Panathlon International (PI) is a global umbrella organization of "Panathlon clubs", which are nonprofit non-governmental organizations promoting sports ethics and fair play and opposing discrimination and politicisation in sport. Panathalon International is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).IOC recognized organisations It is a member of the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), and associate member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations. The name "Panathlon" is from Greek "all" + "sport".

PI has more than 300 clubs in 30 countries in 4 continents, with a head office in Rapallo, Italy. As well as promotional work, PI and its members support research on topics concerning sport and its relations with society.

History The first club was created on 12 June 1951 in Venice by Mario Viali of the Italian National Olympic Committee and some friends, mostly members of the local Rotary Club.Magi 2011 p.13 Ludovico Foscari coined the name "Panathlon" and the motto , Latin for . In 1953 seven clubs formed the Italian Panathlon Association.Magi 2011 p.14 In 1960 Panathlon International was formed by members from Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and France.

, there is no Panathlon International club in the United Kingdom. On that date PI met with the Panathlon Foundation, a UK charity promoting youth disabled sports, to discuss co-operation to enable a UK PI club to use the name "Panathlon".

Goals As an independent organization, Panathlon aims at: Promoting culture and ethics in sport Working together with organizations that have the same goals Presenting suggestions to handle acute and chronic problems in sport Stimulating reflection and discussion on "ethics and integrity" (both values-based and rules-based approaches) in modern sports based on scientific research

Actions

Panathlon's actions on integrity in sport have been fueled by the fact that sport is often beset by poor practice, corruption, and harmful behaviors. Sport has to remain credible and must be continuously proactive if it wants to sustain its positive values. Panathlon is therefore considering what should be done to ensure that the positive potential of sport can prevail in the complex commercialized and globalized sporting landscape of the 21st century. Its position is that it would be naïve to think that sport automatically elicits and promotes positive effects and that remaining silent on obvious aberrations would condone complicity.

A modern integrity management framework aims at preventing serious integrity violations on the one hand (rules-based approach), and promoting integrity through stimulating understanding commitment and capacity for ethical decision-making. On the other hand, PI demonstrates a "values-based approach." To direct its actions, Panathlon International adopts the "values-based approach" which is about supporting and stimulating (code of ethics) and limits itself to stimulate sports federations and sports authorities to address controlling and sanctioning (code of ethics). The Panathlon Declaration of Ethics in Youth Sports adopted by UNICEF, the IOC, SportAccord, international federations (FIFA, UCI, IAAF, FIBA, FIG and others), organizations (ENGSO, EUPEA and others) as well as National Olympic Committees (Belgium, Netherlands, Uruguay and others) exemplifies this "values-based approach."

Presidents No. Name Years 1 Fernando Pozzani 1955–1957 2 1957–1968 3 1968–1972 4 1972–1976 5 Sisto Favre 1976–1977 6 Paolo Cappabianca 1977–1988 7 Antonio Spallino 1988–1996 8 Vittorio Adorni 1996–2004 9 Enrico Prandi 2004–2012 10 2012–2016 11 Pierre Zappelli 2016-

Flambeau d'Or The Flambeau d'Or (Golden Torch) is an award that is presented every four years. It aims to reward distinguished international sports personalities. It is awarded in three categories for outstanding achievements in sport promotion, sport culture and organisation.

+ Past Winners Year Promotion Culture Organisation 1972 Giulio Onesti Avery Brundage Willi Daume 1976 Marc Hodler Lord Killanin Juan Antonio Samaranch 1980 Mohamed Mzali Nikolaos Nissiotis Beppe Croce 1984 João Havelange Franco Carraro Mario Vazquez Rana 1988 Un Yong Kim Giulio Andreotti Anselmo Lopez 1992 Jacques Rogge Raymond Gafner Pasqual Maragall y Mira 1996 Pelé Hans Erni Gerhard Heiberg 2000 Albert II, Prince of Monaco He Zhenliang Michael Knight 2004 Sergey Bubka Bruno Grandi Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki 2008 Oscar Pistorius Hein Verbruggen

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