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The XXVI Fair Play Menarini International Award opens with a press conference at CONI
The Award, which began in 1997, will see outstanding personalities — in terms of sporting achievements and capacity to act as ambassadors of the essential principles of "fair play" — gathering in Florence and Castiglion Fiorentino (Arezzo). With fifteen categories and sixteen winners, the XXVI Fair Play Menarini International Award brings together exceptional stars of water sports from around the globe, particularly swimming and diving from " ", , to Australian "race of the century" phenomenon and record champion . There are also plenty of VIPs from the world of football, with renowned Argentinian coach and two heroes of the pitch, and . Another legendary footballer this year is , who will be receiving the Paolo Rossi Special Award in the Youth Role Model Category, a title bestowed on the award last year in memory of the 1982 World Cup champion who passed away in 2020. The list of extraordinary talents involved in the upcoming edition also includes Australian motorcycle champion , , the target-shooting champ who brought home San Marino's first-ever Olympic medal, and former volleyball player and trainer . Alongside them are taekwondo athlete , winner of a gold medal at Tokyo 2020, and , who gave Italy its first-ever Olympic medal for curling with a gold in the mixed doubles. The duo of and will also bring their impressive achievements in Paralympic Alpine skiing to the Fair Play Menarini International Awards. But it is not only professional athletes who will receive awards. The Franco Lauro Special Award (Narrating Emotions) will go to journalist , while is the promising young taekwondo athlete who has won the Fiamme Gialle Special Award (Study and Sport).
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" " announced the Board members of the Fair Play Menarini Foundation. " "
While remaining true to the traditions of its long history, the three days of the XXVI Fair Play Menarini International Award will take an ambitious new approach. One of the most important changes concerns the locations. will be where these sports legends come together, in Palazzo Vecchio's Salone dei Cinquecento, for the (Champions Tell Their Stories), led by and broadcast live on TV on the RTV38 channel on the evening of . Then, there will be that the traditional Menarini gala dinner will be held in Florence in Piazzale Michelangelo on Wednesday 6 July.
The presentation has been entrusted to and and will be held in in the magnificent setting of Loggiato Vasariano in Piazza del Municipio on , with a live TV broadcast on Sportitalia.
- Category: (Career in Fair Play) — ROBERTO DONADONI
- Category: Fair Play — MASSIMO AMBROSINI
- Category: (Sport Beyond Sport) — GIACOMO BERTAGNOLLI and ANDREA RAVELLI (a single award with two plaques)
- Category: (The Gesture) — MARCELO BIELSA
- Category: (Sport and Life) — CASEY STONER
- Category: (Lifetime Achievement in Sport) — MARCO BRACCI
- Category: (Legendary Figures) — IAN THORPE
- Category: SUSTENIUM Energia e Cuore - (Legendary Figures) — FEDERICA PELLEGRINI
- Category: Paolo Rossi Special Award (Youth Role Model) — FABRIZIO RAVANELLI
- Category: (Social Values in Sport) — VITO DELL 'AQUILA
- Category: (Promotion of Sport) — ALESSANDRA PERILLI
- Category: (A Smile for Life) — TANIA CAGNOTTO
- Category: (Educational Values in Sport) — STEFANIA CONSTANTINI
- Category: Franco Lauro Special Award (Narrating Emotions) — GIORGIO PORRÀ
- Category: Fiamme Gialle Special Award (Study and Sport) — BEATRICE CORADESCHI
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