Pierre de Coubertin Sculpture

Pierre de Coubertin (January 1, 1863-September 2, 1937) was a French pedagogue and historian best known for founding the International Olympic Committee. It is also to him that we owe all the organization of the Olympic Games. The Olympic Charter and Protocol, as well as well as the athletes; oath are his work, together with the ceremonial for the opening and closing of the Games. Furthermore, until 1925 he personally presided over the International Olympic Committee. He is considered to be the father of Modern Olympic Games. The revival of the Olympic Games represents only a small part of the Baron de Coubertin’s work. Apart from numerous publications devoted to the technique and teaching of sport, he was the technique and teaching of sport, he was the author of important historical, political and sociological studies. His works total over sixty thousand pages.