Brazilian Pierre de Coubertin Committee is organizing an Olympic Studies Forum 2019 together with the Federal University of Sergipe and the Group of Olympic and Paralympic Studies. The Forum will take place on 2 and 3 September 2019 in São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil.
The President of the National Pierre de Coubertin Committee of Uruguay, Prof. Héctor Horacio Henry, kindly informed us about the celebration of the Olympic Day and of the 3rdAnniversary of the Pierre de Coubertin Committee of Uruguay.
Several CIPC members have been appointed to the IOC Commissions in 2019. The IOC President Thomas Bach appointed once more Prof. Stephan Wassong, Prof. Kostas Georgiadis and Helen Brownlee on the Olympic Education Commission; Prof. Dr. Norbert Müller and Alexandra de Navacelle Zolidis (Pierre de Coubertin Family Association) on the Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission. This decision
At the Olympic Center in Warsaw Alexandra de Navacelle (President of the Pierre de Coubertin Family Association), Stephan Wassong (President of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee) and Junko Tahara (Vice-President of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee) met officials from the Japanese Olympic Committee. These included Kiichiro Matsumaru (Senior Executive Board Member), Yoshiko Hamazaki (Senior Manager) and
The Brazilian Committee Pierre de Coubertin has the pleasure of being a partner of "eMuseu Nacional do Esporte". The digital prototype, designed by Bianca Gama Pena (CBPC member), aims to provide real and virtual experiences that highlight the importance of Brazilian sport and Olympic memory in Brazil. The launch was held on Wednesday, 29 April 2019 in Rio de
On April 29th, students from Basic School URI- Erechim came to Brazilian Pierre de Coubertin Committee headquarters in Porto Alegre to attend the Doctor Honoris Causa ceremony for Professor Lamartine Pereira da Costa. On this occasion, the members of the Olympic Studies Research Group (GPEO) of Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) conducted an Olympic Studies seminar and
On April 29th, in the morning, Professor Lamartine Pereira da Costa honorary member of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee, received the Doctor Honoris Causa distinction at PUCRS. Lamartine da Costa dedicated six decades of his life on Olympic Studies, Sciences and Sports History. On this occasion, Professor Nelson Todt, Brazilian Pierre de Coubertin Committee’s President and also Coordinator of the Olympic Studies Research
The CIPC General Assembly took place on 8-9 and 10 March 2019 in Lausanne. The main topics of this meeting were: to work on the modern presentation and interpretation of Coubertin’s philosophy and visions and to appreciate the reports of National Pierre de Coubertin Committees around the world that contribute greatly to the promotion of the Olympic Movement in their
On 8th March 2019, Prof. Stephan Wassong met with IOC-President, Dr. Thomas Bach, at the provisional headquarters of the IOC in Pully. This was Prof. Wassong`s first meeting with President Bach in his function as president of the CIPC. The meeting was established to provide Dr. Bach with relevant information on Prof. Wassong`s quadrennial agenda for the activities
Dr. Ines NIKOLAUS, CIPC Vice-President, delegate for the CIPC International Network of Pierre de Coubertin Schools, gave a lecture on 8 March entitled ‘Olympism in schools - It should be encouraged’, a statement made by Coubertin in 1934. This lecture was given to the members of the Association Amitiés Gréco-Suisses created in Lausanne by Pierre de Coubertin and