Scholarship · Politics · Literature · 1863–1937
Born: 1 January 1863 · Died: 2 September 1937 · Age at death: 74
Pierre de Coubertin died aged 74. He was born on 1 January 1863 and died on 2 September 1937.
French educator who founded the International Olympic Committee and revived the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896
Did you know?He won a gold medal for literature at the 1912 Olympic Games, competing under a pseudonym with his poem Ode to Sport.
Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern Olympic Games. A French aristocrat and educator, he believed sport could build character and bring nations together. Inspired by English schools and ancient Greece, he called a congress in Paris in 1894 that created the International Olympic Committee. The first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896. He led the IOC for almost 30 years and designed the five interlocking rings. He even won a gold medal for literature at the 1912 Games, under a pen name.
Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (French:; born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin, was a French educator and historian, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and its second president.
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French educator, 1863–1937
Pierre de Coubertin was born in Paris on 1 January 1863.
He founded the IOC in 1894.
The first modern Olympics were held in 1896.
He designed the Olympic rings in 1913.
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Did you know?His heart is buried at Olympia in Greece.
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