Olympic Laurel

The Olympic Laurel is a distinction awarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to honour those who have "made significant achievements in education, culture, development and peace through sport". It was introduced in 2016 to implement part of recommendation 26 of Olympic Agenda 2020,[1] and will be presented during the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. IOC President Thomas Bach stated that the award reconnects the Olympics the ideals and values of the Ancient Olympic Games.[2] The trophy features a laurel wreath and the Olympic rings which are made out of Fairmined Gold and the base is a stone from Ancient Olympia.[3][2]

Olympic Laurel
Presented byInternational Olympic Committee

List of Olympic Laurel recipients
Year Name Reference
2016 Kenya Kipchoge Keino [4]
2020 Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus [5]

References
  1. "Plympic agaenda recommendations" (PDF). stillmed.olympic.org. 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  2. "New Olympic Laurel Award to "Reconnect with the Ideals and Values of the Ancient Olympic Games" - Olympic News". Olympic.org. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  3. fairmined on August 13, 2016 in Events (2016-08-13). "THE OLYMPIC LAUREL: A new trophy made of Fairmined Gold". Fairmined. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  4. "Kip Keino to receive Olympic Laurel distinction". IOC. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. "Bangladesh's Nobel laureate to become the second recipient of Olympic Laurel". 21 July 2021.


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