Who is considered the founder of the modern Olympic games?

rongway2

Pierre de Coubertin 1937: Founder of the modern Olympic Games Baron Pierre de Coubertin died at 74 on September 2. He was a French pedagogue and historian. He conceived of an international competition to promote athletics and organised an international congress on June 23, 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris. There he proposed to reinstate the ancient Olympic Games. The congress led to the establishing of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), of which De Coubertin became the general secretary. english.cri.cn/3188/2006/09/01/193@133663.htm [Added text from reference link - McG] Nov 02 07, 6:16 AM

MonkeyOnALeash

rongway needs to please fix his link. Nov 02 07, 7:53 AM

McGruff

It's the @ symbol in the middle of it, I guess. I removed the http part, you'll have to copy and paste it to use it. Otherwise, it does this: 193@133663.htm">http://english.cri.cn/3188/2006/09/01/193@133663.htm Nov 02 07, 9:24 AM

MonkeyOnALeash

Copy and paste works just fine now! Nov 02 07, 9:48 AM