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Thai receive highest Olympic award

Thai receive highest Olympic award

Former International Olympic Committee member Nat Indrapana and former basketball star Patrick Baumann have been awarded posthumous Olympic Orders at the 134th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Thai receive highest Olympic award

KhunyingPatama Leeswadtrakul, (2nd from right), presents the IOC Order award to Thitima Indrapana (middle), wife of Dr Nat Indrapana. 

Thailand’s current IOC member, KhunyingPatama Leeswadtrakul, said family members accepted the IOCs highest honour on their behalf at Wednesday’s meeting.

Dr Nat, who played a significant role in Thai sports and served as an IOC member for almost 30 years, passed away following a lengthy battle with cancer last August.

Buamann joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in 1994, became its deputy Secretary-General in 1995 and was elevated to Secretary-General in 2002.

Patama says South Africa's Sam Ramsamy, New Zealand's Barry Maister, Saint Lucia's Richard Peterkin and Cuba's Ruperto Herrera were also recipients of Olympic Orders in Lausanne.

The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement and is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport.

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