Founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937)

This great symbol : Pierre de Coubertin and the origins of the modern Olympic Games / John J. MacAloon.

Olympic Games : Stockholm 1912 (June 19th-July 22nd).

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Pierre de Coubertin

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Olympic Games : Stockholm 1912 (June 19th-July 22nd).