{"id":12359,"date":"2023-07-03T11:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T09:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/news\/grande-novita-al-premio-internazionale-fair-play-menarini-la-tennista-francesca-schiavone-tra-i-vincitori-delledizione-2023"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:55:19","slug":"grande-novita-al-premio-internazionale-fair-play-menarini-la-tennista-francesca-schiavone-tra-i-vincitori-delledizione-2023","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/news\/grande-novita-al-premio-internazionale-fair-play-menarini-la-tennista-francesca-schiavone-tra-i-vincitori-delledizione-2023","title":{"rendered":"Great news at the Fair Play Menarini International Awards, tennis player Francesca Schiavone among the winners of the 2023 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FLORENCE, July 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2023 \u2013 More surprises are in store in the XXVII edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Awards.<!--more--> Tennis legend, Francesca Schiavone, has joined the list of 2023 award winners, taking home the award in the \u201cSport and Life\u201d category.<\/p>\n<p>The 2010 Roland Garros winner, first woman in Italian tennis to win a Grand Slam tournament and to reach the 4<sup>th<\/sup> position in the WTA ranking, will take the stage for the awards ceremony at the Roman Theatre in Fiesole on Wednesday, July 5th. Winner of a combination of 15 WTA singles and doubles titles and the Roland Garros Legends 2022 trophy, she has now launched the Schiavone Team Lab, a project for young talented players. Members of the public at the Fair Play Menarini International Awards will also be inspired by the personal story of the player, nicknamed the \u201cLioness\u201d, who faced the toughest game of her life after being diagnosed with Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We are delighted to welcome another champion to our award winners<\/em>\u201d, said Antonello Biscini, Valeria Speroni Cardi and Ennio Troiano, Board members of the Fair Play Menarini Foundation. \u201c<em>We are very excited about this year\u2019s edition and look forward to sharing it with our audience<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day event will kick off today Monday, July 3rd, with the talk show \u201cThe Champions tell their Stories\u201d in Piazza della Signoria in Florence, and continue on Tuesday, July 4th, with the gala dinner at Piazzale Michelangelo before concluding with the awards ceremony at the Roman Theatre in Fiesole on Wednesday, July 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the closing event in Fiesole is free but advance booking is required. To participate, just register on this <a href=\"about:blank\">link<\/a> and indicate the name and number of attendees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the award winners and categories of the XXVII Fair Play Menarini International Awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE, \u201cSport and Life\u201d category<\/li>\n<li>JAVIER ZANETTI, \u201cLegendary Figure\u201d category<\/li>\n<li>DEBORAH COMPAGNONI, \u201cCareer Fair Play\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>ALESSANDRA CAMPEDELLI, \u201cSocial Values of Sport\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>ANTONIO CABRINI, \u201cA Role Model for Youth\u201d Paolo Rossi Special Prize Category<\/li>\n<li>ELISA DI FRANCISCA, \u201cSport and Courage\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>GIULIA GHIRETTI, \u201cSport Beyond Sport\u201d SUSTENIUM Energy and Heart Category<\/li>\n<li>LARISSA IAPICHINO, \u201cA Smile for Life\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>MASSIMILIANO ROSOLINO, \u201cSport Promotion\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>LUIS ALBERTO SCOLA BALVOA, \u201cFair Play\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>LISA VITTOZZI, \u201cFair Play and the Environment\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>JACOPO VOLPI, \u201cNarrating Emotions\u201d Franco Lauro Special Prize Category<\/li>\n<li>MARIACLOTILDE ADOSINI, \u201cYoung Athletes\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>EMILIA ROSSATTI, \u201cYoung Athletes\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>GIORGIO PIETRO TORRISI, \u201cYoung Athletes\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>GIANLUCA GENSINI, \u201cStudio and Sport\u201d Fiamme Gialle Special Prize Category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following Fair Play Menarini Ambassadors shall also be attending:<\/p>\n<p>GIANCARLO ANTOGNONI<br \/>\nEDWIN MOSES<br \/>\nFEDERICA PELLEGRINI<br \/>\nARRIGO SACCHI<br \/>\nTOMMIE SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLORENCE, July 3rd, 2023 \u2013 More surprises are in store in the XXVII edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12356,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"news":[],"class_list":["post-12359","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12359"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24065,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12359\/revisions\/24065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news?post=12359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}