SPORTEL, the most influential business convention for the sports marketing & media industry, organizes the prestigious SPORTEL Awards, rewarding the best international sports videos and illustrated books of the year.
Under the Presidency of H.S.H. the Prince Albert II of Monaco, and under the Patronage of the International Olympic Committee, the SPORTEL Awards gather every year Olympic champions and international sports celebrities.
This year the SPORTEL Awards Ceremony will take place at 20:00 on Tuesday 25 October 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum. In the presence of H.S.H. the Prince Albert II of Monaco, a jury composed of iconic personalities of the sport and media industries will bestow the Golden Podium prize, an original piece created by Raymond Moretti.
Jury Members of The Golden Podium Georges Bertellotti
●Donovan BAILEY, President of the Jury - Global Track and Field Legend
●Djibril CISSÉ - International Football Player
●Philippe GUILLARD - French Director and Scriptwriter
●Estelle MOSSELY - Olympic Boxing Champion
●Richard WHITEHEAD - Paralympic Champion
Jury Members of the Advertising Prize Christian Blachas Prize
●Christophe CHENUT, President of the Jury - CEO of "Christophe Chenut Conseil"
●Florent AMODIO - European Champion in Figure Skating
●Max GUAZZINI - Former President of the Stade Francais Rugby Club and current
General Manager of the Barbarians Rugby Club
●Florence HARDOUIN - Executive Director of the French Football Federation
●Gérard HOULLIER - Global Sporting Director Red Bull Soccer
●Isabelle ITHURBURU - Sports Journalist
●Michaël LLODRA - Tennis Olympic Medal Winner
●Candice PREVOST - Football vice-champion of France
●Xavier ROMATET – CEO of Conde Nast France
Jury Members of the The Sports Book Prize Renaud de Laborderie
●Anne QUEMERE, President of the Jury - French Sailor (Brittany)
●Benoît HEIMERMANN - Publisher and Writer
●H.E. Mrs Yvette LAMBIN-BERTI - General Secretary of the Monaco Olympic Committee
●Bernard SPINDLER - Writer Journalist
●Soria ZIDELKHILE - Public Relations Advisor of the French National Olympic and Sports
Committee - Office of the President
… and one more champion TBC
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