"Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Creativity" announces the names of the winners of the eleventh session

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, affirmed that the UAE will always remain the homeland of creativity in all areas of life, and that it will continue its pioneering role in nurturing and honoring creators and spreading and promoting a culture of creativity in various sectors, including the sports sector.

During the ceremony announcing the winners of the eleventh session of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Creativity, one of the global initiatives of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, His Highness said: "Our wise leadership supports excellence and creativity in all fields, and affirms that sponsoring, supporting and honoring creators and spreading a culture of creativity, excellence and quality is essential A basic approach to building the future that the people of the Emirates, as well as the Arab brothers and the whole world deserve, and the wise leadership launches initiatives each year to support excellence and creativity and care for distinguished and creative people in all fields, which made the UAE take the lead in this field.

His Highness added, "In the past fifty years of the state's life, we have achieved many achievements that made the state a global model for the wisdom of leadership, the efficiency of the people, and the ambition that does not know the impossible and surpasses all challenges. The next fifty years will witness more and greater achievements in all fields, and the state will be a supportive homeland for every creator." .

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum concluded by saying: "The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Creativity, sponsored by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and chaired by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Olympic Committee Nationality stems from the approach of our wise leadership and translates its directives to support and raise the level of creativity in sports work. The award, through its membership in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, contributes to empowering societies through sports and supporting creative and distinguished people who set an example for others to walk the path of excellence and achieve The great achievements, and today we announce a new elite of sports creators to honor them and send a message to all athletes and sports institutions that the honor will go to every creative person who seeks to raise the level of performance and sports achievement everywhere.”

This came during a ceremony announcing the winners in the categories of the eleventh session of the largest prize in terms of its value and the multiplicity of its categories, and the first of its kind ever dedicated to creativity in sports work.

The ceremony was held today (Tuesday) at Deep Dive Dubai, the largest and most modern diving pool in the world, in the presence of Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, a number of members of the Award’s Board of Trustees, the Board of Directors of the Dubai Sports Council and sports personalities.

Spreading a culture of creativity

Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, thanked His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council and patron of the Award, and His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the National Olympic Committee and President of the Award, for the support and care And the sound directives that put the award in its prestigious global position and made it the dream of all workers in the various fields of sports work.

He said, "Since 2009, the award has continued to appreciate and honor creators and motivate the sports sector to develop by spreading the culture of creativity in sports work and honoring creators in the UAE, the Arab world and the world. Despite the challenges faced by sports worldwide and the decline in participation numbers in all tournaments and events, the The eleventh session achieved a growth in the number of participants, whose number reached 409 candidates, an increase of 14% over the previous session, in addition to the increase in the number of honorees to 28 winners, which confirms the great status of the award and the keenness of everyone to run and compete for the honor of winning it.

The list of honorees included 28 innovators in all fields of sports work. Imran Khan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Pakistan, received the World Sports Personality Award in recognition of his efforts to place Pakistan among the world's strongest teams in cricket. The Arab Sports Personality Award was awarded to Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, as he has succeeded since his presidency of the Qatar Olympic Committee in the year 2015 in achieving many global sporting achievements, foremost of which is the achievement of Qatari athletes during the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. Olympic history, collecting two gold medals and a bronze medal.

- The local athlete:

Ali Ahmed Mabkhout, for achieving historical achievements and figures at the local and international levels, as he became the historical top scorer for the UAE national team with 78 goals, as well as the historical top scorer for the UAE League with 175 goals, and also to become the third international scorer in the world currently and is included in the golden list For the world's historical goalscorers.

Anas Nasser Al-Otaiba, for winning the presidency of the Asian Federation and the position of Vice-President of the International Boxing Federation

Ahmed Muhammad Al-Hammadi, for being the first Arab to be chosen as the head referee of the International Weightlifting Federation for People of Determination and for his participation for the seventh time in a row in arbitration in tournaments Paralympic Games.

Abdulaziz Muhammad Al-Yasi (Al-Anbari) for winning the title of the Arab Gulf Football League in the 2018/2019 season for the first time in the history of Sharjah Club since the start of the professional league.

Abdul Hamid Ibrahim Al Hosani, being the Dean of Basketball Coaches in the United Arab Emirates, has achieved 58 titles so far in his career.

the UAE national team for endurance, for winning the gold medal in the World Championship for Youth and Juniors for endurance races for a distance of 120 km in Italy.

Zayed Higher Organization for People of Determination, for the success and excellence in organizing the 2021 Paralympic Shooting World Cup for the fifth time in a row.

Feryal Ashraf Abdel Aziz (Egypt) for winning the gold medal in karate at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the first Olympic gold medal for Arabs in karate.

Ahmed Ayoub Hefnaoui (Tunisia) for winning the gold medal in swimming at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, the first Arab Olympic medal in swimming in the 400-meter competition

Sofiane Bakkali (Morocco) for winning the gold medal in the 3000-meter steeplechase race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, becoming the first Arab athlete to win an Olympic gold in the 3000m steeplechase.

Tariq Ali Hamdi (Saudi Arabia) for winning the silver medal in karate at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020

Aya Mahmoud Madani (Egypt) for being the first Arab and African to be elected as Chairman of the Players Committee and member of the Executive Office of the International Modern Pentathlon Federation.

Zaytouni Matiout (Morocco) for being the first international Karate referee to referee (4) finals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in addition to being awarded the title of Best African Continental Karate referee and the Arab Excellence Award in Arbitration 2021.

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Algerian national football team Football for winning the 2019 African Nations Cup in Egypt and continuing to shine by breaking the African record of matches without defeat and receiving the award for the best African team, as well as for not losing in 33 games in a row.

Al-Ahly Club for Physical Sports - Egypt (Al-Ahly Club Economic Group - Self-financing), as it is a distinguished initiative in terms of bringing together several aspects of innovation, future foresight and knowledge of best practices in institutional work.

The International Handball Federation (based in Switzerland) for the success and excellence in organizing the World Handball Championship that was held in Egypt in light of the global repercussions of the pandemic.

- A local junior athlete who has achieved outstanding successes in the sports field:

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qualified to win this category, who will be voted on through the Dubai Sports Channel, the website and the smart application of the award. Equally, to be honored during the closing ceremony on January 9, 2022, according to the final arrangement of the results of arbitration and voting, and they are: Muhammad Saeed Al-Amri, for winning first place (3) times in the International Championship for Endurance and Endurance - Slovakia 2019 and ranking fourth at the level of the global classification of the adult category riders, and Saif Jassim Al-Mansoori for winning the gold medal in the World Junior Championships under 16 years in Romania for the year 2019 and the silver medal in the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship for juniors category - 2019.

And Al Yazia, Tariq Abdul Salam, for winning the silver medal in the International Gymnastics Championships held in Hungary, and Rahma Khalfan Al Morshedy, for winning the silver medal in the Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships, which was held in the UAE.

And Salwa Ahmed Al-Mansoori, for winning the bronze medal in the Asian Karate Championship for juniors, youth and under 21 years old in Malaysia, and Youssef Rashid Al-Matrooshi, for winning (4) gold medals in the Gulf Swimming Championships held in Kuwait and Qatar, in addition to his participation in the Olympic Games - Tokyo 2020, as well as achieving a historic feat as he became the first Emirati to break the 50-second barrier in the 100-meter swim.

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Walid Katila (Tunisia) for winning two gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the 100 and 800 meters wheelchair races and breaking the Paralympic record.

 Jarrah Nassar (Iraq) for winning the silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games under difficult conditions and challenges.

- Maan Abdel Moeen Asaad (Syria) to achieve an achievement under great circumstances and challenges, which is to get the bronze medal in the weightlifting competition at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

Zayed Abdel Nasser Al Kathiri (UAE) This is due to his distinction and achievement of 3 gold medals in world championships in Jiu-Jitsu in 2019.

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