Panathlon International

Panathlon International (PI) is a global umbrella organisation of "Panathlon clubs", which are nonprofit non-governmental organisations promoting sports ethics and fair play and opposing discrimination and politicisation in sport. PI is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)[1] and is a member of the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP)[2] and associate member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations. The name "Panathlon" is from Greek pan "all" + athlon "sport".

"Panathlon" redirects here. For the UK parasport charity, see Panathlon Foundation.
Panathlon International
Formation1960
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersItaly Rapallo
Official language
English, French
President
Switzerland Pierre Zappelli
Websitepanathlon-international.org

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.[3] Ludovico Foscari coined the name "Panathlon" and the motto ludis iungit, Latin for "[Panathlon] unites by means of sport".[3] In 1953 seven clubs formed the Italian Panathlon Association.[4] In 1960 Panathlon International was formed by members from Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and France.[4]

As of 12 April 2018 there is no Panathlon International club in the United Kingdom.[5] On that date PI met with the Panathlon Foundation, a UK charity promoting youth disabled sport, to discuss co-operation with a view to enabling a UK PI club to use the name "Panathlon".[5]

Goals

As an independent organization, Panathlon aims at:

  • promoting culture and ethics in sport
  • working together with organizations having 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 approach) in modern sport based on scientific research

Actions

Panathlon's actions on integrity in sport have been fuelled by the fact that sport is often beset by poor practice, corruption, and harmful behaviours. 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 make that the positive potential of sport can be 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 (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 sport federations and sport 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
1Fernando Pozzani1955-1957
2Aldo Mairano1957-1968
3Saverio Giulini1968-1972
4Demetrio Balestra1972-1976
5Sisto Favre1976-1977
6Paolo Cappabianca1977–1988
7Antonio Spallino1988–1996
8Vittorio Adorni1996–2004
9Enrico Prandi2004-2012
10Giacomo Santini2012-2016
11Pierre Zappelli2016-

Flambeau d'Or

The Flambeau d'Or (Golden Torch) is an award that is presented every four years. It aims to reward distinguished international sport personalities. It is awarded in three categories for outstanding achievements in sport promotion, sport culture and organisation.[6]

Past Winners
Year Promotion Culture Organisation
1972Giulio OnestiAvery BrundageWilli Daume
1976Marc HodlerLord KillaninJuan Antonio Samaranch
1980Mohamed MzaliNikolaos NissiotisBeppe Croce
1984João HavelangeFranco CarraroMario Vazquez Rana
1988Un Yong KimGiulio AndreottiAnselmo Lopez
1992Jacques RoggeRaymond GafnerPasqual Maragall y Mira
1996PeléHans ErniGerhard Heiberg
2000Albert II, Prince of MonacoHe ZhenliangMichael Knight
2004Sergey Bubka[7]Bruno Grandi[8]Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
2008Oscar PistoriusGudrun Doll-Tepper[9]Hein Verbruggen

References

Sources
  • Magi, Carlo Alberto (2011). Sixty years in the world of sport / 60 ans dans le sport (in English and French). FrancoAngeli. ISBN 978-88-568-6821-0. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

Citations
  1. IOC recognized organisations
  2. "CIFP Members — Ordinary Members". International Fair Play Committee. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. Magi 2011 p.13
  4. Magi 2011 p.14
  5. Chiappe, Emanuela. "A bridge leading towards Great Britain". www.panathlon-international.org. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  6. "Flambeau d'Or".
  7. "Sergiy Bubka receives "Golden Torch 2005" international prize". Archived from the original on 2012-05-31.
  8. "Biography" (PDF).
  9. "Professor Gudrun Doll-Tepper Honored with Two International Awards".
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