The 7^th AIMS MARATHON SYMPOSIUM took place from November 7 – 10, 2013 in Athens – this year together with the AIMS Gala.

There is already a long tradition for the AIMS Symposium, which was originally carried out in Marathon, Greece, but has now relocated to Athens; this year, however, was the start of a new tradition, the AIMS Gala, where the best male and female marathon runners in 2013 were honored.

Other prizes were awarded as well, such as an award for Ingrid Kristiansen for her lifetime achievements in sports, the AIMS Green Award for event organisers, and the AIMS Social Award. German Road Races (GRR) reported extensively about this event.

The AIMS Symposium is always a good opportunity to exchange ideas, communicate and learn together with the participating event organisers from all corners of the world – as well as to receive contributions from the events for the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum.  Of course everyone expects by now to be approached by me as I seek out materials for the museum.

The organisers of the concurrent 31^st Athens Classic Marathon were also "tapped" for souvenirs for the museum; Theodosis Livitsanos from the AIMS Office in Athens has been a great help in sending everything to Berlin, as extra baggage is extremely costly when flying with Easyjet.

Easyjet itself made a contribution to the museum, as there was a long article about Usain Bolt in the airline magazine, with his face donning the front cover.

The objects depicted here are already archived in the museum, while  other event organisers are sending their artefacts directly to the Sports Museum in Berlin, for which we are very thankful.

 

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“The Artefact of the Month” No I. – Rare museum artefacts from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – The Starting Pistol – Horst Milde reports

 

Artefact of the Month” No. II. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Museum of Running – The New York City Marathon – Current Gifts – Horst Milde Reports

 

“The Artefact of the Month” III. – Rare museum artefacts from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Dr. David Martin (Atlanta, GA) and his donations to the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Current Donations – Horst Milde reports

 

"The Artefact of the Month" IV. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Museum of Running – Wim Verhoorn / NED and his Gifts to the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Current Gifts – Horst Milde Reports

 

"The Artefact of the Month" V. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Museum of Running – Bernd Hübner / Berlin and his Gifts to the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Current Gifts – Horst Milde Reports

"The Artefact of the Month" VI. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – The “Golden Shoe” from the AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award. Horst Milde Reports

 

Berlin Sports Museum – "AIMS Marathon Museum of Running" receives the "David E. Martin Collection" – The "Artefact of the Decade"!

 

"The Artifact of the Month" VII. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Victah Sailer and his donation. Horst Milde Reports

 

"The Artifact of the Month" VIII. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Berlin Sports Museum – Tokyo Marathon and Athens Classic Marathon – Horst Milde Reports

 

"The Artifact of the Month" IX. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Berlin Sports Museum – The PUMA Sprint Spike from Usain Bolt – Horst Milde Reports

"The Artifact of the Month" X. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – "Big guys of running", the World Marathon Majors – Horst Milde Reports

 

"The Artifact of the Month" XI. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – The addition for the "David E. Martin Collection" – The "Artefact of the Decade"! – Horst Milde reports

 

"The Artifact of the Month" XII. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Henryk Paskal donates his valuable collection to the Berlin Sports Museum – Horst Milde reports

 

The “Artifact of the Month” XIII. – Rare museum artifacts from the Berlin Sports Museum/AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Documents from a race that didn’t happen – Sandy Sislowitz and the New York City Marathon 2012 – Horst Milde reports

 

"The artefact of the month" XIV. – Rare pieces from the Berlin Sports Museum/AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Gothenburg visits the Museum – Report by Horst Milde

 

“The artifact of the month” XV. – Rare artefacts from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running/Berlin Sports Museum – The “Breathtaking Jerusalem Marathon” and Miri Fiengold – Report by Horst Milde

 

“The artifact of the month” XVI. – Henk Vos – a man of passion – and his painting from the COMRADES Marathon for the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running in Berlin

 

“The artifact of the month” XVII – MEXICAN MARATHONS AND HALF MARATHON DONATE ITEMS TO THE AIMS MARATHON MUSEUM OF RUNNING – By Horst Milde