biography
| name: |
Coubertin, Pierre de
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pronunciation:
[koobairtĩ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1863–1937)
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| biography:
| Educator, born in Paris, France. One of the first French advocates of physical education, he toured the USA and Europe to study educational methods, and visited Greece, where excavators were uncovering the ancient Olympic site. The visit inspired his proposal to revive the Olympic Games, and in 1894 the delegates at an international athletics conference in Paris voted to hold an Olympic competition at Athens in 1896. He became the first president (1896–1925) of the International Olympic Committee. |
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