Demetrios Vikelas
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Demetrios Vikelas was a Greek businessman and writer; he was the co-founder and first president of the International Olympic Committee, from 1894 to 1896.
Demetrius Vikelas
A portrait of Vikelas by Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos.
Pierre de Coubertin
The International Olympic Committee at the first Olympic Games in Athens. Vikelas is seated in the center
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 s
Demetrios Vikelas
…a distinguished reputation. Because of his reputation and the fact that he lived in Paris, he was chosen to represent Greece in a congress called by Pierre de Coubertin in June 1894, which decided to re-establish the Olympic Games and to organise them in Athens in 1896, designating Vikelas to preside over the organisation…
Coubertin by the mid-1920s
Pierre de Coubertin as a child (right), with one of his sisters, painted by his father (detail of Le Départ, 1868).
Coubertin in 1921.
International Olympics Committee Headquarters.