Coubertin on peace through sport

He firmly believed that sport was the key to developing mental energy. He was behind the creation of the five-ring Olympic symbol in 1913, the Olympic Charter ...

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Born in 1863, Pierre de Coubertin was a champion of sport in education. In 1894 he proposed a revival of the Olympic Games, designating Athens and Paris as ...

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He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. He was particularly active in promoting the introduction of sport in French schools. His Excellency. The ...

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Pierre de Coubertin believed that to make sport more popular, it had to be internationalized. He wanted to recreate the ancient Olympic Games.

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Coubertin's desire to resurrect the Olympic Games after 1,500 years of dormancy was prompted by his concerns about challenges and changes in the ...

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He aimed at establishing an international athletic festival of which the driving force should be an educational objective. The Olympic Games should promote the ...

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Brookes's passion for an international Olympic festival inspired Coubertin to take up the cause and gave a new direction to his life. As Le Rénovateur (“The ...

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Over and over again, Coubertin expressed the idea that sports competition at the international level could help foster understanding, respect and peace ...

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His interest in sport was linked to the improvement of the French educational system, with the aim of "regenerating the French race through the ...

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Pierre de Coubertin became IOC president in 1896 and guided the Olympic Games through its difficult early years, when it lacked much popular support and was ...

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