Pierre de Coubertin
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Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin, was a French educator and historian, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee, and its second president. He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. He was particularly active in promoting the introduction of sport in French schools.
Coubertin by the mid-1920s
Pierre de Coubertin as a child (right), with one of his sisters, painted by his father Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (detail of Le Départ, 1869).
Gateway of Dreams monument in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, built during the Centennial Olympic Games.
Grave of Pierre de Coubertin
International Olympic Committee
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The International Olympic Committee is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland
Current IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The main entrance of the former headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne
The first IOC, at the 1896 Athens Games