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The International Fair Play Committee (french: Comité International pour le Fair Play), abbreviated as the CIFP, is a not for profit international non-governmental organisation which serves to foster sportsmanship in international competition. It presents awards annually at the World Fair Play Awards to recognise acts of
The IFPC was established in France in 1963 by members of UNESCO,
Since 1965, three types of trophy have been given at the World Fair Play Awards in recognition of different achievements.
* Pierre de Coubertin 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 World Fair Play Trophy – awarded to recognise athletes who have displayed fair play throughout their careers
* Willi Daume 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.
fair play
Fair play or Fairplay usually refers to sportsmanship.
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carried out by sportspeople or teams. The awards ceremony is held in France and has been broadcast on television in Europe.
History
The IFPC was established in France in 1963 by members of UNESCO, International Sports Press Association
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(ISPA), ICSSPE, FIFA
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and the International Rugby Board. The committee presented its first award two years later: Eugenio Monti, an Italian bobsleigher, was the recipient. The spare part Monti had given to rival Tony Nash at the 1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...
had enabled the Briton to go on to win the gold medal.
Awards
Since 1965, three types of trophy have been given at the World Fair Play Awards in recognition of different achievements.
* Pierre de Coubertin 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 World Fair Play Trophy – awarded to recognise athletes who have displayed fair play throughout their careers
* Willi Daume 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 has served as the CIFP president. ;Honorary Presidents * Jean Borotra, CIFP founder * Koïchiro Matsuura, director-general of UNESCO * Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, past president of theIOC
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
* Juan Antonio Samaranch, past president of the IOC
* Jacques Rogge, past president of the IOC
See also
* Pierre de Coubertin medal (awarded by IOC) * FIFA Fair Play Award *Jean Borotra Sportsmanship Award
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 ...
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
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