The International Fair Play Committee (french: Comité International pour le Fair Play), abbreviated as the CIFP, is a

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which serves to foster

sportsmanship Sportsmanship is an aspiration or ethos that a sport, or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake. This is with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one's competitors. A "sore loser" refers to o ...

in international competition. It presents awards annually at the World Fair Play Awards to recognise acts of fair play carried out by sportspeople or teams. The awards ceremony is held in

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and has been broadcast on television in Europe.

History

The IFPC was established in

in 1963 by members of

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, International Sports Press Association (ISPA), ICSSPE, FIFA,

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and the

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. The committee presented its first award two years later:

Eugenio Monti Eugenio Monti (23 January 1928 – 1 December 2003) was an Italian bobsledder and alpine skier. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the bobsleigh, with ten World championship medals (of which nine gold) and 6 Olympic m ...

, an Italian

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er, was the recipient. The spare part Monti had given to rival Tony Nash at the

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had enabled the Briton to go on to win the gold medal.

Awards

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Since 1965, three types of trophy have been given at the World Fair Play Awards in recognition of different achievements. *

Pierre de Coubertin Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (; born Pierre de Frédy; ...

World Fair Play Trophy – awarded for gestures of fair play in which an athlete impedes their own performance to aid a fellow competitor. *

Jean Borotra Jean Laurent Robert Borotra (, ; 13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the " Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle ...

World Fair Play Trophy – awarded to recognise athletes who have displayed fair play throughout their careers *

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World Fair Play Trophy – awarded to a person or organisation that has promoted the spirit of fair play Further to these annual trophies, the CIFP gives out diplomas and letters of congratulations to other sportspeople and organisations who have shown exceptional good sportsmanship.

Presidents

Since 2000,

Jenő Kamuti Dr. Jenő Kamuti ( hu, Kamuti Jenő, born September 17, 1937, in Budapest) is a former Hungarian foil fencer. Fencing career Kamut was a member of the Hungarian foil team from 1956 to 1976. He was World Team Champion in foil in 1957 and Unive ...

has served as the CIFP president. ;Honorary Presidents *

, CIFP founder * Koïchiro Matsuura, director-general of

Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, (30 July 1914 – 25 April 1999) was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He succeeded his uncle as Baron Killanin in the Peer ...

, past president of the

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Juan Antonio Samaranch Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch (Catalan: ''Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló'', ; 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh P ...

, past president of the IOC *

Jacques Rogge Jacques Jean Marie Rogge, Count Rogge (, ; 2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator and physician who served as the eighth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013. In 2013, Rogge bec ...

, past president of the IOC

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History

Awards

Presidents

See also

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