Fair Play Menarini Award 2025: A festival for ethics and sports spirit!

Fair Play Menarini Award 2025: A festival for ethics and sports spirit!

Florenz, Italien - Today, on July 2, 2025, the 29th edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Award in Florence and Fiesole was officially opened. This annual event distinguishes athletes who embody the values of ethics, loyalty and respect in sports. The festive opening event took place in the evening in the picturesque Piazzale Michelangelo and offered a gala dinner for the award winners. In her speech, Mayor Sara Funaro von Florenz emphasized the essential values of the sport, including commitment, persistence, empathy and team spirit, as the cornerstone for a successful sporting future.

The award ceremony will take place on Thursday, July 3, in the Roman Theater of Fiesole and promises to map the variety of sports from which the award winners come. According to the Fair Play Menarini Foundation, which the award winners announced, top -class athletes are among the excellent ones.

excellent athletes and honors

The prominent award winners include Luis Figo, the Ballon d’Or winner, as well as numerous successful athletes from different disciplines. The list includes:

• Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump, world champion 2023, Olympic champion 2021)
• nadia battocetti (silver medal over 10,000 meters, Paris 2024)
• Blanka Vlasic (high jump, double world champion, Olympic medal)
• Andy Diaz (triple jump, bronze paris 2024, indoor world champion)
• Rigivan Ganeshamoorthy (discus throw, gold medal Paralympics 2022)
• Demetrio Albertini (football, world and European champions)
• Arianna Errigo (fencing, 10 world championship titles, 4 Olympic medals)
• Alice Bellandi (judo, Olympic champion)
• sasha vujacic (basketball, double NBA champion)
• Guido Meda (sports journalism)

In addition, three young talents are awarded the "Young Athletes" Fair Play Menarini Award: Nicola Nardo, Michele Vivalda and Alessandro Bugli.

social importance of fair play

The event takes place in a close partnership with Sky TG24, which coordinates the reporting on the award ceremony. Giovanni Malagò, President of the CONI, emphasizes the importance of fair play for society and the upbringing of young generations. Sport is seen as a platform that not only promotes physical fitness, but also bourgeois values and ethics, as the research of F. Bockrath shows at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Sport conveys essential values such as teamwork and tolerance, which are important for the moral development of young people.

The award ceremony is free of charge, but registration is required to take part in the event. The event is supported by Istituto via IL Credito Sportivo e Culturale as well as partners such as sustenium, FRECCIAROSSA, ESTRA and Adiacent. News and updates are available on the official website and social media of Fair Play Menarini Foundation.