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Dear Olympians, dear Friends,
Nearly four years ago, in my capacity of Olympian and Board Member of the World Olympians Association, I had the pleasure of introducing Peace and Sport, l’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport to you, an organisation which I had the honour of founding under the High Patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco and I continue to preside over.
At the time I told you about my vision and commitment to promote sport as a tool for peace education and peace-building in vulnerable communities. Today, I am happy to contact you once again to tell you about the involvement and dedication of 55 Champions and Olympians who are part of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club that Peace and Sport created in October 2009.
A great number of you have come forward with concrete initiatives, helping us to promote our message. Whether they are actions in the field or spectacular fund-raising operations, I have been astounded by your desire to contribute to our mission. Thank you for your creativity and generosity!
Our unique status of athletes and Olympians makes us conscious of the power that sport has to act as a dedicated and adapted tool to resolve deep-rooted social problems. A great number of you invest yourselves, either personally or in the context of concerted action. Please contact me if you have any ideas for projects. I am here so that together, we can make them become reality because you are the backbone of the Peace and Sport movement.
This newsletter tells you about some of the actions that you are engaged in and I would like to inform you about some upcoming operations, with the hope that this trip of the horizon will motivate more of you to get involved in the Champions for Peace club.
Peace through sport is the best fight that sport can offer. And we need to win this fight. Together.
Sportingly yours,
Joël
BOUZOU
President and founder, Peace and Sport
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An ace for peace! Our club has a new sport ‘heavyweight’: ATP world number 2 seed NOVAK DJOKOVIC, who joined our ‘Champions for Peace’ club during the recent Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.
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His unusual profile and charisma make “Djoko” a perfect champion to spread awareness about this cause to the millions of young tennis fans of throughout the world for whom Novak is an icon.
Enthusiastic and determined, he will involve his fans, reach out to new audiences and convince policy-makers that sport can and must contribute to sustainable peace.
Following his meeting with H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and Joël Bouzou, Novak Djokovic declared: "I am very proud that I was invited to become a Champion for Peace. I want to give back to the world the joy and fulfilment that I have received through tennis. I firmly believe that sport serves the cause of peace by improving the lives of young people and building bridges between communities. I want to contribute and become an actor for peace. The Peace and Sport organisation is the perfect platform to achieve this."
Novak will be on familiar ground in the club because no less than 6 Champions for Peace are tennis players : Ronald Agenor, Rohan Bopanna, Jean-Philippe Fleurian, Tatiana Golovin, Helena Suvoka, and Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi.
To find out more, click here |
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Looking for a new challenge? Keen to be part of the most famous race in the world? Want to serve a good cause?
Don’t waste any more time! Peace and Sport is an accredited charity for the ING New York marathon and has been allocated 20 entries that we are offering to you as a priority.
In line with the tradition of the Marathon organizers, amateur runners who want to compete in Peace and Sport’s colours will commit to raising a minimum of 2,500 Euros or $3,600. These funds will be entirely dedicated to implementing peace-promotion through sport projects in countries where Peace and Sport operates.
And you won’t be alone in your endeavour because 3 of our Champion, veritable running legends, are acting as patrons for the event.
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PAULA RADCLIFFE,
current Marathon world record-holder (2h 15min 25sec) and three-time winner of both the New York and London Marathons. She will be attending the marathon as a spectator, before her return to competition. |
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TEGLA LOROUPE,
world record-holder for 20, 25 and 30 km; triple world champion for half-marathon and the first African woman to have won the New York Marathon in 1994 and 1995! |
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WILSON KIPKETER,
three-time world champion of 800m between 1995 and 1999. The NY Marathon will be his first-ever marathon. |
Paula, Tegla et Wilson will provide intensive on-line training and offer their own personal advice to give totally unique technical, physical and mental preparation, culminating in a 2-hour group training session in Central Park on the eve of the event. The marathon takes place on 6 November 2011.
Get your running shoes on and join us so that we are the best marathon team in the world!
To sign up, follow this link
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On Friday, May 27, 2011, at 12:00, as a side event to the F1 Monaco Grand Prix, Pierre Frolla, multi-record-holder in free diving, will make a No-Limit dive to retrieve the official chequered flag of the 69th Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, located at a depth of more than 60m at the bottom of the sea, opposite Monaco’s Oceanographic Museum.
This unique exercise in the style of the film ‘The Big Blue’ has been christened ‘Operation Poseidon 2011’. Pierre himself (who holds 3 world records in free immersion in 1999, 2000 and 2001, and 1 in variable weight in 2004) organized this initiative!
This spectacular dive will be made in the presence of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and many other famous personalities.
At the end of the dive the flag will be auctioned and the proceeds will go to “Peace and Sport, l’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport”.
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The Grand Prix chequered flag was signed by some of the greatest athletes in the world during the Monaco Tennis Open 2011, including Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena, as well as H.S.H. PRINCE ALBERT II and Pierre Frolla.
On the Thursday before the F1 Monaco Grand Prix, the flag will also be signed by all the racing drivers competing in the race
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As every year, Peace and Sport attended the SportAccord Convention, which this year was held in London, to meet International Federations and decision-makers from sport governing bodies.
The 2011 edition had an extra special dimension due to the presence of a new team member, triple World Champion Wilson Kipketer, who spent 3 days on the Peace and Sport stand to speak to delegates about the role of athletes in peace-building missions….and to sign autographs for his numerous fans!
Wilson is famous on British soil for beating Seb Coe’s world record!
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Wilson was also the compère for a quiz at our cocktail reception. An unforgettable moment for the 200 guests who are members of the Peace and Sport community who tried to win the running shoes that Wilson wore when he won is last world record, which he held for 13 years.
The lucky winner was Mike Laflin, Editor of Sportcal Magazine and himself a middle-distance runner.
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The next edition of the Peace and Sport International Forum will take place in Monaco from 26 - 28 October 2011 in the presence of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The Peace and Sport International Forum has become the essential event in the diary of all stakeholders who strive to use sport to promote and build sustainable peace in vulnerable communities throughout the world. Over 500 leading figures from 100 countries are expected to attend this 5th edition. |
For the first time a plenary session will be entirely dedicated to athletes and how they would like to invest themselves in the cause. Sign up today and tell us if you would like to be a speaker at this event to share your experiences and desires.
Please contact us to let us know if you have any requests or question. All your suggestions concerning subjects and themes to be debated are welcome… this Forum is as much yours as ours and we listen to all your ideas.
See you in Monaco on 26 October!
Click here to see the provisional program for the 5th Peace and Sport International Forum |
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Champion for Peace from Kenya, Tegla Loroupe was named ‘Best female athlete’ in the Africa sport Hall of Fame during the 5th edition of the Africa International Sports Convention (CISA 2011) which closed on 19 March 2011 in Marrakesh.
A woman of outstanding warmth and courage, Tegla Loroupe literally flew in long-distance races in the second half of the 1990s.
Tegla notably holds world records in 20, 25 and 30 km. She has won the semi-marathon world championships three times and was the first African woman to win the most prestigious long-distance race: the New York Marathon, which she won twice. She also won the London, Boston, Hong-Kong, Berlin and Rome marathons, amongst others.
Tegla has been a United Nations Ambassador for Sport since 2006 and is an OXFAM Ambassador for peace and sport in Darfour. She has her own Foundation, which since 2003 has each year organized ‘Marathons for Peace’ in Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan. Tegla was nominated a ‘Community Hero’ during the Awards Ceremony for Kenyan sports personalities in 2007.
Congratulations Tegla, for this well-deserved award!
To find out more about Tegla Loroupe and her foundation, visit
http://www.teglapeacefoundation.org |
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You can now follow our activities and those of the entire Peace and Sport community on Facebook and Twitter.
Photos videos, comments and news updates…… follow our field programs in real time
Ideas, suggestions, comments? Don’t hesitate to add your posts and tweets!
And please ‘Like’ Peace and Sport to show your support.
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Encourage your fans to commit themselves with you in programs for peace-promotion and peacebuilding.
Peace and Sport has set up a process whereby you can put your name to one of our Locally-based
projects aimed at a particular target population to resolve and identified problem. On line, you can then
appeal to your fans to support the project and follow its progress.
To find out more about projects you can put your name to, please contact us. |
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