Paralympic Scientific Award 2009
Throughout her international professional career Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper has offered distinction to scientific evidence for adapted physical activity and Paralympic Sport. She has a world-wide reputation as a spokesperson for equal rights, with emphasis on access and inclusion, whatever a person’s abilities, gender, religion or family background.
During her 12-year term of office as President of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), which terminated at the end of 2008, Prof. Dr. Doll-Tepper placed strong emphasis on both the principles and the practices of equity and inclusion in all the organization’s activities. This was reflected in high profile events like the World Summits on Physical Education in 1999 and 2005, which made the scientific case for the role of school physical education as an enabler of all children, for life long participation in physical activity.
The fact that in 2008 the IPC, ICSSPE, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) for the first time jointly organized an International Convention on Science, Edcuation and Medicine in Sport, prior to the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, is to a large extent due to her promotion of this joint initiative.
Using her outstanding experiences and her knowledge, Gudrun Doll-Tepper also chaired the IPC Scientific Committee for many years and moderated the IPC/INAS-FID working group in the recent past.
Prof. Dr. Doll Tepper has presented and published, in several languages, all over the world. Hence she has carried the message of inclusion, and the scientific basis for participation by all, to millions.
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