Pierre de Coubertin
Introducing Baron
Pierre de Coubertin
Founder of the Olympic Movement
Pierre de Coubertin has become known as the founder of the Olympic Movement and restorer of the modern Olympic Games. He was born on 1st January 1863 in Paris and passed away on 2nd September 1937 in Geneva.
A Short Story
The Olympic
Founding Idea
Pierre de Coubertin presented his idea to revive the modern Olympic Games for the first time in public at the 5thanniversary of the »Union des Sociétés française de Sport athlétiques« (USFSA) in November 1892.
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Coubertin`s IOC
Presidency
1896 – 1925
Pierre de Coubertin became president of the International Olympic Committee after the 1896 Athens Olympic Games and remained in this office until 1925. In his 29 years of presidency he coined the profile of the modern Olympic movement through various activities.
A significant Career
Beyond the
Olympics
Pierre de Coubertin can be regarded as a progressive-mined educator, who believed in and promoted the power of sport as a tool for character development and transnational understanding.
Initiatives beyond of the Olympic Games
