Video greeting from Erika Johansson (LongJump).
The greeting to Professor Ljungqvist was received and screened in connection to the unveiling ceremony of the second Et Purus monument, erected on Royal Djurgården in Stockholm. The bronze monument was unveiled in September 2024 by HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in front of media, fans, friends, family, and the general public. The first Et Purus monument was unveiled in Monaco by HSH Prince Albert II in December 2021.
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In May 2011, at Professor Arne Ljungqvist’s 80th birthday reception, he was awarded a sculpture idea created to honor his then 40-year global crusade against doping in sports and society. The monument, sculpted by Sassona Norton, portrays the classic hand gesture ”No 1”, used worldwide intuitively by all sports and cultures, celebrating performance victory. A ring on the index fingertip symbolizes excellence performed with a clean and doping-free body (a ”window” into an inspected and clean body).
Still active today, at 93, Professor Ljungqvist started his anti-doping career 53 years ago in Sweden. Since then he has been fighting doping in sports from leading positions in the major global sports organizations: World Athletics (former IAAF), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA – which he co-founded in 1999). In 2012, he expanded his work by establishing a foundation with the mission to fight the use of doping substances also in society, specifically targeting youth – Professor Arne Ljungqvist Anti-Doping Foundation.
