Avery Brundage

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Avery Brundage was an American sports administrator who served as the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, overseeing the Olympic movement during the mid-20th century.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic official
human
sports administrator
affiliation Amateur Athletic Union
International Olympic Committee
United States Olympic Committee
areaOfInfluence Olympic Games policy
international sport
competedIn track and field
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer International Olympic Committee
United States Olympic Committee
familyName Brundage
fieldOfWork Olympic governance
sports administration
givenName Avery
hasActivity administration of Olympic Games
governance of international sport organizations
hasHonor leadership role in the Olympic movement
hasRole Olympic administrator
sports executive
ideology amateurism in sport
influencedBy ideals of amateur sport
knownFor controversial leadership of the International Olympic Committee
opposition to political boycotts of the Olympic Games
strict advocacy of amateurism in the Olympics
languageSpoken English
memberOf International Olympic Committee
United States Olympic Committee
movement Olympic movement
nativeLanguage English
notableFor defending the continuation of the 1936 Berlin Olympics
oversight of multiple Olympic Games during the mid-20th century
resistance to commercialism in the Olympic Games
notableWork defense of amateurism in Olympic sport
leadership of the Olympic movement in the mid-20th century
occupation businessperson
sports administrator
positionHeld member of the International Olympic Committee
president of the Amateur Athletic Union
president of the International Olympic Committee
president of the United States Olympic Committee
sexOrGender male
sport athletics
workLocation Chicago
Lausanne


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