Recipients of the FAI Air Sport Medal

The FAI Air Sport Medal.

This medal was established by the FAI Council for the 100th anniversary of Lilienthal's first flights. It may be awarded, at any time, to individuals or groups for outstanding services in connection with air sport activities like work in FAI commissions, organising World and Continental Championships, training and educating new pilots, or for promoting aviation in general, especially with regard to young people.

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Medal n°	Year	Recipient
342	2008	Hajime HATTA (Japan)
341	2008	Tsuyoshi KAWAKUBO (Japan)
340	2008	Shoichiro SAKAI (Japan)
339	2008	Takashi INA (Japan)
338	2008	Vladimir SHAYDEROV (Ukraine)
337	2007	Jürgen LEUKEFELD (Germany)
336	2007	Brian K. HOWARD (USA)
335	2007	Steve GREEN (UK)
334	2007	Ludwig FUSS (Germany)
333	2007	Pavol KAVKA (Slovak Republic)
332	2007	Marián JORIK (Slovak Republic)
331	2007	Toru YOSHIDA (Japan)
330	2007	Tsutomu MASUDA (Japan)
329	2007	Kozo MACHIDA (Japan)
328	2007	Sachie SAKASAI (Japan)
327	2007	Koichi OMIYA (Japan)
326	2007	-------------------- not awarded (--------------------)
325	2007	Zhao MINGYU (China (People's Republic of))
324	2007	Mohne Rolf & AERO Project Team (Germany)
323	2007	Ivan TARASOV (Russia)
322	2007	Nigel TASKER (UK)
321	2007	Ján SMILKA (Slovak Republic)
320	2007	Kalervo MESKANEN (Finland)
319	2006	Germán CASAS FENSKE (Chile)
318	2006	Chris BISTAS (Greece)
317	2006	Masakazu MATSUZAWA (Japan)
316	2006	Cyril MESÍK (Slovak Republic)
315	2006	Július KRIVÁN (Slovak Republic)
314	2006	Anton RAJCAN (Slovak Republic)
313	2006	Arnost FOFF (Slovak Republic)
312	2006	Sergey KRIKALEV (Russia)
311	2006	Elena KLIMOVICH (Russia)
310	2006	Sergey RAKHMANIN (Russia)
309	2006	Mikhail MAMISTOV (Russia)
308	2006	Noda Sky Sports Promotion (Japan)
307	2006	Nanyo-shi Sky Leisure Shinko Kyogikai (Japan)
306	2006	Masakatsu YOSHIDA (Japan)
305	2006	Yuetsu MATSUI (Japan)
304	2006	Vladimir VOLOVEN (Ukraine)
303	2005	Valery GAVRILOV (Russia)
302	2005	Mojmír REICH (Slovak Republic)
301	2005	Stefan JURECH (Slovak Republic)
300	2005	Anton ZIGO (Slovak Republic)
299	2005	Ján KUCEK (Slovak Republic)
298	2005	Jozef VISKUPIC (Slovak Republic)
297	2005	Marián SZABÓ (Slovak Republic)
296	2005	Boris GROMOV (Russia)
295	2005	Dmitry PAVLOV (Russia)
294	2005	not awarded (--------------------)
293	2005	Vladimir GMYZIN (Russia)
292	2005	Yuri TARASOV (Russia)
291	2005	Vladimir GORBUNOV (Russia)
290	2005	Vladimir KOLESNIK (Russia)
289	2005	Noboru GOSHIMA (Japan)
288	2005	Osamu SAITO (Japan)
287	2005	Katsutoshi EGAWA (Japan)
286	2005	Marquita FORTNER (USA)
285	2005	David ROY (USA)
284	2005	Stanislaw FUODOROFF (Russia)
283	2005	Tony PINNER (UK)
282	2005	Milan V. REHAK (Slovak Republic)
281	2005	Marcel S.E. York JURECH (Slovak Republic)
280	2005	L'ubor KUVIK (Slovak Republic)
279	2005	Karol BENEDIKOVIC (Slovak Republic)
278	2005	Július BERITH (Slovak Republic)
277	2005	Jozef DURECH (Slovak Republic)
276	2005	Veikko KORHONEN (Finland)
275	2005	Erkki MIKOLA (Finland)
274	2005	Ritva SANDIN (Finland)
273	2005	Jukka JUSSLIN (Finland)
272	2004	Michel DUPONT (France)
271	2004	Lars-Göran ARVIDSSON (Sweden)
270	2004	Elizabeth COOK (Australia)
269	2004	Algimantas ZENTELIS (Lithuania)
268	2004	Kenji SAITO (Japan)
267	2004	Zagid AIGUMOV (Russia)
266	2004	Anton MALEVSKY (Russia)
265	2004	Victor KOBZEV (Russia)
264	2004	Tatsuo NISHIYAMA (Japan)
263	2004	Hiroto AIHARA (Japan)
262	2004	Sergey KISELEV (Russia)
261	2004	Giora HERZBERG (Israel)
260	2004	Hirosuke TAKEZAWA (Japan)
259	2004	Jaroslav PRISTACH (Slovak Republic)
258	2004	Marcus Adrian GREEN (UK)
257	2004	Torbjörn BENGTSTRÖM (Finland)
256	2004	Japan Balloon Federation (Japan)
255	2004	Mitsua AOYAMA (Japan)
254	2004	Klaus STRIENZ (Germany)
253	2004	Jan KONECNY (Slovak Republic)
252	2004	Jaroslav BACOVSKY (Slovak Republic)
251	2004	Jeffrey Scott WENBERG (Slovak Republic)
250	2004	Jaroslav SEVCIK (Slovak Republic)
249	2003	Maynard L. HILL (USA)
248	2003	Risto PYKÄLÄ (Finland)
247	2003	Taisto SAARINEN (Finland)
246	2003	Oleg MOTUZ (Russia)
245	2003	Alexander EFANOV (Russia)
244	2003	Nikolai NIKITIN (Russia)
243	2003	Vitaly CHANTSEV (Russia)
242	2003	Janusz DAROCHA (Poland)
241	2003	Tero AURANEN (Finland)
240	2003	Valentin CHUYKIN (Russia)
239	2003	Grigory KOMARENKO (Russia)
238	2003	Victor THORNE (UK)
237	2003	Fumio SAITO (Japan)
236	2003	Masashi KOGAWA (Japan)
235	2003	Tsugutaka YOSHIOKA (Japan)
234	2003	Masanori KOKUBUN (Japan)
233	2003	Noburu SATO (Japan)
232	2003	Jonathan THORNTON (Brazil)
231	2003	Victor ZAGAINOV (Kazakhstan)
230	2003	Dennis PAGEN (USA)
229	2003	Gun EKDAHL (Sweden)
228	2002	Erkki ARIMA (Finland)
227	2002	Markku SAVOLAINEN (Finland)
226	2002	Mikhail POGOSIAN (Russia)
225	2002	Oleg DEMTCHENKO (Russia)
224	2002	Sergey MIKHEEV (Russia)
223	2002	Dmitry MOROZOV (Russia)
222	2002	Victor LIVANOV (Russia)
221	2002	Valery MENITSKY (Russia)
220	2002	Vladimir MIKHAILOV (Russia)
219	2002	Svetlana SAVITSKAYA (Russia)
218	2002	Mikhail LIFSHITZ (Russia)
217	2002	Dmitri SOUKHAREV (Russia)
216	2002	Anne-Marie CARTERON (France)
215	2002	Kaoru KAWASOE (Japan)
214	2002	Yoshihiko TOMODA (Japan)
213	2002	Masaharu TAKAMI (Japan)
212	2002	Teruo MAEDA (Japan)
211	2002	Gerard MOSS (Brazil)
210	2002	Boris KARAKAEV (Russia)
209	2002	Nikolai TARASSENKO (Russia)
208	2002	Vladimir ORLOV (Russia)
207	2001	Anssi SOILA (Finland)
206	2001	Tapio SAVOLAINEN (Finland)
205	2002	Graeme Alister McCLEARY (New Zealand)
204	2002	Diego CRIADO DEL REY SÁEZ (Spain)
203	2002	Monique ÖRNE (Sweden)
202	2002	Norman PRITCHARD (UK)
201	2002	Have been lost (UK)
200	2001	Christopher GREENWOOD (Australia)
199	2001	Gregory Peter ROBERT (Australia)
198	2001	Suzanne GEBB (France)
197	2001	Yuri TARAN (Russia)
196	2001	Oleg LYAKISHEV (Russia)
195	2001	Victor ZABOLOTSKI (Russia)
194	2001	Shin ABE (Japan)
193	2001	Shizuka SAITO (Japan)
192	2001	Hiroshi KUSHIYAMA (Japan)
191	2001	Stefan VITTEK (Slovak Republic)
190	2001	Bengt STENER (Sweden)
189	2001	Yuri YAKUTIN (Russia)
188	2001	Lillian LEBLANC (Greece)
187	2000	Milan JELINEK (Slovak Republic)
186	2000	Ulla MANSIKKA (Finland)
185	2000	Rauno HÄRKÖNEN (Finland)
184	2000	Earl MILLER (USA)
183	2000	Shope STEVE (USA)
182	2000	Masahiro KATO (Japan)
181	2000	Shinichi MICHIZUKA (Japan)
180	2000	Petros ARABATZIS (Greece)
179	2000	Theophanis DAMALAS (Greece)
178	2000	Jim THOMPSON (USA)
177	2000	Tadeas WALA (Slovak Republic)
176	2000	Jodie BAUGH (USA)
175	2000	Patricia BRAKE (USA)
174	2000	Pietro BACCHI (Italy)
173	2000	Flip KOETSIER (Netherlands)
172	1999	Hans BAUER (Germany)
171	1999	Rudy PENTEADO (Brazil)
170	1999	Hans VOGTMANN (Germany)
169	1999	Ivan PYSHNY (Russia)
168	1999	Kasum NAZHMUDINOV (USSR)
167	1999	Hiroshisa ICHIDA (Japan)
166	1999	Senji WATANABE (Japan)
165	1999	Kiyoshi ONODA (Japan)
164	1999	Junji OZAWA (Japan)
163	1999	Hiroshi MIZUMACHI (Japan)
162	1999	A.L. "Tony" AARTS (Netherlands)
161	1999	Jean BOILEAU (Canada)
160	1999	Per Ake HERRSTRÖM (Sweden)
159	1999	Dusan KEVICKY (Slovak Republic)
158	1999	Vladimir SOTAK (Slovak Republic)
157	1998	Lubomir HLAVAC (Slovak Republic)
156	1998	Bedrich HEGER (Slovak Republic)
155	1998	Marian ZIMA (Slovak Republic)
154	1998	Shigeo SAKATA (Japan)
153	1998	Sadaro KITSUNEZAKI (Japan)
152	1998	Kentaro LIOKA (Japan)
151	1998	Yoshio SETO (Japan)
150	1998	Terry ROWAN (Ireland)
149	1998	John GRUBBSTRÖM (Sweden)
148	1998	Zlato VANIC (Slovenia)
147	1998	Flip KOETSIER (Netherlands)
146	1997	John GAILLARD (South Africa)
145	1997	Helmut STAS (Poland)
144	1997	Jacques GODBILLE (France)
143	1997	Theo RACK (Germany)
142	1997	Zenonas BRAZAUSKAS (Lithuania)
141	1997	Gerold DETTER (Austria)
140	1997	Shoji KAWASHIMA (Japan)
139	1997	Masaru HASEGAWA (Japan)
138	1997	Toyonobu TAKADA (Japan)
137	1997	Uoichi UCHIYAMA (Japan)
136	1997	Yuichi TANIOKA (Japan)
135	1997	John ZOUMIS (Greece)
134	1997	George LEGAKIS (Greece)
133	1997	Iraklis NAOUM (Greece)
132	1997	Xenophon DIMOPOULOS (Greece)
131	1997	Kostas MARIGLIS (Greece)
130	1997	Barbara A. BUTLER (Virgin Islands)
129	1996	Wim VELTHUIZEN (Netherlands)
128	1996	Bengt-Eric FONSELL (Sweden)
127	1996	Herman LIESE (Germany)
126	1996	Karl BERGER (Austria)
125	1996	Toshihisa WATANABE (Japan)
124	1996	Tomi WATANABE (Japan)
123	1996	Koji OTA (Japan)
122	1996	Jyotaro NASU (Japan)
121	1996	Shuichi KANEKO (Japan)
120	1996	Toshiaki ISHIWATA (Japan)
119	1996	JAPAN AERONAUTIC Association (Japan)
118	1996	AD (Jack) MEHLHOPT (New Zealand)
117	1996	Ingemar LILJA (Sweden)
116	1996	Ludmila IVANOVA (Russia)
115	1996	Aldo MAINETI (Greece)
114	1996	Manolis MAVROFOROS (Greece)
113	1996	Panagiotis SGOURIDES (Greece)
112	1996	Pit THIBO (Luxemburg)
111	1996	COMMUNE AEROSTATIQUE (Luxemburg)
110	1995	Brig. James GILLILAND (South Africa)
109	1996	E.E. "Buck" HILBERT (USA)
108	1995	Terence CUBLEY (Australia)
107	1995	Asmenkas VIKTORAS (Lithuania)
106	1995	Ichiro SATO (Japan)
105	1995	Toyoaki ABE (Japan)
104	1995	Kaoru ASAI (Japan)
103	1995	Koumei HASHIMOTO (Japan)
102	1995	Michael G. HUNT (Australia)
101	1995	Henry HUTCHINSON (Australia)
100	1995	Erika PIKE (Australia)
99	1995	Miltiades S. KOTZAYERIDES (Greece)
98	1995	George STATHOPOULOS (Greece)
97	1995	Rebecca A. POPE (USA)
96	1994	Lt Gl Heikki NIKUNEN (Finland)
95	1994	Tom HARDIE (UK)
94	1994	Istvan MATUZ (Hungary)
93	1994	Maurie BRADNEY (Australia)
92	1994	Michio TERAMOTO (Japan)
91	1994	Shinya KOHAMA (Japan)
90	1994	Ivo MAZZOLA (Switzerland)
89	1994	Wang Duo CHIH (Chinese Taipei)
88	1994	Dr. Colm KILLEEN (Ireland)
87	1994	David HAMILTON (UK)
86	1994	Atul DEV (India)
85	1994	William H. OTTLEY (USA)
84	1993	Bruce BROCKHOFF (Australia)
83	1994	R.L.C. PIESSE (New Zealand)
82	1993	Aeroclub of BORLANGE (Sweden)
81	1993	Mark SULLIVAN (USA)
80	1993	Peter PELLEGRINO (USA)
79	1993	Paul H. POBEREZNY (USA)
78	1993	Koji SHIMAMURA (Japan)
77	1993	James Augustus COX (Australia)
76	1993	Gerald Henry SWAIN (Australia)
75	1993	Naoyuki KITAO (Japan)
74	1993	Nancy GRIFFIN (USA)
73	1993	Michael R. HEUER (USA)
72	1992	Chen XIAN (China (People's Republic of))
71	1993	Violet G. RIGBY (USA)
70	1993	Admiral Wesley L. McDONALD (USA)
69	1992	Robert LO (Chinese Taipei)
68	1992	"Simon"Ueng Guang JYH (Chinese Taipei)
67	1992	Jiri KOBRLE (Czech Republic)
66	1992	Madelyne DELCROIX - KATONA (France)
65	1992	Matti ELONHEIMO (Finland)
64	1992	Yuri POSTNIKOV (Russia)
63	1992	Dimitrios KIRIAKAKIS (Greece)
62	1992	Hofrat Josef GAISBACHER (Austria)
61	1991	Colin JORDAAN (South Africa)
60	1991	Maj. Gen. Loven ABADIA (Philippines)
59	1991	Brian GREEN (Australia)
58	1992	Paul Nicholas CLIFT (Hong Kong)
57	1991	Marshal SIBOEN (Indonesia)
56	1991	Try SUTRISNO (Indonesia)
55	1991	Rhoda HACHE (Canada)
54	1991	Karalee COLEMAN (Canada)
53	1991	Robert H. WAGSTAFF (USA)
52	1991	Garry LOCKYER (USA)
50	1992	Masashi KAKUDA (Japan)
49	2001	Leo O'REILLY (Australia)
48	1992	Capt. Michael G. ANTHIMOS (Greece)
47	1992	Brad EDWARDS (Australia)
46	1992	Olavi A. RAUTIO (Finland)
45	1992	Ritsuri HONDA (Japan)
44	1992	Sakio IMAMURA (Japan)
43	1992	Luis Malagarriga VALLES (Spain)
42	1992	Asmenkas VIKTORAS (Lithuania)
41	1992	Ole Erik VOGNILD (Norway)
40	1992	Thor ALVIK (Norway)
39	1992	Hans ÅKERSTEDT (Sweden)
38	1992	Kirk S. THOMAS (Virgin Islands)
37	1992	Jacques W. SOUKUP (USA)
36	1992	Janusz KRASICKI (Poland)
35	1992	Debbra A. SPAETH (USA)
34	1992	Prof.Dr. Attila TAÇOY (Turkey)
33	1992	Liu Chen CHAN (Chinese Taipei)
32	1992	Robert L. "Bob" CHAVEZ (Chinese Taipei)
31	1992	Chong How (David) LO (Chinese Taipei)
30	1992	Gérard EMLER (Switzerland)
29	1992	C.E. WALLINGTON (Australia)
28	1992	Alfred Louis CADMAN (New Zealand)
27	1992	John WORTH (USA)
26	1992	Hendrik Johan RUTGERS (Australia)
25	1992	Bernard LAMY (France)
24	1992	Roura F. CARRERAS (Spain)
23	1993	Jerry RENOV (Israel)
22	1993	Les PURFIELD (UK)
21	1992	H.R.H. Prins BERNADOTTE (Sweden)
20	1992	Yves TESSIER (France)
19	1991	Alexander ("Sandy") PIMENOFF (Finland)
18	1991	Phil HANSON (Australia)
17	1991	Gordon LEE (Australia)
16	1991	Pierre VIOLET (France)
15	1991	Graham Ralph DAVIDSON (New Zealand)
14	1991	Claude Vincent GILLARD (Australia)
13	1991	Prof. Ing. Piero MORELLI (Italy)
12	1991	William S. IVANS (USA)
11	1991	Amos ISHAI (Israel)
10	1992	Jens-Henrik JOHNSEN (Norway)
9	1992	Wim KROES (Netherlands)
8	1992	Karl STEFAN (USA)
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