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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory On January 1, 1863, the father of the Olympic Games, Coubertin, was born
162 years ago today, on January 1, 1863 (November 12, 1862 in the lunar calendar), the birthday of the founder of the Olympic Movement, Coubertin. Coubertin, the founder of the Olympic Movement, was a famous French educator and the founder of the modern Olympic Movement. Born on January 1, 1863. His outstanding achievements were mainly in student education and social competitive sports. In May 1888, Coubertin pointed out that "the only solution is to call children to play" in response to students' "academic overwork". In May 1889, he used the Universal Exposition to hold sports conferences and student games. In 1892, he called for the revival of the Olympic Movement. After that, the Olympic Committee was established in June 1894, and the first Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. Now the Olympic Games have become a world-scale sporting event, and the Olympic spirit he advocated has spread all over the world. Due to his immortal contributions to the Olympic Games, he is known as the "Father of the Olympic Games". On June 23, 1894, the International Olympic Committee was established in Paris, France. The third from right is Coubertin, the pioneer of the modern Olympic Games. In 1936, Baron Coubertin's niece and heir to the title of Baron de Coubertin fluttered the Olympic flag at the Olympic stadium News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/11xv.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.12-20:01] 访问:75
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