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1 day ago · The first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens in 1896, thanks to the organizational efforts of one Pierre de Coubertin, a French baron who foresaw the value of a multinational sporting ...
4 days ago · Pierre de Coubertin, also known as Charles Pierre de Fredy, was a French educator and historian. He is also widely known as the founder of the modern Olympic Games as well as the...
3 days ago · The statue of Baron Pierre de Coubertin stands over the crowd at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Centennial Park in Atlanta, 1994 (Photo by Michel Gangne/AFP via Getty Images) “What’s admirable in rugby football is the perpetual combination between individualism and discipline; the fact each man can think ahead, take decisions and, at the same time, listen to his captain’s voice…
17 hours ago · Pierre de Coubertin, a French historian, founded the IOC in 1894. The first Olympics were in Athens (1896) and Paris (1900). He designed the rings representing five continents for the 1912 Games ...
3 days ago · Né en 1863 à Paris, Pierre de Coubertin voyage durant sa jeunesse, notamment en Angleterre et en Amérique, où il est frappé par l’importance accordée au sport au sein du système éducatif.
1 day ago · Human movement activities were part of religious cults and rites in ancient societies, for example in the Greek Olympic Games. Thanks to this tradition, the father of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, wrote about religio athletae when discussing the transcendent aspects of modern sport.
1 day ago · Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, which encompasses all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games.
