Looking back the history of the Olympic Games and  inheriting the spirit of the Olympic Games.  Hello everyone, I'm Chen Yulong, the volunteer of this issue.  Today, I am telling you the story of who create the modern Olympic Games. 

  The modern Olympic Games were founded by a Frenchman. To understand him, we must know about his era first. The discovery of the Olympia site in the 18th century and the archaeological excavation of the site in the 19th century have aroused great interest in the ancient Greek Olympic Games. In the 19th century, many places in the world tried to revive the Olympic Games, such as Grenoble in France, Machivan Locke in England and Athens in Greece. However, these games are only local activities and have no lasting impact around the world.

  Born in 1863, Coubertin was very interested in the games of the past. He was also very interested in the British education system. In the British and American education systems, physical education was also one of the school courses, which was unprecedented in France at that time. Coubertin was inspired by his research on British and American schools, and would like to let people at that time know the benefits of sports for young people. But his idea didn't get everyone's approval. Coubertin realized that he needed some convincing arguments to change people's minds. Then he came up with a special idea: to restore the ancient Olympic Games.

Why did Coubertin succeed and everyone else failed? His cleverness is to internationalize and modernize the Olympic Games as part of his physical education strategy. Coubertin treated his career sincerely and was full of faith in his ideas. He is persistent despite adversity. On June 23, 1894, the International Olympic Committee was established. In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens and Coubertin achieved his goal.

Coubertin's interest was not limited to the Olympics. As a historian, writer and educator, he liked to express his opinions on many subjects. Coubertin died in 1937, his body was buried in the walling cemetery in Lausanne, Switzerland, and his heart was placed in the marble monument in Olympia. Coubertin is the second president of the International Olympic Committee. His term of office is from 1896 to 1925.

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Le Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) is a famous French educator, international sports activist, educationist and historian, and the founder of the modern Olympic movement, born on January 1, 1863 in Paris, France, a very wealthy aristocratic family. From 1896 to 1925, he served as the President of the International Olympic Committee and designed the Olympic emblem and flag. Because of his immortal contributions to the Olympic Games, he is internationally known as the "father of the Olympic Games".

Coubertin was born on January 1, 1863 in a French aristocratic family, and had the title of Baron. He is the fourth youngest child at home. In 1471, one of his ancestors was awarded the title of nobility by King Louis XI. His father, Charles de Coubertin, was a famous watercolor painter. His mother Mary is also of noble descent. Coubertin inherited a large fortune from his parents.

Coubertin spent his childhood in Normandy. At that time, Coubertin was very fond of boxing, rowing, fencing, horseback riding and other sports, and liked painting and playing the piano. From 1875 to 1881, the ruins of the ancient Olympic Games were excavated continuously, which aroused great interest of Coubertin.

He was fond of aristocratic sports, such as fencing, rowing, horseback riding and boxing. His father, Charles de Coubertin, was a famous painter.

In May 1888, Coubertin put forward "the only way to solve the students’ overwork problem was to call children play".

In May 1889, he used the world exposition to hold sports conferences and student sports meetings.

In 1892, he called for the revival of the Olympic movement. The Olympic Committee was established in June 1894 and the first Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896.

On June 23, 1894, the International Olympic Committee was officially established. At that time, the Greek writer Vikelas was the President and Coubertin was the Secretary General. During his term of office, he completed detailed planning for the holding and organization of the Olympic Games.

From 1896 to 1925, he served as the second president of the International Olympic Committee.

During the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games, he published the famous poem "Ode to sports", in addition to "sports psychology experiment" (1913) and "competitive sports education" (1919), etc.

In 1925, he retired as honorary president of the International Olympic Committee.

He died in Geneva in 1937. At his request, his body was buried in Lausanne, the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, while his heart was buried in Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic movement.