UNESCO Champion for Sport explained

UNESCO Champions for Sport are international celebrity sport personalities advocates for the United Nations agency UNESCO.^[1] This family of world-class athletes purveys UNESCO's message the world over. As well, they reflect UNESCO's concerns to promote the values of physical education and sports with a view of building a better future for younger generations.

Current list

Currently, twelve personalities are designated UNESCO Champion for Sport:^[2]

Name	Country	since	sport	Link
Maya Gabeira		2022	surfer
Nadia Nadim	/	2019	association football	http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/champions-for-sport/nadia-nadim/
Hristo Stoichkov		2016	association football	http://www.unesco.org/new/en/goodwill-ambassadors/champions-for-sport/Hristo-Stoickov/
Michael Schumacher^[3]		2002	Formula One racing	https://web.archive.org/web/20081024071425/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D24019%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html

See also

• UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
• UNESCO Special Envoy
• UNESCO Artist for Peace

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kazakhstan's Serik Sapiyev nomitated for UNESCO Champion for Sport title . . 8 August 2013 . 19 December 2014.
2. UNESCO.org: Champion for Sport
3. Web site: Michael Schumacher: A driving legend out in front of the grid . . 31 December 2013 . 19 December 2014.