The International Fair Play Committee (), abbreviated as the CIFP or the IFPC, 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 fair play carried out by sportspeople or teams. The awards ceremony is held in various locations and has been broadcast on television in Europe.

History

The CIFP was established in France in 1963 by members of UNESCO, ISPA, ICSSPE, FIFA, FIBA, FILA 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 had enabled the Briton to go on to win the gold medal.

Awards

Annual awards Awards are presented at the annual World Fair Play Awards Ceremony in three categories: For an act of fair play by complying with both the written and unwritten rules of sport. For a general attitude of sportsmanship throughout a sports career by demonstrating an outstanding and constant spirit of fair play. For an activity aiming to promote fair play such as the organisation of national or local campaigns, lectures, books, articles or reports in the media. The given in recognition of the different achievements in each category are: Pierre de Coubertin World Fair Play Trophy – the "trophy for action", awarded since 1965 for gestures of fair play in which an athlete impedes their performance to aid a fellow competitor. Jean Borotra World Fair Play Trophy – the "trophy for the career", awarded since 1973 to recognise athletes who have displayed fair play throughout their careers. Willi Daume World Fair Play Trophy – the "trophy for promotion", awarded since 1995 to a person or organisation that has promoted the spirit of fair play. Since 2013, the CIFP has, under the auspices of the IOC President, also given out the Jacques Rogge World Fair Play Trophy for The Youth – the "trophy for the youth", in recognition of junior athletes committed to the ideal of fair play.

Further to these annual trophies, the CIFP gives out diplomas and, since 1977, letters of congratulations to other sportspeople and organisations who have shown exceptional good sportsmanship.

Since 2014, the CIFP has awarded a Special World Fair Play Trophy "to such public figures that have significantly supported the development of sport – with no personal interest attached." The first recipients of the Special World Fair Play Trophy were Mintimer Shaimiev and Alisher Usmanov.

Occasional awards The CIFP will on occasion give out Fair Play . These were first presented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Among the recipients are: 2013: Russian middle-distance runner Yuliya Zaripova received the CIFP Fair Play Award for the 2013 Summer Universiade. 2016: Norway men's national handball team received the Rio 2016 Fair Play Award for great sportsmanship during their semifinal match against Germany on 29 January at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship. Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Agostino received the Rio 2016 Fair Play Award after colliding with each other on the track during the 5000 m event and assisting each other to continue the race. 2017: High jumper Ruth Beitia of Spain received the CIFP Fair Play Award for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London. 2020: Skateboarders Sakura Yosozumi and Cocona Hiraki of Japan, Brazilians Dora Varella and Yndiara Asp, Britain's Sky Brown, Australian Poppy Olsen and Bryce Wettstein, USA were awarded the Tokyo 2020 Fair Play Award. 2021: Charne Eileen Swart and Veronica Vancardo received a CIFP Fair Play Award for the 2021 Summer World University Games. 2022: French cyclist Romain Bardet received the CIFP Fair Play Award for the 2022 Giro d'Italia. Andorran runner Nahuel Carabaña received the CIFP Fair Play Award for the 2022 European Championships. Quatari high jumper Mutaz Barsham received the CIFP Fair Play Award for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. 2023: Ethiopian long-distance runner Letesenbet Gidey received the CIFP Fair Play Award as part of the 2023 World Athletics Awards for the 2023 World Athletics Championships. Colombian judoka received the CIFP Fair Play Award for the 2023 Pan American Games. 2024: Canadian gymnast Ellie Black received the Paris 2024 Fair Play Award. 2026: American figure skater Ilia Malinin received the Milano-Cortina 2026 Fair Play Award.

Trophy recipients Year Pierre de Coubertin World Fair Play Trophy Jean Borotra World Fair Play Trophy Willi Daume World Fair Play Trophy Jacques Rogge World Fair PlayTrophy for The Youth 1964 Eugenio Monti Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded 1965 Willye White West Ham andTSV Munich andIstván Zsolt 1966 Stevan Horvat 1967 István Gulyás 1968 Japan Men's Olympic Football Team 1969 Francisco Buscató Pedro Zaballa 1970 Ryszard Szurkowski 1971 Meta Antenen 1972 Stan Smith Emiliano Rodríguez 1973 Great Britain's men's team pursuit-team :Michael BennettRik EvansIan HallamWilliam Moore Bobby Charlton 1974 Claude Ravonel Lia Manoliu 1975 Victor Niederhoffer Bob Mathias Emil Zátopek 1976 André Bastin Jenő Kamuti 1977 Japanese spectators during the1977 Volleyball World Cup (Men's, Women's) John Naber 1978 Tamás Wichmann Gareth Edwards 1979 Philippe Roux Sven Thofelt 1980 and Gert Pettersson Giacinto Facchetti Stanley Rous 1981 Mohammed Gammoudi Klaus Steinbach 1982 Mats Wilander 1983 İsmet Karababa Aleksandr Medved 1984 Mohamed Ali Rashwan Dariusz Zawadzki 1985 Mokhtar Mokhtar René Bazennerye John B. Kelly Jr. Juha Mieto Balbir Singh Sr. 1986 István Vaskuti and János Sarusi Kis Stanley Matthews 1987 Cleveland Stroud Vijay Amritraj 1988 Soviet–Canadian 1988 Polar Bridge Expedition /Teófilo Stevenson 1989 Jean-Michel Henry Věra Čáslavská Chris Evert Ken Rosewall Pirmin Zurbriggen 1990 Ivan Lawler and Graham Burns Dino Zoff 1991 Racing Club de France (rugby team) Robert Veghelyi Arthur Ashe 1992 Eddie Van Hoof Raymond Poulidor Raisa Smetanina 1993 FIFA The people of Norway at theXVII Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer 1994 Francesco Panetta Justin McDonald 1995 Sergey Bubka Laurent Jalabert Nelson Mandela Jean-François Lamour Vreni Schneider Albert II, Prince of Monaco 1996 Ludvík Daněk Stefan Edberg Erica Terpstra Mario Vázquez Raña 1997 Ludvík Daněk Konishiki Yasokichi 1998 Giovanni Soldini Brigitte Deydier Lithuanian Fair Play Committee and 1999 Panathlon International 2000 Rolland Boitelle Students and teachers from Sydneyand New South Wales 2001 Simone Moro Eusebio da Silva Ferreira Kipchoge Keino 2002 Denmark national football team Mária Mračnová Albert Jannes Buisman 2003 Tana Umaga Wayne Gretzky Janusz Piewcewicz 2004 Alexei Nemov Markus Rogan Miguel Induráin Bruno Grandi 2005 Sébastien Loeb Pete Sampras Éva Székely 2006 Hilal Coşkuner Herb Elliott 2007 Graham Henry Jan Železný Mary Glen-Haig Shaozu Zhang 2008 Ivan Bulaja andPetar Cupać andPavle Kostov Edoardo Mangiarotti UEFA 2009 Elvan Abeylegesse Ammanuel Merkorios Giuseppe Pillon Saúl Mendoza Bill Slater Pál Schmitt Herbert Ehlen 2010 Gao Feng Amin Motevaselzadeh Darius Draudvila Edwin Moses Tegla Loroupe 2011 Walter Kilger Laura Vaca Erika Miklósa Pál Szekeres 2012 Jochen Wollmert Sebastian Coe Carlos Gonçalves Christiana Pavlou Fenerbahçe S.K. U–15 team 2013 Martin Damsbo Mohamed Abdelaziz Ghonem International Children's Games Committee Hana Dragojevic "Triqui Children" Team 2014 Łukasz Kubot Javier Zanetti Ligue Francophone de Hockey Nilufar Muhiddinova 2015 Ruth Chebitok Ashley Liew Denis Samoylov 2016 Jorge Ariel Rodriguez Jacques Rogge Turkish Olympic CommitteeFair Play Committee Junior Men's Épée Team of Ukraine 2017 Thomas Baroukh and andThibault Colard Jacques Ferran Valerio Catoia 2018 Fabio Caramel Azad Rahimov David Smetanine Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan andUAE Wrestling and Judo Federation andInternational Judo Federation andEuroNews Péter László Gasztonyi 2019 Roger Casugay Carles Puyol Turkish National Olympic Committee Giovanni Borgonovo 2020 AEK Athens F.C. Nikita Simonyan Franco Ascani Maxime Mbanda City of Brussels 2021 Denmark national football team Mauro Borghi Wenke Thewis Giovanni Lava 2022 Kai Verbij Sheila Liliana Tejeda Kathrine Switzer Christian Hinterberger Stop Racism in Sport and Japan women's nationalunder-20 football team

Presidents Jean Borotra, CIFP founder, 1963–1988 Willi Daume, 1988–1996 , 1996–1999 Since 2000, Jenő Kamuti has served as the CIFP president.

Honorary Presidents Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, past President of the IOC (1974) René Maheu, the sixth Director-General of UNESCO (1974) Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the IOC (1981) Jean Borotra, "Honorary President – Founder" (1988) Jacques Rogge, President of the IOC (2003) Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO (2005)

See also FIFA Fair Play Award Jean Borotra Sportsmanship Award Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Pierre de Coubertin Medal, awarded by the IOC

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