Makk Ádám, the head of the Unified Conductive Pedagogical Methodology Institute at the András Pető Faculty, received the Lifetime Fair Play Award from the Hungarian Olympic Committee for establishing the wheelchair fencing club of the András Pető Faculty (PAK). The awards were presented for the 56th time this year at the gala event held at the City Park Ice Rink.
During the ceremony, Gábor Schmidt, the Deputy State Secretary responsible for sports management and development, congratulated the Hungarian fair play movement and highlighted that the Hungarian awardees represent various fields, forming a true community.
In his welcoming speech, Zsolt Gyulay, the president of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, mentioned that athletes learn many things in sports, including cooperation and tolerance. “Sport teaches us to fight fairly. The spirit of fair play is an important value, and it is important to promote it,” said the Olympic champion kayaker, recalling the pride they felt when their legendary canoeing companion, Tamás Wichmann, received the international fair play award for selflessly assisting his opponent, Matija Ljubek, in preparation.
The first Hungarian fair play awards were presented 56 years ago in 1967 by the Hungarian Journalists’ Association and the Fair Play Committee established by the National Sports Office. The inaugural awardees were Zsolt István, a football referee, Pál Berendi, a football player, and László Marincsák, a youth athlete.
Adam Makk, the head of the Unified Conductive Pedagogical Methodology Institute, received the Lifetime Fair Play Award for the establishment of the PAK wheelchair fencing club. Besides him, Anna Pfeffer, a kayaker and kayaking coach, also received this recognition during the ceremony.
Source: MTI
Photos: Tamás Róth (MOB Fair Play Committee)