Coubertin in a sentence

Coubertin himself was frustrated by the Greeks, who increasingly ignored him in their planning and who wanted to continue to hold the Games in Athens every four years, against de Coubertin's wishes.

MacAloon, pp 8–10 Pierre de Coubertin as a child (right), with one of his sisters, painted by his father Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (detail of Le Départ, 1869).

The five interlocking rings “represent the five parts of the world now won over to the cause of Olympism,” according to modern Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin.

Think Pierre de Coubertin and the origins of the modern Olympics.

A small group of friends and neighbours gathered at the corner of Curatteau Street and Pierre-de-Coubertin Avenue Friday evening, to mourn the deaths of two children, aged seven and five, whose bodies were found inside the home this week.

After the Games, Coubertin and the IOC were petitioned by several prominent figures including Greece's King George and some of the American competitors in Athens, to hold all the following Games in Athens.

Although he was too old to attend the 1894 Congress, Brookes would continue to support Coubertin's efforts, most importantly by using his connections with the Greek government to seek its support in the endeavour.

Coubertin advocated for these concepts, this triple unity, to be incorporated into schools.

Coubertin agreed with this latter view, and saw this professionalisation as undercutting the morality of the competition.

Coubertin credited these methods with leading to the expansion of British power during the 19th century and advocated their use in French institutions.

Coubertin had originally opposed the choice of Greece, as he had concerns about the ability of a weakened Greek state to host the competition, but was convinced by Vikelas to support the idea.

Coubertin, however, was heavily opposed to this idea, as he envisioned international rotation as one of the cornerstones of the modern Olympics.

Coubertin may have played a role in such a movement, but his defenders argue that he did so unconscious of any class repercussions.

Coubertin–Philemon–Politis–Anninos (1897), 70–71 Elliot got his revenge in the one hand lift event, which was held immediately after the two-handed one.

Coubertin suggested that the Games be held concurrently with the 1900 Universal Exposition of Paris.

For example, de Coubertin's idea that participation is more important than winning ("L'important c'est de participer") is at odds with the ideals of the Greeks.

In 1888, Coubertin founded the Comité pour la Propagation des Exercises Physiques more well known as the Comité Jules Simon.

In fact, Coubertin is thought to have exaggerated the importance of sport to Thomas Arnold, whom he viewed as "one of the founders of athletic chivalry".

In France, Coubertin's efforts to elicit interest in the Games among athletes and the press met difficulty, largely because the participation of German athletes angered French nationalists who begrudged Germany their victory in the Franco-Prussian War.

In response to a newspaper appeal, Brookes wrote to Coubertin in 1890, and the two began an exchange of letters on education and sport.