Pierre de Coubertin medal

The **Pierre de Coubertin medal** is awarded by the International Olympic Committee and recognizes those who demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in the Olympic Games. The medal is not the same award as the Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy, which is awarded by the International Fair Play Committee.

## Recipients

|width=18%|Recipient|width=14%|Country|width=32%|Accomplishment(s)|width=18%|Date|width=18%|Place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Juan Antonio Samaranch|align=left||Seventh President of the International Olympic Committee|1997|—||||
|align=left|Leon Štukelj|align=left||—|12 November 1999 (awarded posthumously)|—||||
|align=left|Raymond Gafner|align=left||—|1999|—||||
|align=left|Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|align=left||—|2000|—||||
|align=left|João Havelange|align=left||—|2000|—||||
|align=left|Gianni Agnelli|align=left||—|2000|—||||
|align=left|Alain Danet|align=left||—|2000|—||||
|align=left|Kurt Furgler|align=left||—|2000|—||||
|align=left|Henry Kissinger|align=left||—|2000|—||||
|align=left|Yoshiaki Tsutsumi|align=left||—|2000|—||||
|align=left|Emil Zátopek|align=left||1952 Summer Olympics|6 December 2000 (awarded posthumously)|Helsinki, Finland||||
|align=left|Kéba Mbaye|align=left||—|2001|—||||
|align=left|Rodolphe Leising|align=left||—|2001|—||||
|align=left|Wolf Lyberg|align=left||—|2001|—||||
|align=left|Spencer Eccles|align=left||2002 Winter Olympics|February 2002|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States||||
|align=left|Artur Takac|align=left||—|2002|—||||
|align=left|Conrado Durantez|align=left||—|2002|—||||
|align=left|Hilda Múdra|align=left||—|2002|—||||
|align=left|Carlos Luña Longo|align=left||—|2002|—||||
|align=left|Walburga Grimm|align=left||—|2003|—||||
|align=left|Cecilia Tait|align=left||—|2003|—||||
|align=left|Marino Ercolani Casadei|align=left||—|2003|—||||
|align=left|Julio Ernesto Cassanello|align=left||—|2003|—||||
|align=left|Vanderlei de Lima|align=left||2004 Summer Olympics|29 August 2004|Athens, Greece||||
|align=left|Erwin Niedermann|align=left||—|2004|—||||
|align=left|Heiner Heinze|align=left||—|2004|—||||
|align=left|Martin Franken|align=left||In recognition of his contribution to the promotion of the Olympic Movement and services to the IOC|16 November 2006|Lausanne, Switzerland||||
|align=left|Elena Novikova-Belova|align=left||2007 XI International Scientific Congress|17 May 2007|Minsk, Belarus||||
|align=left|Shaul Ladany|align=left||"Unusual outstanding sports achievements during a span covering over four decades"|17 May 2007|Minsk, Belarus||||
|align=left|Manfred Bergman|align=left||For services rendered to the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic cause|December, 2008|Lausanne, Switzerland||||
|align=left|Boyan Radev|align=left||—|15 September 2009|—||||
|align=left|Eric Monnin|align=left||Olympic education specialist|2012|—||||
|align=left|Bob Nadin|align=left||Ice hockey referee|2012|—||||
|align=left|Richard Garneau|align=left||2014 Winter Olympics|6 February 2014 (awarded posthumously)|Sochi, Russia||||
|align=left|Michael Hwang|align=left||"Exceptional services to the Olympic movement"|13 October 2014|Singapore, Singapore||||
|align=left|Eduard von Falz-Fein|align=left||"[L]ong service to the Olympic movement"|17 February 2017|Vaduz, Liechtenstein||||
|align=left|Lü Junjie|align=left||Zisha artist|16 January 2018|Lausanne, Switzerland||||
|align=left|Han Meilin|align=left||Chinese artist most recognized today for his creation of the Fuwa dolls for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.|24 April 2018|Lausanne, Switzerland||||

## Related pages

- Olympic Cup
- Olympic Order