Highest award of the Olympic Movement
Olympic Order and its miniature badge, produced byGDE Bertoni Milano , Collection Fabio Ferrari TheOlympic Order , established in 1975, is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. It is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport. Traditionally, theIOC bestows the Olympic Order upon the chief national organiser(s) at the closing ceremony of each respectiveOlympic Games .
The Olympic Order was established in May 1975 by theInternational Olympic Committee as a successor to theOlympic Diploma of Merit . The Olympic Order originally had three grades (gold ,silver andbronze ). In 1984, at the 87th IOC Session inSarajevo (Yugoslavia ), it was decided that there would be no distinction between the silver and bronze order.
The insignia of the Olympic Order is in the form of acollar (orchain ), in Gold, Silver or Bronze according to grade; the front of the chain depicts the five rings of theOlympic Movement , flanked on either side bykotinos emblem (olive wreath ). A lapel badge, in the form of miniature five rings andkotinos in Gold, Silver and Bronze according to grade, is presented to recipients to wear as appropriate.
Dr Ulrich Feldhoff sporting his Chain of the Olympic Order The following is alist of recipients of the Olympic Order . Some no longer have their orders, as they have been withdrawn.[ 1]
Silver Olympic Order [ edit ] Bronze Olympic Order [ edit ] Recipients with missing data [ edit ] Following is the list of recipients of Olympic Order with some missing data like year of award, country and colour of award.
Elena Mukhina became the youngest recipient of the Olympic Order in 1982 when she was 22 years old at the time of her award. She was also the only member of the Olympic Order who never competed at the Olympics.
Carlos Arthur Nuzman andNadia Comaneci are the two only athletes to be awarded the Olympic Order twice.
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