Pierre de Coubertin (1st 1st 1863 - 2. 9. 1937) - French teacher, promoter of sport and physical education. Created history primarily as the founder of the modern Olympic Games.

The man whom the world owes restoring ancient traditions of the sport, was born in an aristocratic family of Charles Louis de Fred in Paris. Coubertin, which was his mother's surname and under which passed into history, the youth traveled a lot. As an educator he impressed especially the English school system with a large share of physical education. He believed that the sport will benefit not only the physical health of young people, but also stiffens her morale and confidence. From this stance was just close to the idea of ??revival of the Olympic Games, which perhaps originated from archaeologists, odkr�vaj�c�m at the time of ancient Greek sanctuary of Olympia. Venues ancient games banned in 394 hotels
Equal thousand five hundred years later, in 1894, Coubertin organized the Congress to restore the Olympic Games, whose delegates elected June 23 governing body of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He then in the years 1894 - 1896 he served as its General Secretary. Coubertin promoted the idea that it is not important to win but to take part. Sports tournament was in fact in his imagination serve to bringing people together and strengthening healthy national pride athletes and their fans.

Pierre de Coubertin is the author previously used the Olympic oath athletes and opening and closing ceremonies of games. He died on September 2, 1937 in Geneva, and is buried in the Swiss city of Lausanne, home of the International Olympic Committee. Coubertinovo heart was on his wish stored in a memorial near Ancient Olympia.