) ....................................................................................184 Jayme MATA (ARU) ..............................................................................................187 Emily AZEVEDO (USA) .........................................................................................194 Hussein HAFEEZ (EGY) ........................................................................................197 Chung Hei Kenneth CHIU (HKG) ..........................................................................200 15 58th INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS Coordinators’ Reports on Sports activities.......................................................................................................205 The Poetry and Literature Workshop .....................................................................209 The Dance Workshop.............................................................................................211 The Arts Programme ..............................................................................................213 Web statistics ..........................................................................................................220 The social evenings ................................................................................................223 Conclusions of the Discussion Groups Cycle Α ..................................................................................................................227 Cycle Β ..................................................................................................................260 CLOSING CEREMONY Ancient Olympia, 28 June 2018 Addresses on behalf of the Session’s Participants by Adrien DEPREZ (FRA) ......................................................................................299 by Manine Mato Oakirangi LYNCH (COK) ...........................................................301 Address on behalf of the Session’s Coordinators by Megan