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Pierre de Coubertin

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Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French educator and historian, and founder of the International Olympic Committee, as well as its second President. He is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games. Born into a French aristocratic family, he became an academic and studied a broad range of topics, most notably education and history. He graduated with Law degree & Public affairs from Paris Institute of Political Studies. It was at Sciences Po where he came with the idea of Summer Olympic Games.
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