Florence, 2 July 2025 – Medals and records are not enough to enter history. The samples of the International Fair Play Menarini Prize, they also won for gestures, choices and behaviors that speak stronger than any result. It is in this spirit that the 29th edition of the prize dedicated to those who transformed their career into a lesson of ethics, loyalty and respect has been the 29th edition.
Florence, Fair Play Menarini Gala dinner at the square
At the gala dinner in Piazzale Michelangelo the protagonists were welcomed: the Portuguese champion Luis Figo, star of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter, ours “Billy” Costacurta and Demetrio Albertiniemblems of style, rigor and sporting loyalty, unforgettable with the Milan and national team shirt. For athletics Gianmarco Tamberi, world champion in the upper jump in Budapest 2023 and Olympic gold in Tokyo 2021; Andy Diaz, triple jump specialist and winner of the indoor world championship; Nadia Battocletti, silver in the 10,000 meters at the Paris 2024 games, and Blanka Vlasic, an icon of the high jump and twice world championship.
For fencing, awarded Arianna Errigo, one of the most titled flagships ever. Judo celebrates Alice Bellandi, fresh world champion and gold medal in Paris. In the basketball basketball on Sasha Vujacic, twice NBA winner with the Los Angeles Lakers. Paralympic sport is represented by Rigivan Ganeshamoorthy, Gold in the launch of the disc at the 2024 Paralympics. Finally, for sports journalism, Guido Meda, historic voice of the MotoGP and narrator of the two wheels. Next to them, Ambassadors of the Fair Play Menarini, the trio of Fuoriclasse Ian Thorpe, five times Olympic champion, Giancarlo Antognoni, Fiorentina symbol and 1982 world champion, and Fabrizio Donato, bronze in the triple jump at the London 2012 Olympics.
Tonight, in the Roman theater of Fiesole, there will be the ceremony with the delivery of the prizes. To renew the Sky Tg24 partnership with the renewal will be Rachele Sangiuliano, Michele Cagiano and Omar Schillaci, with the participation of Federico Buffa, Ready to give voice to the stories of the protagonists between ethics and large sports companies. “With the 2025 edition of the Fair Play Menarini we want to continue to tell sport in its highest values, which excites us as fans and is good for the heart and society,” said Valeria Speroni Cardi and Filippo Paganelli, members of the board of the Fair Play Menarini Foundation.
Olga Mognaini
