Half a century after Olympian Peter Norman stood with American athletes on the podium as they gave the black power salute, he's been posthumously recognised with the Australian Olympic Committee's highest accolade.
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Norman's stance at the 1968 Mexico City Games remains one of the most revered images of the Olympics, and the legacy of the man who won the silver medal.
He famously stood on the victory dais while the 200m gold and bronze medallists, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gave the black power salute to protest the lack of rights given to African Americans.
He wore an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge on his tracksuit in support.
In a private ceremony at the National Sports Museum in Melbourne on Friday night, Norman received the AOC's Order of Merit.
His eldest daughter, Janita Norman, accepted the award on behalf of her late father, who died in October 2006 aged 64.
"It is a powerful and meaningful recognition by the Australian Olympic Committee," she told a crowd of 90 people.
"That they value the sporting achievement of Peter Norman, his long-standing Australian record and also the impact his stand of support has made, and continues to make on our society.
"This story ... is just as relevant today as it was 50 years ago."
Even the athlete's mother Thelma Norman, 97, joined the celebrations carrying a bag on her walker with the famous image.
AOC president John Coates urged the committee to award the honour after he watched a documentary and saw a statue of the three athletes in Washington, which made him realise Norman was more recognised in the US than Australia and that needed to change.
The AOC agreed at its annual general meeting in late April to give Norman the honour.
Australian Associated Press