What is Pierre de Coubertin?
{{Infobox President | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | honorific-suffix = The ''[[President of the International Olympic Committee|President of the OIC]]'' | name = Baron Pierre de Coubertin | image = Baron Pierre de Coubertin.jpg | imagesize = 220px | smallimage = | caption = Pierre de coubertin is the founder of the Modern Olympics which were founded in 1896. | order = | office = 2nd [[Presidents of the International Olympic Committee|President of the International Olympic Committee]] | term_start = 1896 | term_end = 1925 | predecessor = [[Demetrius Vikelas]] | successor = [[Henri de Baillet-Latour]]<br>[[Godefroy de Blonay]] (Acting) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1863|01|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[Second French Empire|France]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|09|2|1863|01|01|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] | nationality = [[France|French]] | spouse = | children = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = (Before Moden olympics) Physical education and a historian | profession = Organiser | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Pierre de Coubertin''' (<small>French:</small> [[Help:IPA/French|[pjɛʁ də kubɛʁtɛ̃]]]; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937) was a [[France|French]] [[teacher]] and [[historian]]. He was very interested in [[physical education]] and he loved the idea of a gymnasium as the ancient Greeks had, were young and old learned and sported together. He is the founder of the [[International Olympic Committee]]. ==Other websites== :{{wikiquote-inline}} :{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.coubertin.ch/ The International Pierre De Coubertin Committee (CIPC)] – Lausanne *[http://www.sporteslettres.net/archiv