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German Michael Schumacher has been named the joint winner of UNESCO's "Champion of Sport" award for his donations to charity.
The four-time World Champion received the prize in Paris on Monday for his contributions to UNESCO, having funded a Senegalese school in 1996, a medical centre in Sarajevo in 1997 and planning a child support project in the Peruvian capital Lima for later this year.
"I'm very happy and proud," Schumacher said. "It is education of children in the most difficult circumstances that I have wanted to focus on."
Ferrari driver Schumacher shares the award with French judo Olympic gold-medalist David Douillet, whose work for UNESCO was also rewarded.
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Its pretty remarkable that of all the famous sportmen that sponser UNESCO, Michael came away with the award. Seems he's not all that bad after all.
16 Apr 2002, 11:48 (Ref:261994)
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