Pierre de Coubertin Medal

The Pierre de Coubertin Medal is a special decoration awarded by the International Olympic Committee that "pays tribute to institutions with a pedagogical and educational role and to people who, through their research and the creation of intellectual works in the spirit of Pierre de Coubertin, contribute to the promotion of Olympism."<ref name="IOC106">Template:Citation</ref> It was designed by André Ricard Sala, with one face featuring a portrait of Coubertin and the other showing the Olympic motto and rings.<ref name="IOC106" />

The medal is not the same award as the Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy, which was inaugurated in 1965 and is awarded by the International Fair Play Committee,<ref name="AngelDemon">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="IFPC">Template:Cite web</ref> although the two are often confused. For example, some news media reported on 22 August 2016 that Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Agostino had received the medal after colliding with each other on the track during the 5000 m event and assisting each other to continue the race.<ref name=guard>Template:Cite news</ref> The New Zealand Olympic Committee said that no such award had yet been made,<ref name="Stuff">Template:Cite news</ref> and The Guardian later corrected their report confirming "the award was the International Fair Play Committee Award rather than the Pierre de Coubertin award".<ref name=guard /> It is also regularly mentioned that the first winner of the Pierre de Coubertin Medal was the Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti in 1964, although in fact he became the first winner of the Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy. Lawrence Lemieux didn't receive the medal either.<ref name="Praderio2016">Template:Cite web</ref>

A medal awarded since 1969 "for outstanding merits in the Olympic Movement" by the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) called the Template:Langx has given rise to further confusion. The first recipients at a ceremony held on 23 June 1969 at the Museum of the 20th Century in Vienna were Austrian President Franz Jonas, IOC President Avery Brundage, IOC member Template:Ill, the Minister of Education Template:Ill, the ÖOC President Template:Ill, and the ÖOC Hon. Secretary-General Template:Ill.<ref name="orn22">Template:Cite journal</ref> Later recipients include Template:Ill,<ref name="or84">Template:Cite journal</ref> Pat Hickey,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Dieter Kalt Sr.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Recipients

Recipient	Country	Accomplishment(s)	Date	Place
Template:Nowrap	Template:Flagcountry	Seventh President of the International Olympic Committee	6 September 1997<ref name="OR261709">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="mo20170429">Template:Cite web</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland
Leon Štukelj	Template:Flagcountry	—	Template:Nowrap<ref name="Stukelj">Template:Cite web</ref>	Maribor, Slovenia
Raymond Gafner	Template:Flagcountry	—	1999<ref name="OR263038">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="JOH111">Template:Cite journal</ref>	—
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco	Template:Flagcountry	—	2000<ref name="JOH101">Template:Cite journal</ref>	—
João Havelange	Template:Flagcountry	—	2000<ref name="JOH101" />	—
Gianni Agnelli	Template:Flagcountry	—	2000<ref name="JOH101" />	—
Template:Ill	Template:Flagcountry	—	2000<ref name="JOH101" />	—
Kurt Furgler	Template:Flagcountry	—	2000<ref name="JOH101" />	—
Henry Kissinger	Template:Flagcountry	—	2000<ref name="JOH101" />	—
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	Template:Flagcountry	—	2000<ref name="JOH101" />	—
Emil Zátopek	Template:Flagcountry	1952 Summer Olympics	6 December 2000Template:Efn<ref name="JOH101" /><ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Prague, Template:Nowrap
Kéba Mbaye	Template:Flagcountry	—	2001<ref name="JOH101" />	—
Rudolf Leising	Template:Flagcountry	—	2001<ref name="JOH101" />	—
Template:Ill	Template:Flagcountry	Sports journalist, "for his many contributions to the International Olympic Committee and to the Olympic Family"	Template:Nowrap<ref name="JOH101" /><ref name="Karlsson2012">Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:BrTemplate:Nowrap<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Template:NowrapTemplate:BrTemplate:Nowrap
Spencer Eccles<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Template:Flagcountry	2002 Winter Olympics	February 2002Template:Citation needed	Salt Lake City, Template:Nowrap
Frieder Roskam	Template:Flagcountry	German architect, "for his groundbreaking work in sports facility construction"	30 April 2002<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Cologne, Germany
Template:Ill<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Better source needed	Template:FlagcountryTemplate:Citation needed	—	2002Template:Citation needed	—
Template:Ill	Template:Flagcountry	—	2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Better source needed<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	—
Hilda Múdra	Template:Flagcountry	—	2002<ref name="Pasuth2021">Template:Cite web</ref>	—
Cecilia Tait	Template:Flagcountry	First Peruvian recipient, "in recognition of her contribution to the promotion of women in sport"	21 March 2003<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland
Template:Ill<ref name="Lukacsek2022">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Flagcountry	—	2003Template:Citation needed	—
Marino Ercolani Casadei	Template:Flagcountry	—	2003<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	—
Julio Ernesto Cassanello	Template:Flagcountry	President of the Argentine Olympic Committee 2005–09<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>Template:Better source needed<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	2003Template:Citation needed	—
Vanderlei de Lima	Template:Flagcountry	In recognition of his exceptional demonstration of fair play and Olympic values during the 2004 Summer Olympics	29 August 2004<ref name="Lima">Template:Cite web</ref>	Athens, Greece
Elena Belova	Template:Flagcountry	Presented at the 2007 XI International Scientific Congress	17 May 2007<ref name="Praderio2016" /><ref>Elena Belova Awarded Pierre de Coubertin Medal. National Olympic Committee of Belarus.</ref>	Minsk, Belarus
Shaul Ladany	Template:Flagcountry	For "unusual outstanding sports achievements during a span covering over four decades"	17 May 2007<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Minsk, Belarus
Viktor Khotochkin	Template:Flagcountry	First Vice-President, the Russian Olympic Committee (2002–2009), "for his outstanding contribution to the development of the International Olympic Movement"	2007<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="rochof">Template:Cite web</ref>	—
Viktor Mamatov	Template:Flagcountry	—	2008<ref name="rochof" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	—
Template:NowrapTemplate:Citation needed	Template:Flagcountry	For services rendered to the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic cause	December 2008	Lausanne, Switzerland
Ronald Harvey	Template:Flagcountry	Former CEO of the Australian Sports Commission and Director of the Australian Institute of Sport, first Australian recipient	2 April 2009<ref name=asc>Template:Cite web</ref>	Australia
Emanuel Bosák	Template:Flagcountry	—	May 2009<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Jičín, Czech Republic
Template:Ill	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Ill 2003–2012,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "to thank Qingdao City for its efforts in the Olympic Movement"	22 July 2009<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Qingdao, China
Boyan Radev	Template:Flagcountry	—	15 September 2009<ref name="Radev">Template:Cite web</ref>	—
Gagik Tsarukyan	Template:Flagcountry	President of the Armenian Olympic Committee, "for his invaluable contribution to the development of sport in Armenia"	13 November 2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Yerevan, Armenia
Eric Monnin	Template:Flagcountry	Olympic education specialist	August 2012 (awarded)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:BrTemplate:Nowrap	—
Bob Nadin	Template:Flagcountry	Veteran ice hockey referee and referee supervisor, medal presented at the 2013 IIHF World Championship	May 2013<ref name="Podnieks-2017">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ESHOF">Template:Cite web</ref>	Stockholm, Sweden
Richard Garneau	Template:Flagcountry	French Canadian sports broadcaster, "for his lifetime dedication to Olympism"	6 February 2014Template:Efn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Sochi, Russia
Hermann Andrecs	Template:Flagcountry	Co-founder and former president of the Austrian Olympic Academy, "for services to the Olympic Movement"	10 September 2014<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Vienna, Austria
Michael Hwang	Template:Flagcountry	"Exceptional services to the Olympic Movement"	13 October 2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Singapore
Geraint John	Template:Flagcountry	First British recipient for "many years of outstanding service to the Olympic Movement while bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to Olympic design"<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	28 November 2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	London, England
Petros Synadinos	Template:Flagcountry	Member of the Hellenic Olympic Committee and President of the Hellenic Archery Federation, "for his multi-year and multifaceted contribution to the Olympics and sports"	2016<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Athens, Greece
Eduard von Falz-Fein	Template:Flagcountry	"Long service to the Olympic Movement"	17 February 2017<ref name="Falz">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Kluge2019">Template:Cite journal</ref>	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Lü Junjie	Template:Flagcountry	First Zisha artist to be awarded, for "his work using Zisha to spread the Olympic spirit"	15 January 2018<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland
Han Meilin	Template:Flagcountry	Designer of the Fuwa, mascots of the 2008 Summer Olympics	24 April 2018<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland
Diego Pulido Aragón	Template:Flagcountry	Guatemalan banker and funder "for believing that through sports, culture and education, we can build a better future for our country"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	28 August 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Aldons Vrubļevskis	Template:Flagcountry	Former President of the Latvian NOC	28 November 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Sigulda, Latvia
Template:Ill	Template:Flagcountry	At the 70th anniversary of the Template:Ill	5 November 2021<ref name="q695">Template:Cite web</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland
Cui Jingzhe	Template:Flagcountry	Chinese artist, for "[his] efforts in spreading the Olympic spirit through art"	11 January 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Beijing, China
George Hirthler	Template:Flagcountry	Author of The Idealist about Pierre de Coubertin	23 June 2022<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland
Template:Ill	Template:Flagcountry	German-born contemporary artist for "[his] inspiring positive expression of channelling the vision of Coubertin through [his] extraordinary art"	23 June 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland
Kim Min-jae	Template:Nowrap	Korean sports photographer, first Korean recipient	May 2018 (awarded)Template:BrTemplate:Nowrap	Seoul, South Korea
Michael Robert Payne	Template:Nowrap	Author of the 2021 IOC book Toon In!	1 December 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland
Elguja Berishvili	Template:Flagcountry	First Vice President of the Georgian National Olympic Committee, "for his contribution to the Olympic movement". First Georgian recipient.	April 2023 (awarded)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:BrTemplate:Nowrap	Paris, France
Template:Ill	Template:Flagcountry	Author of Coubertin autographe – Tome I (1889–1915) about Pierre de Coubertin	23 June 2023<ref name="olympics20230623">Template:Cite web</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland
Ed Hula	Template:Flagcountry	Editor and Founder of Around the Rings	23 June 2023<ref name="olympics20230623" />	Lausanne, Switzerland
David Miller	Template:Flagcountry	Journalist and Olympic historian, author of Igniting the Games: The Evolution of the Olympics and Thomas Bach's Legacy (2022)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	November 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	London, England
Telmo Guerra	Template:Flagcountry	Portuguese artist, first Portuguese recipient	21 June 2024<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref>	Lausanne, Switzerland

See also

• Olympic Cup
• Olympic diploma
• Olympic Diploma of Merit
• Olympic Laurel
• Olympic medal
• Olympic Order

References

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