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UNESCO Champion for Sport

UNESCO Champions for Sport are international celebrity sport personalities advocates for the United Nations agency UNESCO. This family of world-class athletes purveys UNESCO's message the world over. As well, they reflect UNESCO's concerns to promote the values of physical education and sports with a view of building a better future for younger generations.

Current list

Currently, twelve personalities are designated UNESCO Champion for Sport:

NameCountrysincesportLink
Maya GabeiraBRA2022surfer
Nadia NadimAFG/DEN2019association football[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/champions-for-sport/nadia-nadim/](http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/champions-for-sport/nadia-nadim/)
Hristo StoichkovBUL2016association football[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/champions-for-sport/Hristo-Stoickov/](http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/champions-for-sport/Hristo-Stoickov/)
Michael SchumacherGER2002Formula One racing[https://web.archive.org/web/20081024071425/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D24019%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20081024071425/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D24019%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html)

References

References

  1. (8 August 2013). "Kazakhstan's Serik Sapiyev nomitated for UNESCO Champion for Sport title". [[Tengrinews]].
  2. UNESCO.org: [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/champions-for-sport/ Champion for Sport]
  3. (31 December 2013). "Michael Schumacher: A driving legend out in front of the grid". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
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