Pierre de Coubertin

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Pierre de Coubertin was a French educator and historian best known as the founder of the modern Olympic Games and long-time president of the International Olympic Committee.

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Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin 1
de Coubertin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf educator
historian
human
sports administrator
authored Essais de psychologie sportive
Mémoires Olympiques
Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" promotion
awardReceived Nobel Peace Prize nomination
burialPlace Lausanne
surface form: Lausanne, Switzerland
causeOfDeath heart attack
coined concept of Olympism as a philosophy of life
contributedTo Olympic Charter
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1863-01-01
dateOfDeath 1937-09-02
educatedAt Lycée Saint-Jean de Béthune
endTime 1925
familyName Pierre de Coubertin self-linksurface differs
surface form: de Coubertin
fieldOfWork International Olympic movement
surface form: Olympic movement

physical education
sports history
founded Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques
surface form: Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques (USFSA)

modern Olympic Games
fullName Pierre de Coubertin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin
gender male
givenName Pierre
heartBuriedAt Olympia, Greece
honorificTitle Baron
inspiredBy English public school sports system
ancient Olympic Games
knownFor founding the modern Olympic Games
presidency of the International Olympic Committee
reviving the Olympic movement
languageSpoken French
legacy considered the father of the modern Olympics
majorEvent 1894 Sorbonne Congress on the revival of the Olympic Games
memberOf International Olympic Committee
movement International Olympic movement
surface form: Olympism
occupation educator
historian
sports official
writer
placeOfBirth Paris
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfDeath Geneva
surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
positionHeld President of the International Olympic Committee
proposed revival of the Olympic Games at the 1894 Paris congress
religion Roman Catholicism
roleInEvent organizer of the 1894 Sorbonne Congress
startTime 1896

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Olympic rings designedBy Pierre de Coubertin
Pierre de Coubertin familyName Pierre de Coubertin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: de Coubertin
Summer Olympics 1896 foundedBy Pierre de Coubertin
subject surface form: 1896 Summer Olympics
CIO foundedBy Pierre de Coubertin
Games of the I Olympiad foundedBy Pierre de Coubertin
Olympic Games foundedBy Pierre de Coubertin
modern Olympic Games foundedBy Pierre de Coubertin
International Olympic Committee founder Pierre de Coubertin
Pierre de Coubertin fullName Pierre de Coubertin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin
International Olympic movement hasKeyFigure Pierre de Coubertin
Summer Olympics 1904 iocPresidentAtTime Pierre de Coubertin
subject surface form: 1904 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics iocPresidentAtTime Pierre de Coubertin
1920 Summer Olympics iocPresidentAtTime Pierre de Coubertin
Summer Olympics 1924 iocPresidentAtTime Pierre de Coubertin
subject surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics
modern Olympic Games symbolDesigner Pierre de Coubertin