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The Elly D. Friedmann Professional Contribution Award – A Tribute to Passionate Enthusiasm and Inspiration<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Portrait

Elly D Friedmann<\/p><\/div>\n

The Elly D. Friedmann Professional Contribution Award was established in 1989 by Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper, Professor, Free University, Berlin, in memory of her close friend and colleague Dr. Elly D. Friedmann, Founder and Director of the State Teachers College of Physical Education at Beer-Sheva, Israel. Elly Friedmann’s early life was spent in Berlin, Heidelberg, and Basle, where she studied philosophy, psychology, and pedagogy as well as physical education and dance. She received her PhD degree magna sum laude from University of Basle, Switzerland, in 1934 and shortly thereafter immigrated to Israel.<\/p>\n

Dr. Friedmann’s early and abiding interest lay in systems and approaches to movement that stressed the integrated relationship of mind, body, and soul. Influenced greatly by Rudolf Laban, she introduced Modem Educational Gymnastics and Dance into the Israeli school system and became the world’s leading researcher on movement education as a means of rehabilitating and integrating culturally deprived children.<\/p>\n

Dr. Friedmann published frequently in English, Hebrew, and German but her best known book is entitled, Rudolf Laban, Frederic M. Alexander, Moshe Feldenkrais-Pioneers of Awareness Through Movement Experience: Three Essays<\/em>. The work of these pioneers encompassed yoga, zen, Tai-Chi, other arts of the Far East, Greek philosophy, and Gestalt psychology. Elly Friedmann extended these ideas to pedagogy, didactics, and teacher training, thereby broadening our perspectives in both regular and adapted physical education.<\/p>\n

According to her husband Ernst, Elly’s life and contributions are reflected in her favorite quotation from Plato: “We don’t educate through knowledge alone, but through passionate enthusiasm and inspiration as possessed… only one passionately possessed can light the flame and produce a long line of possessed…”<\/p>\n

The Elly D. Friedmann Young Professional Awards were created in 1992 by Dr. Claudine Sherrill, Dr. Karen DePauw, and Dr.Gudrun Doll-Tepper to encourage the development of passionate enthusiasm and inspiration in young adapted physical educators and to help produce a long line of possessed… The Elly D. Friedmann awards have been generously supported by her husband, who passed away in April, 1993, and their son Dr. Raffi Amit.<\/p>\n

ELLY D. FRIEDMANN AWARDS RECIPIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1991 Dr Claudine Sherrill, USA
\n1993 Dr. Ernst J. Kiphard, Germany
\n1995 Inge Morisbak, Norway
\n1997 Dr. Julian U. Stein, USA
\n1999 Dr. Atara Sherman, Israel
\n2001 Dr. Kurt-Alphons Jochheim, Germany
\n2003 Dr. K. Yabe & Dr Y. J. Hong, Japan and Korea
\n2005 Josef Lev, Israel
\n2007 Dr. Herman Van Coppenolle, Belgium
\n2009 Dr. Hana Valkova, Czech Republic
\n2011 Dr. Hideo Nakata, Japan
\n2013 Dr. Karen DePauw, USA
\n2015 Dr. Greg Reid, Canada
\n2017 Dr. Yeshayahu Hutzler, Israel
\n2019 Dr. Pauli Rintala, Finland
\n2021 Dr. Martin Kudlaeck, Czech Republic
\n2023 Dr. Robert Steadward, Canada
\n2025 Dr. Martin Block, USA<\/p>\n

\n

G Lawrence Rarick Memorial Lecture<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The G. Lawrence Rarick Memorial Lecture was created in 1997 to honour the scholarship and leadership of G. Lawrence Rarick to the field of adapted physical activity. The Lecture recognizes outstanding scholarship with international significance. The work of the Rarick scholar has significant implications for adapted physical activity research, but need not be primarily associated with the adapted physical activity field. The Lecture is presented biennially in conjunction with the ISAPA. Following the presentation, the Lecture is published in APAQ or other appropriate journal.<\/p>\n

Previous G. Lawrence Rarick Memorial Lectures<\/strong><\/p>\n

1999 in Barcelona, Spain. Roy Shephard (Canada): Post Modernism and APE: A new<\/em>
\nGnostic heresy?<\/em><\/p>\n

2001 in Vienna, Austria. Sheila Henderson (UK): Toward an understanding of DCD<\/em><\/p>\n

2003 in Seoul, Korea. A.E. (Ted) Wall (Canada): Developmental Skill Learning<\/em>
\nhypothesis: Implications for learning and instruction<\/em><\/p>\n

2005 in Verona, Italy: Alain Varray (France): Improving health status through<\/em>
\nphysical activity for individuals with chronic pulmonary diseases<\/em><\/p>\n

2007 in Rio Claro, Brazil. Carlos Eduardo Negr\u00e3o (Brazil): Fitness, exercise science, and<\/em>
\nrehabilitation<\/em><\/p>\n

2009 in Gavle, Sweden. Michael Bar-Eli (Israel): Judgment and decision-making in sport<\/em><\/p>\n

2011 in Paris, France. Jim Rimmer (USA): How APA professionals fit into the larger<\/em>
\nscheme of public health<\/em><\/p>\n

2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. Greg Reid (Canada): Happy Birthday IFAPA?<\/em><\/p>\n

2015 in Netanya, Israel. Tamar Heller (USA): Physical activity and nutrition<\/em>
\nhealth promotion interventions for adults with developmental disabilities: Translating research to practice in the community<\/em><\/p>\n

2017 in Daegu, South Korea. Sok-Rok Song (Korea): Winter Paralympic Games<\/p>\n

2019 in Charlottesville, United States of America. David Legg (Canada): Olympic and Paralympic Games: Convergence or Stasis<\/a><\/p>\n

2021 online (hosted Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland). Viviene Temple (Canada): Special Olympics program responses during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n

2023 in Dunedin, New Zealand. P. David Howe (Canada): From Correction to Adaptive and Beyond: Why the cultural politics of dis-ability matters in the field of APA<\/a><\/p>\n

2025 in Tralee, Ireland. Robert Steadward (Canada): My Paralympic Journey<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Young Professional Award<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Young Professional Award in Adapted Physical Activity recognizes the development of passionate enthusiasm and inspiration in young adapted physical activity professionals (less than 40 years of age). The award was established in 1992 through a donation from Dr. Claudine Sherrill. Two Young Professional Awards are given biennially, in conjunction with each ISAPA. Recipients must be present at the Symposium and be members of IFAPA. One award specifically recognizes the contribution of a young professional from the country\/region hosting the ISAPA. The second award is open to all eligible professionals.<\/p>\n

Young Professional Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n

1993 Harald von Selzam (Germany) & Kazumi Tsukagoshi, (Japan)
\n1995 Pilvikki Heikinaro-Johansson (Finland) & Hedi Anne Peterson, (Norway)
\n1997 Lauren Lieberman (USA) & Pascale Poirier, (Canada)
\n1999 Deena Scoretz (Canada) & Anna Fillat, (Spain)
\n2001 Andrea Schemey (Austria) & Christoph Lienert, (USA\/Germany)
\n2003 Lisa Silliman-French (USA) & Kwang-Jin Oh, (Korea)
\n2005 Peter Van de Vliet (Belgium) & Stefano Frassinelli, (Italy)
\n2007 Jose Angelo Barela (Brazil) Simon Driver (USA)
\n2009 Cindy Sit (Hong Kong)
\n2011 Aija Klavina (Latvia) & Steffi de Jong\/Pierre Bataille (France\/Netherlands)
\n2013 Bartosz Molik (Poland) & Mehmet Ata Ozturk\/Aysen Cevik, (Turkey)
\n2015 Meghann Lloyd (Canada) & Sharon Barak (Israel)
\n2017 Justin Haegele (USA) & Kwok Ng (Finland).
\n2019 Chunxiao Li (Singapore) & Andy Colombo-Dougovito (USA)
\n2021 Jane Jie Yu (China), Wesley Wilson (USA), Niko & Heidi Lepp\u00e4 (Finland)
\n2023 Scott McNamara (USA)
\n2025 Gerard Masdeu Y\u00e9lamos (Ireland\/Spain), Liang Xiao (Hong Kong)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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