Panathlon International

With great pleasure we announce the first initiative of the Culture, Research and Education Commission of Panathlon International: a series of Webinars, which brings current topics to be discussed and implemented in our Panathlon Clubs.

Topic: How to make sedentary people more active: a proposal for Panathlon Clubs

Sedentariness is the No. 1 Enemy of public health, responsible for diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart attack, stroke and even mental problems such as memory loss and depression. But the good news? Physical activity is the best remedy!

In this special event, Dr. Victor Matsudo (CV) , world reference in Sports Medicine, creator of the Agita São Paulo Programme and member of the IOC and WHO committees, will present effective strategies to promote a more active lifestyle in communities.

 Moderator: Antonio Carlos Bramante, President of the Culture, Research and Education Commission of Panathlon International.

Do not miss to participate and share this message on your social media. 

click here https://bit.ly/webinarseries-pi 

Free event

For the first time AI will be used for translation: the webinar will be held in the original language with subtitles translated into all languages 

⏰Check the time of the event against the time in your country:

https://24timezones.com/it_fuso_orario/brazil_sorocaba_ora.php 

President Giorgio Chinellato, together with Past-President Pierre Zappelli and Fabio Figueiras, member of Panathlon International's CCSE, met with the representatives the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. The meeting was aimed at presenting and discussing PI's projects and initiatives for the dissemination of Olympic and Panathletic values, as well as planning possible future collaborations between Panathlon and the IOC.

Before the meeting with IOC representatives, the delegation had a meeting with Mario Almeida, President of Panathlon Club Lisbon, again emphasizing the importance of collaboration between Clubs at the international level.

Fair Play News

Dans le cadre de sa mission de promotion du Fair-Play, le Panathlon Wallonie-Bruxelles lance la 19ᵉ édition de son concours d’expression artistique sur le Fair-Play.

Ce concours vise à sensibiliser et conscientiser la société à l’importance du Fair-Play dans le sport, l’enseignement et la citoyenneté, ainsi qu’aux valeurs positives qu’il véhicule, en invitant chacun à réaliser une œuvre sur cette thématique.

Que vous soyez un grand artiste ou un amateur, ce concours est fait pour vous !

En solo ou en équipe, donnez vie à votre créativité autour du Fair-Play.

Exprimez votre talent et illustrez le Fair-Play !

Toutes les techniques sont acceptées : dessin, peinture, digital, chant, danse… Laissez libre cours à votre imagination !

 Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant en remplissant ce formulaire 

https://www.panathlon.be/le-concours-darts-graphiques-2025/ 

 Vous avez jusqu’au 6 juin 2025 pour participer ! Alors, à vos pinceaux, crayons, tablettes et micros… Créez, osez et tentez votre chance ! 

La esperada XXXV Gala del Deporte Querétaro 2025 ya tiene a sus galardonados. En una sesión solemne celebrada en enero, el Panathlon Club Querétaro determinó la lista de homenajeados, quienes recibirán su reconocimiento el próximo jueves 13 de marzo de 2025, a las 17:30 hrs., en el Auditorio Fernando Díaz Ramírez de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.

Este evento, con 35 años de historia, premia a los atletas, entrenadores y figuras clave en la promoción del deporte en la entidad.

La cérémonie des Mérites sportifs de Molenbeek a choisi de se placer délibérément sous le signe du Fair-Play et de l’Inclusion. L’allocution de Marie-Antoinette Dassi (1/2 finaliste en para-taekwondo à Paris) et Hana Alayyan (A.M.A Jeunesse GYM) sur l’inclusion sociale, le handicap et le Fair-Play dans le sport a donné le ton et capté l’attention d’une salle remplie de centaines de sportifs et de leurs familles. S’adressant avec émotion à toutes les personnes extraordinaires en situation de handicap, elles ont affirmé d’une seule voix :

« Tu as ta place ici ; c’est cela l’inclusion : ouvrir les portes au lieu de les fermer. »

 Dans le même esprit, Philippe Housiaux, Président du Panathlon Wallonie-Bruxelles, a poursuivi sur cette thématique, allant jusqu’à affirmer que la grande communauté des sportifs, à Molenbeek comme dans le monde entier, a un rôle clé à jouer dans la construction de la paix, au sens large du terme.

Depuis l’école (mise à l’honneur avec l’École Fair-Play), en passant par les clubs et les sportifs (présentation des ateliers Fair-Play), jusqu’aux actions de citoyenneté (Distinction et Fair-Play Gold Card remises à Léo Deschamps pour son engagement bénévole de plus de 50 ans dans le domaine de la natation), cette cérémonie a démontré que chacun a un rôle à jouer pour recréer une société plus harmonieuse et bienveillante.

Le chemin est long, mais l’objectif est ambitieux et essentiel.

The Council of Europe’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) is organising a Breakfast Roundtable on women’s health and sport on the occasion of International Women's Day. The event will take place on Friday 7 March 2025 from 9.30 am to 12.00 noon (CET, Strasbourg time). 

The roundtable will bring together international experts and guests who will deliver presentations about initiatives in place to ensure that women and girl’s health in sport is factored in in practical terms and will set forth some of the major areas of concern, including physical health and mental health issues, amongst other topics. There will be two panels, one focusing on lived experiences, and a second one looking into practical solutions to improve the situation for girls and women taking part in sport. 

The programme of the event is available here

https://www.coe.int/en/web/sport/breakfast-roundtable-2025

The meeting of the Science, Culture and Education Commission (CCSE) of Panathlon International (PI) took place on-line on 13 February.

All the members were present:  Fabio Figueiras, Kole Gjeloshaj, Raffaella Masciadri, Carla Spielmann besides the President of the CCSE Antonio Bramante, the International President Giorgio Chinellato, the IB member Christian Garrabos, the Secretary General Simona Callo and Debora Quercioli (General Secretariat).

Various topics were discussed including changing the name of the Commission, introducing the word ‘research’, planning webinars, producing contributions to write articles for communication, and collaborating with other organizations.

It was proposed to organize the first webinar on the topic of physical activity for the second half of March, with Dr. Victor Matsudo as guest speaker, and to continue with bi-monthly editions in the following months. The creation of a Club Prize for the best project on the Congress theme was also proposed, to be awarded in 2026.

The International President, Giorgio Chinellato, emphasized the importance of involving the Paralympic Committee and the IOC, while President Bramante invited the members to express their area of specialization. The discussion also touched upon an innovative project in collaboration with Belgian universities to create a network of young students committed to ethics in sport, which has already been approved by PI. 

Finally, the problem of the language barrier in webinars was addressed, proposing to translate materials and adapt formats to reach a global audience. The meeting concluded with a commitment to continue the discussion via email.

The Special Olympics Winter World Games in Turin are approaching, but while waiting for the opening ceremony that will take place on 8th March, the 25th of February was a very important day.

In fact, the Special Olympics Community Run took place simultaneously throughout Italy.

20 cities, 1000 runners, half of whom were Special Olympics athletes, carried the Olympic flame through the various cities, involving schools, associations and volunteers to send a very strong message of awareness and inclusion throughout the country.

It was even more special in Venice, where the Olympic Torch is traditionally escorted by the police. In fact, the torch was carried from the Venice Police Headquarters, where the police and local police runners met with the special athletes and volunteers of the Venice Marathon to welcome the arrival of the lantern and watch the Prefect light the torch. From here the procession started, escorted as always, and carried the fire of Olympia to the Campo della Salute. Here, in front of the stage where the authorities were seated, the Olympic brazier was lit and, with the blessing of the Patriarch, the torch was returned to the police headquarters by water, as tradition dictates.

On the stage of authorities, representing Panathlon, was the President of Panathlon International, Giorgio Chinellato. The President of the Panathlon Club Venice, Diego Vecchiato, and the past president, Giuseppe Zambon were also present.

President Giorgio Chinellato's presence was important and greatly desired and testifies to his sensitivity towards the world of Paralympic sport. It's a feeling that was born the first time he had to deal with special athletes in the pool, when in the water these extraordinary people find their magnificent dimension and move with ease. And it's a bond shared with his friend and panathlete Elisabetta Pusiol, Director of the Veneto Region of Special Olympics Italy, who was also present in the front row at the event.

The friendship is long-standing, and their shared passion for the world of Paralympic movement has constantly strengthened it, offering them many magnificent moments in which the athletes have been able to pass on valuable lessons and truly extraordinary emotions.

It is certainly no coincidence that the President wanted to keep the delegation for Paralympic sport for himself. "I have always been close to the extraordinary world of Paralympic athletes, magnificent people. Elisabetta Pusiol, Director for the Veneto region of Special Olympics, and I have been friends since our school days, and over time we have shared many occasions when we have worked for special athletes, all very exciting. Among many other episodes, I fondly remember an improvised fundraising to enable our Italian team to fly to the World Championships in Mexico in 2004, and a magnificent parade in Venice with athletes from all over the world parading in front of the stage in Piazza San Marco, with the banner of the Panathlon Club of Venice-Mestre bringing the procession to a close. Working with Paralympic athletes is wonderful, and what we receive in return for our work, what we learn from them, is priceless to say the least."

So, let's all get ready to support the Italians at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, which will certainly be a magnificent event.

The road to give the right visibility to the extraordinary people who train hard every day and give their all in the competitions they take part in is still long, but Panathlon is at their side and at the forefront of this noble battle, whose work and values it fully shares.

You can follow all the events of Special Olympics Italy on the website of the association or on its Facebook page.

by Mario Boranga

Communication delegate Panathlon Club Pordenone

Silvia Camporesi, new member of the Panathlon Club of Brussels EU, has received from President Giovanni Malagò the Diploma of Honour of CONI. This recognition rewards her competence and professionalism in very topical issues, closely linked to the ethical values of the Panathletic Movement. 

The diploma was conferred with the second prize for the technical section of the short story section for her essay ‘’Partire (S)vantaggiati: Corpi Bionici e Atleti Geneticamente Modificati’.   

The book, published in Fandango's Icaro series, addresses some of the hottest issues in sports ethics, including genetic doping, the participation of non-binary bodies in the female category, and the question of assistive technology between disability and super-ability.   

Silvia Camporesi is a sports bioethicist with an interdisciplinary background in biotechnology and philosophy of medicine. She is Professor of Sports Ethics and Integrity at the KU Leuven University in Belgium, where she is co-director of iCERIS, an interdisciplinary centre for ethics, regulation and integrity in sport, and Master's in Sports Integrity and Ethics.

Since 2021, she has been a member of the World Anti-Doping Association's (WADA) Expert Group of Ethics Advisors. Participates in an innovative project (MAISI / DAISI) in collaboration with Belgian universities, aimed at creating a network of young students committed to ethics in sport, already approved by  PI.