Former JOA president Michael Fennell and Steve Stoute were both presented with the Panam Sports Award at the 56th Panam Sports General Assembly in Lima, Peru.

Both Fennell and Stoute have dedicated more than 40 years to developing sport in their nations and throughout the Americas, earning worldwide recognition and numerous awards along the way.

They were honoured by the Panam Sports Executive Board in lieu of their inspiring dedication and commitment to the Olympic Movement of the Americas.

“We would like to award these two colleagues. We would like to thank you, thank you for all of this time you have dedicated to sport. You are great leaders for us. In the name of sport here, we just want to say we admire all you have done for sport and we would like to say thank you very much,” said Panam Sports President, Neven Ilic.

“This is something that I want to thank everyone for. I represent Jamaica, I represent sport. We do this for the love of sport and the love of sport in the Americas. I want to thank the many people who have assisted me over the years. I thank you all very much, this is really a wonderful gesture,” said Fennell.