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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 5000m event and assisting each other to continue the race.<ref name=guard>{{cite news |title=New Zealand and US runners awarded for sportsmanship |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/21/new-zealand-and-us-runners-awarded-for-sportsmanship |newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 August 2016 |accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nikki Hamblin, Abbey D’Agostino awarded rare Olympic medal |url= http://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/sports-life/nikki-hamblin-abbey-dagostino-awarded-rare-olympic-medal/news-story/e8838d063624f453732bda7ccdc174cc |newspaper=news.com.au |date=22 August 2016 |accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref> The New Zealand Olympic Committee said that no such award had yet been made,<ref>{{cite news |title=Rio Olympics: Kiwi runner Nikki Hamblin in line for rare Pierre de Coubertin honour |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83419260/Rio-Olympics-Kiwi-runner-Nikki-Hamblin-in-line-for-rare-Pierre-de-Coubertin-honour |newspaper=Stuff |date=22 August 2016 |accessdate=22 August 2016}}</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/> |
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 5000m event and assisting each other to continue the race.<ref name=guard>{{cite news |title=New Zealand and US runners awarded for sportsmanship |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/21/new-zealand-and-us-runners-awarded-for-sportsmanship |newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 August 2016 |accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nikki Hamblin, Abbey D’Agostino awarded rare Olympic medal |url= http://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/sports-life/nikki-hamblin-abbey-dagostino-awarded-rare-olympic-medal/news-story/e8838d063624f453732bda7ccdc174cc |newspaper=news.com.au |date=22 August 2016 |accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref> The New Zealand Olympic Committee said that no such award had yet been made,<ref>{{cite news |title=Rio Olympics: Kiwi runner Nikki Hamblin in line for rare Pierre de Coubertin honour |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83419260/Rio-Olympics-Kiwi-runner-Nikki-Hamblin-in-line-for-rare-Pierre-de-Coubertin-honour |newspaper=Stuff |date=22 August 2016 |accessdate=22 August 2016}}</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/> |
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==Quotations== |
==Quotations== |
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The Pierre de Coubertin medal (also known as the De Coubertin medal or the True Spirit of Sportsmanship medal) is a special decoration awarded by the International Olympic Committee to those athletes, former athletes, sports promoters, sporting officials and others who exemplify the spirit of sportsmanship in Olympic events or through exceptional service to the Olympic movement.[1][2]
The medal was inaugurated in 1964 and named in honour of Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee. According to the Olympic Museum, "It is one of the noblest honours that can be bestowed upon an Olympic athlete."[3]
Recipients
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 5000m event and assisting each other to continue the race.[8][9] The New Zealand Olympic Committee said that no such award had yet been made,[10] and The Guardian later corrected their report confirming "the award was the International Fair Play Committee Award rather than the Pierre de Coubertin award."[8]
Quotations
- “Nash didn't win because I gave him the bolt. He won because he had the fastest run.”
- —Eugenio Monti when interviewed after giving a bolt from his own bobsled to his competitors, the British bobsled team, at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Monti was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his sportsmanship.
- “It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler... You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the twenty-four karat friendship that I felt for Lutz Long at that moment."
- —Jesse Owens after being advised by his competitor, Lutz Long, at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Long was posthumously awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his sportsmanship.[11]
- "I can't accept Emanuel's medal. I'm happy with mine. It's bronze but means gold."
- —Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, in September 1, 2004, after Brazilian beach volleyball player Emanuel Rego, who won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games, gave his gold medal to him on a television program. Deeply touched, Vanderlei returned it.[12]
- "Victory due to the opponents’ inadequate equipment is not a merit. Co-operation among sports people is a fundamental part of Olympism."
- - Australian Justin Harley McDonald, Bobsleigh, who won the Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophy 1994 for Act of Fair Play.
- - Justin McDonald was the first Australian to be awarded the Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophy.
See also
References
- ^ "BBC SPORT - Olympics 2008 blog". Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Random Human Neural Firings: February 2010". Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Sports - List of Summer and Winter Olympic Sports". 8 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Newsletter No. 22, Comité international olympique, Château de Vidy 1007 Lausanne, p. 402
- ^ https://www.olympic.org/news/lima-vanderlei-receives-the-pierre-de-coubertin-medal
- ^ "Sports Shorts – Israel News". Haaretz. September 12, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ^ "Singapore Lawyer Michael Hwang receives the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for his Services to the Olympic Movement - Singapore National Olympic Council". 13 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ a b "New Zealand and US runners awarded for sportsmanship". The Guardian. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Nikki Hamblin, Abbey D'Agostino awarded rare Olympic medal". news.com.au. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Kiwi runner Nikki Hamblin in line for rare Pierre de Coubertin honour". Stuff. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Schwartz, Larry (2007). "ESPN.com: Owens pierced a myth". Retrieved August 14, 2008.
- ^ "Emanuel surpreende e oferece sua medalha de ouro para Vanderlei Cordeiro" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. September 1, 2004. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
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