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Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a ...

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The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the in...

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All sports for all people.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

All sports for all people.

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Pierre de Coubertin

Historian

Born: 1863-01-01

Died: 1937-09-02

Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937, also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin) was a French educator and historian, and founder of the International Olympic Committee, as well as its second President. He is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games.More