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OLYMPIC ART AND SPORT CONTEST 2004
Sergey's sculpture "Five Continents" (shown on the left) won the first place in Olympic Art and Sport Contest 2004, an international art event by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The worldwide contest took place at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 22, 2004.
"Five Continents" was the winner of the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) Sport Art Competition held in November 2003, which was hosted by the United States Sports Academy's (USSA) American Sport Art Museum and Archives. The piece was then entered as the United States' entry into the IOC competition. The United States Sports Academy honored Sergey as Sport Artist of the Year for 2004.
At the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland Sergey's sculpture competed against entries from 39 countries from around the globe.
Dr. Thomas Rosandich, the president and CEO of the United States Sport Academy stated: "The United States won its first Gold Medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens".
"Five Continents" is displayed at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland and will also be exhibited at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
The award ceremony will take place at the World Forum on Culture, Education and Sport in Barcelona, Spain on June 10, 2004. The award will be presented by the IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education.
HISTORY OF THE CONTEST
The origin of the IOC Art & Sport Contest goes back to the Games of the V Olympiad in Stockholm in 1912. Organized there for the first time, contests featured literature, music, architecture, painting and sculpture. These competitions appeared on the official program, and the three winners of each category were rewarded with gold, silver, and bronze medals.
The idea of the art contest was dear to Pier de Coubertin, the reviver of the modern Games, who wanted to re-establish the Ancient Greek tradition of linking art and sport. These artistic events continued until the London Games in 1948.
In 2000, during the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney, Australia, the IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education, in collaboration with the National Olympic Committees, re-launched the concept by setting up a contest which brought together graphic works and sculptures from the whole world.
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