Panathlon International

The International Committee Fair Play established as the deadline the 15 February 2025, to stand as a candidate for World Awards 2024.

Clubs are invited to send their nominations to the Secretariat not later than 31 January 2025

• Nomination Guide 2024
• Nomination - Act of Fair Play
• Nomination - Career in the spirit of Fair Play
• Nomination - Fair Play Trophy for the Youth
• Nomination - Promotion of Fair Play

Il giornalista Iacopo Volpi ospite del Panathlon Valdarno Superiore per il prestigioso Premio "Niccolò Carosio". Alla karateka Emma Monnetti il 'Premio Panathlon 2024' e al Panathlon Valdarno il titolo di "Club P.I. dell'Anno".

16/12/2024 – Il noto giornalista Iacopo Volpi ospite d'onore della Conviviale degli auguri del Panathlon Club Valdarno Superiore, per la cerimonia di consegna del prestigioso Premio giornalistico 'Niccolò Carosio', con il patrocinio dell'Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti, ed assegnato ogni due anni dal Club service della Presidente Manuela Bagnolesi. Nell'albo d'oro del Premio, nato nel 1988, figurano i migliori giornalisti italiani: da Candido Cannavò e Italo Cucci a Bruno Pizzul, da Sandro Ciotti e Fabrizio Maffei, da Riccardo Maria Cucchi a Marino Bartoletti che ha ricevuto il premio nel 2022. 

Volpi, attuale Direttore di 'Rai Sport', è una colonna portante del giornalismo in casa Rai, dove lavora da ben 45 anni. E' il telecronista che ha fatto scoprire con la sua passione ancora intatta il grande volley agli italiani con le partite delle Nazionali vincenti a cavallo degli anni Ottanta e Novanta e conduttore di varie edizioni di '90° minuto' e de 'La Domenica Sportiva', nonché inventore dei magazine 'Notti Europee', 'Notti Mondiali' e 'Notti Olimpiche'. Il giornalista ha tracciato un bel ritratto del grande allenatore Julio Velasco, suo amico personale, ed ha parlato dell'epoca d'oro del volley italiano maschile e femminile e che oggi è nuovamente tornata: suo è il termine poi diventato proverbiale 'Generazione di Fenomeni'.   

Durante la serata, è stato assegnato anche l'annuale Premio Panathlon, dedicato al miglior risultato sportivo valdarnese dell'ultima annata sportiva e scelto dai soci del Club. Quest'anno il riconoscimento è andato alla giovane karateka Emma Monnetti, appena 22enne, ma che pratica questo sport da quando aveva 4 anni, sotto la guida del padre e Maestro Matteo Monnetti. Per Emma, dopo innumerevoli trofei, quest'anno i titoli di Campionessa Mondiale nella categoria +60kg e Campionessa Mondiale a squadre miste. 

Infine, il noto Premio giornalistico valdarnese intitolato a Romano Alfieri, è stato assegnato a Francesco Pianigiani, noto giornalista e radiocronista locale, in forza attualmente alla redazione sportiva di Radio Emme e Addetto stampa da anni della Società Terranuova Traiana. 

Presenti alla Conviviale degli auguri anche il Presidente dell'Ordine dei Giornalisti del Lazio Guido d'Ubaldo, la giornalista senese Giovanna Romano e il Governatore Panathlon International Area 6 Toscana Andrea Da Roit, che ha annunciato l'assegnazione al Panathlon Club Valdarno Superiore del Premio 'Club dell'Anno' per l'attività svolta.  

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Panathlon Club Valdarno Superiore

Last 11th December Panathlon International, the Secretary General Callo Simona together with Rossi Monica Administrative Secretary, participated in the fourth and last webinar organised by the IOC for 2024 dedicated to ‘Good Governance’. On this occasion the focus was ‘Development & Solidarity’.

In addition to the PI there were 40 other participants representing Sports Federations and Associations. The suggestion that arose after the meeting is to create a Good Governance programme for the coming four-year period 2025/2028. 

Here are the main points discussed, which are also well specified in the IOC Code of Ethics:

Distribution of resources

Financial resources generated by sport must be reinvested in sport, with a focus on the development of sport and the direct or indirect support of athletes. Financial revenues must be allocated fairly and efficiently to ensure balanced and attractive competitions, must be dedicated to promoting fair, inclusive and diverse sport, with a focus on gender equality. Financial resources must be used through clear and transparent processes aligned with the development objectives of sport and the principle of solidarity must be a key element in their allocation.

To ensure responsible management of funds, specific mechanisms must be put in place to monitor and evaluate the use of resources by beneficiaries. 

For all these reasons, the IOC will monitor the use of donated funds at 3 well-defined levels.

Environmental and Social Responsibility

All sports organisations will have to commit to minimising negative impacts and maximising positive ones by taking responsibility through the organisation of events, promoting gender equality, inclusion and diversity; respecting and promoting human rights; and pursuing environmental excellence.

Collaboration between Sports Organisations and Government Authorities

Sports organisations and government authorities must collaborate and coordinate their actions, respecting each other's jurisdictions and responsibilities, and avoiding undue interference. This collaboration must foster the development of sport at all levels; support and protect athletes, counteracting doping, all forms of manipulation, corruption in sport, as well as harassment, abuse and violence; use sport as a tool to protect young people from crime.

Sports development programmes must be designed to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in particular promote the creation of partnerships between sports organisations, and work towards the expansion and maintenance of sports facilities in countries in need.

Autonomy of the Olympic Movement

During the meeting it was reiterated that all sports organisations must maintain their autonomy and political neutrality in operations and governance. It is essential to reject any form of political, religious or economic pressure that could hinder compliance with the Olympic Charter.

Finally, sports organisations should seek sources of funding that are compatible with the Fundamental Principles of Olympism, promoting diversification of revenues to ensure the sustainability and independence of their activities.

In short, ‘good governance’ is an opportunity to consolidate credibility. We all have a role to play towards our organisation and our members.

During the webinar, William Glenwright, Head of Global Development for the International Cricket Council, Julie Marks (Sustainability Working Group) and Saurav Ghosal (Co-Chair, Athletes' Commission) for the World Squash Federation spoke, bringing their experience in implementing Good Governance milestones. 

The meeting ended with the promise of new webinars during 2025. 

For more information, this is the link    https://www.ipacs.sport/news/good-governance-webinars-conclude-successfully

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O Panathlon Club Juiz de Fora, realiza a mais de 40 anos o Prêmio Mérito Esportivo Panathlon, e os 23 contemplados receberam no dia 27 de novembro, no Auditório da Fiemg, no bairro Industrial, a mais tradicional e valorizada homenagem ao esporte de Juiz de Fora e região 

A escolha dos agraciados foi baseada em indicações dos próprios associados do Panathlon e em eventuais consultas às informações divulgadas pelos veículos de comunicação.

São atletas, treinadores, árbitros, entidades, clubes além dos atletas do passado, que de alguma forma projetaram Juiz de Fora no cenário esportivo. O destaque deste ano foi para Gabriel de Araújo, que conquistou três medalhas de ouro nas Olimpíadas de Paris. 

Panathlon Internacional Distrito Brasil através do Panathlon Votorantim, entregou o Troféu Fair Play para equipe chilena de handebol feminino no amistoso internacional que aconteceu no dia 26 de outubro, no SESI Votorantim.

O evento festivo esportivo teve dois amistosos de handebol feminino,  na categoria Juvenil Sub 17, entre  o SESI  Votorantim e o Ser Unimed Sorocaba, e o jogo de fundo, um amistoso internacional entre a equipe principal de Sorocaba, o Ser Unimed e a Seleção Sub 20 do Chile. Antes da partida, os panathletas Pedro Souza e Rômulo Metidieri, entregaram uma camisa do Prêmio Panathlon para o diretor de seleção Chilena, Enrique Menedez Kovar, e o Troféu Fair Play a capitã da equipe, Romina Ramirez, pela cordialidade e visita ao Brasil.   

On Tuesday 26 November, the gala evening of the ‘beactive awards’ took place in 

the presence of Mrs Ahrenkilde Hansen,director General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture European Commission and Mrs Floor Van Houdt , Head of EAC Unit Sport.

Paul Standaert, was present at the gala evening and the debriefing as representative of the International Board and President Chinellato.

Four awards were presented during the gala evening. 

Prof Em Thierry Zintz, past member of Panathlon’ s scientific commission was member of the jury that granted an award to: 

- Sport Union Austria, Education award

- Metropole de Lyon France, Workplace award

- Fundacj Rozwoju Sportu Poland, Across Generation award

- Allessio Bernabò Italy, Local Hero award

The evening was followed by a interesting keynote address by former Olympic Gold Fencing, Dr Diana Bianchedi, Chief Strategy Planning &Legacy Milano Cortina 2026.

As always, this event was a fine opportunity to connect with sport enthusiasts from EU countries.

The following morning was the debriefing of the 2024 European Week of Sport. This year was the participation record was again broken.

In 24 countries, 15 million persons have participated at one of the 50.000 Events.

Panathlon International is partner of EWOS since 2015.  Since 2020 the PI clubs have accelerated their participation, and the Italian Panathlon Clubs are in the lead. More than 20 Italian clubs organized an event in participation of EWOS. 

Paul Standaert is grateful to all the clubs and their presidents in joining this European initiative.

The workplan for 2024-2027 was presented with a focus on three domains:

-integrity and values in sport

-social economic and sustainable dimension of sport

-participation in sport and healthy enhancing physical activity

In 2025 EU will celebrate the 10th anniversary of this great initiative.

As this will be a special year for EWOS, Panathlon could develop an one common initiative that unites clubs all over Europe in EWOS 2025.

Newsletter Novembre 2024

by Alberto Bortolotti 

Val Pusteria and Val Gardena incubators of the Sinner phenomenon. Those 2018 words to the Bolzano RAI: ‘I will be number 1’. He takes his teammates by the hand and leads them to the roof of the planet. Drop shot, a touch of poetry in Jannik's progress. The sense of team growing in females and males. The ‘overshadowed’ feat of the girls in the Billie Jean King Cup .

My personal excursus in Alto Adige, or South Tyrol as the locals perhaps still prefer, began in the 1960s with trips, together with my parents, to the Hippodrome of Maia, Merano where a grand prix was run - a gallop - which was also linked to a State Lottery: and my father Rino used to tell the story for the readers of Stadio. At the time, the Passer Promenade was teeming - it was September - with kiosks for traubenkur, or grape juice as a therapeutic remedy: the stuff of 19th-century courts, Merano was truly a timeless place. Later, when I started working too, at the end of the 1970s, the fashion broke out, pushed by the Tourist Promotion Companies, of inviting journalists on ‘educational tours’; the land on the border with Austria, a few decades after the irredentist bombs of Eva Klotz, had plenty of money to invest in tourism.

I remember the shouting of the Bruneck ice hockey ‘ultras’, ‘Fohr, fohr, Bruneck tor’, the discovery of knodl, kaminwurzen, kaiserschmarren and every other good thing, the old men from the villages who, in stunted Italian, urged their children to master it better, a blood bond ‘more with Bavaria than with Austrians’, a frequenter of the stube in Rasun told me, and even a few downhill runs from the lifts at Sesto in Pusteria. 

Here, more or less in this Tyrol, the baby of the Sinner family was born. Who could have been No. 147 in the FISI giant slalom ranking (or a good C in mid-football, Ligabue model) and instead, fortunately, chooses to be No. 1 in the world tennis ranking (and the strongest tennis player in Italian history, already, at the age of 23). He exposes all this with great clarity to his colleague Daniele Magagnin, a journalist from Bolzano, after a (partial) failure (who beats him is such a Peter Heller, German, career high 273 in the world) in the Challenger of Santa Cristina in Val Gardena that would have brought him within the top 900 (!) rackets of the globe. It was 18 August 2018. ‘My dream is to become number 1 in the world and to win as many slams,’ he says with apparent self-assurance after saying that his role model is Andreas Seppi (South Tyrolean like him, Italian Daviscupman, number 18 in the ranking in 2013). Then he wins the ITF in Bergamo, publicly thanking the ball boys (he hasn't changed!).

There is also the problem of having appeared too ‘bold’, so much so that he confided to a friend ‘I am not a “braggart”, but simply a person who sets himself a goal’. And it is, I think, the absolute debut in the use of a term that is as much Bolognese as it is Romagnolo, before the tortellini of the mother of his former physiotherapist, the anzolese Jack Naldi (that broth, for so many reasons, is no longer tasted. And it is also sad, but right). 

His calmness, his being a silent, thoughtful, affectionate, grateful ‘captain’ made him as great as the variety of strokes he now put together: late arrivals, a deadly drop-shot (what a beautiful English term in the face of the banal ‘short ball’) and a serve, if not of absolute level, at least remarkable. With the fusion of these talents, it was not impossible to predict the encore of the Davis success, nor even the regrowth of Matteo Berrettini, a doubles player of good calibre, better than Jannik (doubles is not the sum of two singles players, it is worth remembering), but above all the bearer of three points out of three matches: a re-boom also the result of the brotherly attention that Sinner dedicated to him. And patience if the fragile Musetti of the first day in Malaga was not able to redeem himself or the solidity of the Bolelli-Vavassori doubles was not allowed to show itself. The ‘manager’ Volandri did not - almost - miss a beat.

If possible, the girls did a much more titanic feat in the Billie Jean King Cup. There was no number 1, there was no precedent (ok, there was, but far in time and, Errani aside, with other protagonists), there were no ‘Sinner-like’ exploits in the circuit. And yet Bronzetti's promotion to number two of the Italian team, bypassing the more titled Cocciaretto, the great combativeness of Paolini, still number four in the world, the team sense of Sara Errani and the great calmness of the non-playing captain ‘Tax’ Garbin hit the mark. The only pity is that the big TV media did not believe it, but the girls, third in the world ranking, have made that upgrade, which is mainly the result of an untouchable group like cement.

The racket, in the world, speaks Italian. For the sporting world, this is an unspeakable satisfaction. The group sense of the men's and women's teams is superior to that of Cucelli/Del Bello 1 and 2 (immediate post-war period), Pietrangeli/Sirola/Tacchini/Gardini/Merlo (1960s), Panatta/Bertolucci/Barazzutti/Zugarelli (Chile ‘76) and Vinci/Errani/Pennetta/Schiavone (Fed Cup 2013). The new generations will have many faults but, being made up of more normal, less original, not at all crazy, perhaps over-formed people, they have less trouble getting behind the flag. I am optimistic.

Why? I want to tell you a secret: it is not over.

Le plus jeune arbitre de l'histoire de la finale du Championnat d'Europe de football : « La nomination et le prix sont une grande surprise.

Je suis inspiré par mon compatriote Vautrot ».

par Fabio Monti

 Giulio Campanati, Milanais né en 1923, reste l'une des personnalités les plus importantes du monde de l'arbitrage, et pas seulement en Italie. Enregistré pour la première fois en 1940, siffleur international depuis 1957, il a dirigé 166 matches en Serie A de 1952 à 1966, date à laquelle il a décidé de mettre fin prématurément à sa carrière pour entamer une longue et prestigieuse carrière d'entraîneur. Membre de la commission des arbitres de la FIFA et de l'UEFA de 1968 à 1992, il a été désignateur de la Serie A de 1968 à 1972 et président de l'Association italienne des arbitres pendant 18 ans, de 1972 à 1990.

Cela ne l'a pas empêché de se faire un nom en tant qu'entrepreneur : son entreprise de mosaïque a permis de refaire le revêtement de la Galleria Vittorio Emanuele au cœur de Milan et la façade de la Rinascente sur la Piazza del Duomo.

Une figure aussi importante ne pouvait pas être oubliée et c'est pourquoi, trois ans après sa mort en 2011, le prix 'Giulio Campanati' est né, destiné au meilleur arbitre de la Coupe d'Europe ou de la Coupe du Monde, distingué pour la qualité de ses directions au cours de ces tournois. Le prix a donc été lancé en 2015 à l'occasion de la Coupe du monde au Brésil, par choix de l'association « Amici di Campanati » et de la section des arbitres de Milan, avec le soutien de la Fédération italienne de football et la direction de son fils Giorgio, et sous l'impulsion d'une autre figure fondamentale du monde de l'arbitrage, Cesare Gussoni. 

Au tableau d'honneur figurent les noms de Nicola Rizzoli, choisi en 2014 après avoir arbitré la finale entre l'Allemagne et l'Argentine (qui s'est terminée en prolongation avec la victoire des Allemands 1-0) et en 2016 après l'excellent Championnat d'Europe, avec en point d'orgue la demi-finale France-Allemagne 2-0 ;l'Argentin Nestor Pitana, siffleur de la finale de Moscou entre la France et la Croatie (4-2) ; le Néerlandais Bjorn Kuipers, qui avait dirigé à Wembley le dernier acte de l'Euro 2020, Italie-Angleterre décidé aux tirs au but en faveur des Azzurri; et Daniele Orsato, tout juste rentré d'un grand tournoi au Qatar, qui s'est achevé par la demi-finale entre l'Argentine et la Croatie (3-0).

Dimanche 17 novembre, avant le début d'Italie-France (1-3), dernier match de la Ligue des Nations, au state de San Siro, le prix 2024 a été décerné au Français François Letexier, protagoniste d'un grand Championnat d'Europe en Allemagne, où il a dirigé Croatie-Albanie (2-2),Danemark-Serbie (0-0) et Espagne-Géorgie (4-1, huitièmes de finale), avant de surmonter la concurrence et d'être choisi par le désignateur de l'UEFA Roberto Rosetti pour diriger la finale de Berlin entre l'Espagne et l'Angleterre (2-1 le résultat final, 14 juillet).

La décision de l'UEFA et celle du jury du Prix Campanati, qui en est à sa sixième édition, ont un sens précis, puisque Letexier, Breton de Bédée, né le 23 avril 1989, également star des Jeux Olympiques de Paris, est devenu le plus jeune arbitre à diriger une finale de Championnat d'Europe. S'adresser aux jeunes pour un arbitrage de plus en plus en phase avec son temps et avec les nouvelles indications réglementaires, Var compris, car il est clair qu'on ne dirige plus seul, même si la décision finale revient toujours à l'arbitre sur le terrain : c'est l'indication fournie par la Fédération européenne de football.

Letexier est le deuxième arbitre français à diriger la finale du Championnat d'Europe, après Michel Vautrot, l'arbitre de Hollande-Union soviétique (2-0) le 25 juin 1988 à Munich. 

Et ce n'est pas un hasard si ce passage de témoin a eu lieu, car, comme l'a expliqué Letexier lui-même, « Vautrot a toujours été une référence pour nous, et c'est précisément sa façon de diriger et de traiter les joueurs dont j'ai toujours essayé de m'inspirer ». 

En présence du Président de la Fédération italienne de football, Gabriele Gravina, c'est Orsato lui-même qui a remis le prix à Letexier, qui n'a pas caché son émotion : « Je suis honoré de recevoir ce prix et je le suis pour trois raisons : parce que c'est le fruit de ce que j'ai fait au Championnat d'Europe, avec mon “équipe” ; pour l'importance du prix ; parce que dans le passé, ce prix a été remis à de grands arbitres. Lorsque j'ai appris l'existence de ce prix, j'ai été surpris, tout comme j'ai été surpris d'être nommé pour la finale de l'Euro 2024.

Et il explique sa relation avec Var : « Pour nous, c'est un outil très utile. D'une manière générale, il n'a pas changé notre façon d'arbitrer, car notre objectif a toujours été de donner le maximum en faisant le minimum d'erreurs. Mais en cas de mauvaise décision, cette décision restait et il m'arrivait de mal dormir en pensant à l'erreur que j'avais commise. Maintenant, tous les arbitres sur le terrain savent qu'il y a une bouée de sauvetage et c'est un grand soulagement. Il ne faut pas s'énerver si on est corrigé par Var, l'important c'est que le résultat final soit au-dessus des erreurs.

L'histoire de Letexier ne s'arrête pas là, en effet, et il n'est pas certain qu'il ne puisse pas être choisi une deuxième fois, à l'occasion de la Coupe du monde 2026.

Il 26 novembre Conviviale del Panathlon Club Milano, dedicata al fumetto e lo sport. È stato presentato il libro "Non sono stato io", scritto da Gianni Bono e Raffaele Mangano. Il volume racconta il mistero nato attorno ad Angelo Zarcone, il primo illustratore di Diabolik, noto come "il Tedesco". Zarcone realizzò il volto iconico del Re del Terrore per poi sparire improvvisamente, lasciando un enigma irrisolto che dura da oltre sessant’anni.

Alla serata, introdotta dal presidente del Panathlon Club Milano, Simonpaolo Buongiardino, erano presenti Raffaele Mangano, coautore del libro, e Mario Gomboli, amministratore delegato di Astorina e figura chiave nella lunga storia editoriale di Diabolik. Durante l’evento, Buongiardino ha ricordato il legame personale che univa lui, Mangano e Gomboli, compagni di scuola al Liceo Scientifico Volta di Milano. 

Mario Gomboli ha ripercorso la sua lunga collaborazione con Diabolik, a cui tornò nel 1999 con un ruolo di leadership come sceneggiatore e poi amministratore delegato di Astorina. Gomboli ha firmato circa un terzo delle oltre 960 storie pubblicate, rappresentando la continuità, fedele alla visione originale delle sorelle Angela e Luciana Giussani. Ha sottolineato l’importanza del lavoro delle Giussani, che con Diabolik non solo introdussero un genere nuovo, ma segnarono profondamente l’immaginario collettivo, raggiungendo tirature di 300.000 copie.

Mangano ha approfondito l'idea del libro «Non sono stato io», esplorando le ipotesi e le ricerche che circondano la misteriosa figura di Angelo Zarcone. Il volume, arricchito dalla copertina di Guido Scarabottolo, rappresenta un tributo alla storia e ai personaggi che hanno contribuito al successo di Diabolik. Il libro riaccenda l’interesse per questa figura enigmatica, (tanto che sono usciti nuove indiscrezioni) il cui contributo iniziale ha dato vita a un personaggio diventato un’icona senza tempo.

(Il presidente Buongiardino si è presentato con gli occhi di Diabolik e queste parole accattivanti di Gomboli) 

«Ricordo quando, usciti di teatro dopo aver assistito a uno spettacolo di magia, puntualmente Alfredo Castelli mi spiegava i trucchi dell’illusionista. E io ci rimanevo male, perché un mistero svelato comporta sempre una dose di amarezza.

Per questo quando Gianni Bono mi chiamò per dire di aver rintracciato Angelo Zarcone, onestamente sperai si trattasse del solito equivoco, dell’ennesimo caso di omonimia. Invece era davvero arrivato alla fine della sua pluridecennale ricerca: aveva accumulato prove inconfutabili supportate da inediti documenti ed era pronto a pubblicare in un documentatissimo saggio. A quel punto scattò in me la “sindrome da segreto svelato” di cui sopra: volevo davvero conoscere la verità sul disegnatore del primo numero di Diabolik? E lettori e fan del Re del Terrore avrebbero tratto soddisfazione o amarezza da quell’esauritivo saggio? Già immaginavo un titolo come La vera vita di Angelo Zarcone, equivalente de L’assassino è il maggiordomo per un romanzo giallo. Ma, leggendo le note di Gianni Bono, mi resi conto che la vita di Zarcone fosse davvero un romanzo, ne aveva il fascino, e allora si poteva usare quella formula per raccontarla. Ho la fortuna di avere per amico Raffaele Mangano, romanziere di lungo corso ma, soprattutto, persona curiosa di tutto ciò che è culturalmente anomalo. E il mondo del fumetto entra a buon diritto nella categoria. Così ho invitato a pranzo Bono e Mangano, ho fatto da catalizzatore perché le loro capacità si fondessero in un’opera ben equilibrata e poi mi sono chiamato fuori, per non disturbare il processo creativo.

Mi sento comunque in parte responsabile del risultato: a renderlo possibile sono stato io». Mario Gomboli - Direttore editoriale Astorina