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Baron Pierre de Coubertin was a French educator who wrote about the need to change the way young people were educated. He believed that fitness programs should be an essential part of the education program.
Entrance tunnel to the stadium at Olympia. This was the site of the ancient Olympics from 776 BC to AD 394.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin had heard about a group of German archaeologists who, in 1875, had discovered the ruins of ancient Olympia, in Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic games from times 776 BC to AD 394.
In 1894, de Coubertin suggested to a group of international sporting officials that the Olympic Games should be started again. He wanted athletes from all nations of the world to come together every four years for friendly and peaceful competition.
The meeting liked the idea and
so this became the first meeting of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC). 
The task for the IOC was to organise the first modern
Olympic Games to be held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
Olympic stadium in Athens , Greece, 1896.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin became the first president of the IOC and kept the position until 1924.
He designed the five interlocking rings as a symbol of the Olympics. He also made up the procedures for the opening and closing ceremonies which are still used today. Pierre de Coubertin also wrote the athlete's oath.
After his death in 1937, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was buried at Lausanne, Switzerland, the headquarters of the IOC.
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