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.
Aliases (2)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic official
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human → sports administrator → |
| affiliation |
Amateur Athletic Union
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International Olympic Committee → United States Olympic Committee → |
| areaOfInfluence |
Olympic Games policy
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international sport → |
| competedIn |
track and field
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| employer |
International Olympic Committee
→
United States Olympic Committee → |
| familyName |
Brundage
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| fieldOfWork |
Olympic governance
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sports administration → |
| givenName |
Avery
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| hasActivity |
administration of Olympic Games
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governance of international sport organizations → |
| hasHonor |
leadership role in the Olympic movement
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| hasRole |
Olympic administrator
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sports executive → |
| ideology |
amateurism in sport
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| influencedBy |
ideals of amateur sport
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| knownFor |
controversial leadership of the International Olympic Committee
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opposition to political boycotts of the Olympic Games → strict advocacy of amateurism in the Olympics → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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| memberOf |
International Olympic Committee
→
United States Olympic Committee → |
| movement |
Olympic movement
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| nativeLanguage |
English
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| notableFor |
defending the continuation of the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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oversight of multiple Olympic Games during the mid-20th century → resistance to commercialism in the Olympic Games → |
| notableWork |
defense of amateurism in Olympic sport
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leadership of the Olympic movement in the mid-20th century → |
| occupation |
businessperson
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sports administrator → |
| positionHeld |
member of the International Olympic Committee
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president of the Amateur Athletic Union → president of the International Olympic Committee → president of the United States Olympic Committee → |
| sexOrGender |
male
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| sport |
athletics
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|
| workLocation |
Chicago
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Lausanne → |
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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1968 Summer Olympics
→
Games of the XVI Olympiad → |
iocPresidentAtTime |
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1960 Winter Olympics → |
IOCPresidentDuringGames |
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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
("Avery Brundage Collection")
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hasFoundingCollection |
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1960 Summer Olympics
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headOfOrganizingCommittee |
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1964 Summer Olympics
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iocPresidentAtGames |
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1964 Winter Olympics
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|
IOCPresidentAtTime |
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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
("Avery Brundage (founding collection donor)")
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namedAfter |