Awards of European Olympic Committee
17.12.2011 World
Britain’s David Hemery, the 1968 Olympic 400 metres champion, was awarded the prestigious European Olympic Committees’ (EOC) 2011 Laurel Award in Sochi. Writes insidethegames.
Hemery received the award at the 40th EOC General Assembly from Ireland's Patrick Hickey, President of the EOC.The Laurel Award is bestowed by the EOC to individuals in Europe who have achieved remarkable sporting merit and have performed outstanding services for sport in their country. Hemery was one of three distinguished figures to receive the Laurel Award. The others were France's Alain Calmat, the 1964 Olympic figure skating silver medallist and his country's former Sports Minister, and Portugal's Luis Santos, who has played a strategic role in the promotion of handball in his country. Later, Polish cyclist Tobiasz Lis was the first receipent of an award for most promising young sportperson in Europe created in honour of Piotr Nurowski, the former President of the Polish Olympic Committee (POC) who was killed in a plane crash last year.
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