The 2024 Fair Play Awards Have Been Presented in Hungary

“Without fair play, sport becomes a circus and loses its original mission. Fair play is indispensable in sport and in society as a whole.- Jenő Kamuti, President of the Hungarian Fair Play Committee, Honorary President of the International Fair Play Committee

Six sports figures were honored with lifetime achievement awards – among them Csaba Hegedüs, the wrestler, coach and sports official who won Hungary’s 100th Olympic gold medal – and a total of twenty people received awards for sportsmanship at the Hungarian Fair Play Awards Gala.

The President of the International Fair Play Committee, Sunil Sabharwal, congratulated the award recipients in a video message and highlighted that the Hungarian committee is one of the oldest member organizations, carrying out important work in promoting and spreading the spirit of fair play.

It was a touching moment at the gala when, Jenő Kamuti presented a special International Fair Play Award to Gábor Deregán, Secretary of the Hungarian Fair Play Committee, in recognition of his dedicated work for fair play over the past 13 years.

Recipients of the 2024 Hungarian Fair Play Awards:

Fair Play Act

Diploma:

• Balázs Bekő and Grzelak Bartos (football)

• Csilla Halász (curling)

• Dávid Horváth (swimming)

• Bence Kiss-Gebora (short track speed skating)

• Ninetta Virág (canoe-kayak)

Trophy:

• Csegő Horváth (orienteering)

Fair Play in the Service of Sport

Diploma:

• István Hamza (gymnast, coach, sports official)

• András Katona (waterpolo player, coach, sports official)

• Zoltán Magyar (football manager)

Promotion of the Spirit of Fair Play

Diploma:

• Zoltán Balogh (judoka, journalist)

Fair Play in Recreational Sport

Diploma:

• Aymba Vaszilisz Csacsosz (gymnast)

Fair Play Lifetime Achievement

Trophy:

• Gyula Füzesséry (kayaker, coach awarded the Gold Medal of Merit)

• Csaba Hegedüs (Olympic champion wrestler, coach, sports official)

• Gedeon Kovács (alpine skier, sports official)

• Lajos Szabó (sports historian)

• Tamás Szabó (athlete, sports professional, researcher)

• József Szepessy (fencer, fencing coach)

Art / Science

• László Földes “Hobo” (musician, writer and performing artist)

• Szilveszter E. Vízi (physician, pharmacologist, brain researcher, university professor, former president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)