Athletes and Social Responsibility
February 7, 2000
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Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award Recipient
Johann Olav Koss
Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Speed Skating; Physician; Special Representative of Sport, UNICEF; Ambassador, Olympic Aid; Founder, Sport Humanitarian Group; Founder, Sport in a Box (for refugees); Chair, MOT (Courage); Honorary Sports Ambassador to the Eritrean Government; Member, Executive Board, International Olympic Committee 2000 Commission; Member, Athlete's Commission and Medical Commission, International Olympic Committee; Chair, Norwegian Government Forum against Drugs and Doping; 1994 Sports Illustrated Man of the Year; One of Time Magazine's 100 Future Leaders of Tomorrow; One of the World Economic Forum's 1000 Global Leaders; Recipient, The Jesse Owens Award; Recipient, Jackie Robinson Humanitarian Award.