Olympic Order

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The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement, created by the International Olympic Committee in May 1975 as a successor to the Olympic Certificate previously awarded. The Olympic Order originally had three grades (gold, silver and bronze), although the bronze grade was no longer awarded after 1984. The Olympic Order is awarded to individuals for particularly distinguished contribution to the Olympic Movement; there is a tradition that the chief organizer(s) of a particular Olympic Games would be awarded the Olympic Order in Gold at the Games' closing ceremony.

The insignia of the Olympic Order is in the form of a collar (or chain), in gold, silver or bronze according to grade; the front of the chain features the five rings of the Olympic Movement, flanked on each side by an emblem of kotinos (olive branch).

On everyday occasions a small lapel badge, in the form of the five rings in gold, silver and bronze according to grade, may be worn instead.

Nadia Comăneci is the only athlete so far who was awarded with the Olympic Order twice (in 1984 and 2004). In addition she was the youngest recipient ever.

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[edit] Recipients

James Worrall, Jean Drapeau, Magdeleine Yerlès[1]

[edit] 2001

Sports executives, at the 12th IOC Session, Moscow, July 12, 2001:[2]

Athletes, at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, July 21, 2001:[1]

[edit] Australian recipients

From the Australian Olympic Committee website: [3] ("AO" means Officer of the Order of Australia, MBE means Member of the Order of the British Empire, and so on)

  1. John Brown AO
  2. Dawn Fraser AO MBE
  3. Sydney Grange AO OBE MVO (deceased)
  4. William Berge Phillips OBE (deceased)
  5. Julius Patching AO OBE
  6. Betty Cuthbert AM MBE
  7. Herb Elliott MBE
  8. Shane Gould MBE
  9. Geoffrey Henke AO
  10. John Devitt AM
  11. Brian Tobin AM
  12. Stephan Kerkyasharian AM
  13. Prof. Lowitja O'Donoghue CBE AO
  14. John D. Coates AC (Gold)
  15. The Hon.Michael Knight AO (Gold)
  16. David Richmond AO (Gold)
  17. Sandy Hollway AO
  18. Jim Sloman OAM
  19. Michael Eyers AM
  20. Bob Leece AM
  21. Mick O'Brien AM
  22. Robert Elphinston OAM
  23. Margaret McLennan
  24. Norman May OAM
  25. John Fitzgerald AM
  26. Shirley de la Hunty (Strickland) AO MBE (deceased)
  27. Di Henry OAM
  28. Harry Gordon CMG AM
  29. Cathy Freeman OAM
  30. Peter Montgomery OAM
  31. The Rt. Hon John Howard MP (Gold)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Canadian Sport News Online
  2. ^ 12th IOC Session highlights
  3. ^ Australian Olympic Awareness - Australian Olympic Committee
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