FEI celebrated in Creative Sports Awards

FEI Solidarity Ambassador and Reining athlete Lior Raz (ISR) met with Cambodia’s first Jumping team as part of an FEI Solidarity-funded project run by international horse charity World Horse Welfare. The team went on to compete at the SEA (Southeast Asian) Games in 2013. © FEI/Tom Hoops

FEI_logo_BeitragThe winners of the prestigious Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Awards have been honoured in Dubai (UAE). HE Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa (BRN), FEI 2nd Vice President, member of the FEI Executive Board and President of FEI Regional Group VII, was awarded the Arab Administrator Award – Kingdom of Bahrain. HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, FEI Honorary President and Goodwill Ambassador, was also honoured, taking the Local Sports Figure award in recognition of her outstanding work as FEI President during 2006 to 2014, and for establishing the FEI’s global sport development programme, FEI Solidarity.

FEI Solidarity, the FEI’s development arm that provides opportunities for the next generation of athletes and all those working in equestrian communities around the world, was recognised at the prestigious Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Awards when HRH Princess Haya, founder of FEI Solidarity during her FEI Presidential term, was presented with the Local Sports Figure award. © FEI/Tom Hoops
FEI Solidarity, the FEI’s development arm that provides opportunities for the next generation of athletes and all those working in equestrian communities around the world, was recognised at the prestigious Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Awards when HRH Princess Haya, founder of FEI Solidarity during her FEI Presidential term, was presented with the Local Sports Figure award. © FEI/Tom Hoops

FEI Solidarity, launched in 2011 and inspired by the Olympic Solidarity model, is focused on providing opportunities for the next generation of athletes and all those working in equestrian communities around the world, so that local structures can be established to develop the sport.

The FEI was not the only International Federation to be recognised at the awards ceremony. The International Judo Federation, also with a base in the Olympic capital of Lausanne, was presented with the International Organisation Award for its efforts in bringing judo and its values to children in Syrian refugee camps.

FEI Solidarity Ambassador and Reining athlete Lior Raz (ISR) met with Cambodia’s first Jumping team as part of an FEI Solidarity-funded project run by international horse charity World Horse Welfare. The team went on to compete at the SEA (Southeast Asian) Games in 2013. © FEI/Tom Hoops
FEI Solidarity Ambassador and Reining athlete Lior Raz (ISR) met with Cambodia’s first Jumping team as part of an FEI Solidarity-funded project run by international horse charity World Horse Welfare. The team went on to compete at the SEA (Southeast Asian) Games in 2013. © FEI/Tom Hoops

“For the FEI, it is particularly gratifying to see FEI Solidarity recognised in the award to our Honorary President Princess Haya, and to see our 2nd Vice President Sheikh Khalid honoured. It is good to see their services and commitment to equestrian sport getting this recognition”, said Ingmar De Vos, FEI President and FEI Solidarity Chair. “Speaking on behalf of the international equestrian community, I would like to congratulate all the athletes, teams and sports institutions who put their hearts and souls into winning these awards. Sport is an essential part of our global society. The creativity we see in the sports industry is very exciting, with clear benefits to the communities we all live in and are looking to develop for future generations.”

A total of 180 entries were received for this seventh edition of the annual Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Awards, part of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Global Initiatives focusing on humanitarian, social and developmental strategies.

Source: Press release FEI

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