Fair Play Menarini: Sports legends and talents in the spotlight!

Fair Play Menarini: Sports legends and talents in the spotlight!

Florenz, Italien - On June 11, 2025, the Fair Play Menarini Foundation Foundation announced the winners of the 29th edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Award. The award ceremony will take place on July 2 and 3 in Florence and Fiesole and aims to honor sports legends from various disciplines that actively work for the values ​​of ethics, loyalty and respect in sport. Giovanni Malagò, President of the CONI, emphasizes the crucial importance of fair play in both sport and everyday life. The event is accompanied by Sky TG24, with moderation by Rachele Sangiuliano, Michele Cagiano and Omar Schillaci.

This year's award winners include outstanding athletes such as the high jump world champion and Olympic champion Gianmarco Tamberi and the talent Nadia Battocetti, who has won a silver medal over 10,000 meters. Other excellent athletes are the two -time world champion Blanka Vlasic in the high jump, the bronze triple jumping winner Andy Diaz and Rigivan Ganeshamoorthy, who won gold at the Paralympics in the Gold Discus throw. In addition, football icon Demetrio Albertini, fleet fencer Arianna Errigo with her ten world championship titles and archer Paola Fantato, who won eight medals at Paralympics, receive awards for her services.

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Young talents are also recognized this year: Nicola Nardo, Michele Vivalda and Alessandro Bugli receive the "Young Athletes" Fair Play Menarini Award for their extraordinary fair play gestures. The award ceremony also includes the special prize "Fiend Gibea" for "studying and sport", which will be awarded in Florence on June 26th. This award is aimed at athletes who are both sporty and academically successful and thus represent a role model for young people.

The 29th awarding of the Fair Play Menarini Awards again focuses on the values ​​of the sports ethics, which deals with moral and ethical questions in sports. Sportethik includes principles such as fairness, respect and integrity and guarantees fair and respectful sporting activities. The focus on these values ​​promotes positive cooperation and prevents discrimination, which is particularly important in young sports to support personal growth and fair play. Sportethik thus becomes a central element that demands moral decisions and adequate behavior in competition.

The traditional gala dinner will take place on July 2 in the Michelangelo piazzale, followed by the actual award ceremony on July 3 in the Roman Theater in Fiesole. Prominent guests will take part in the event, including Giorgio Porrà, Giancarlo Antognoni and Fabio Cannavaro. Menarini, as the main sponsor, emphasizes the commitment to health, sport and social responsibility. All details about the event are on ots.at and menariniblog.de available.