Baron Pierre de Coubertin
with the idea of immortalizing France through education and development of the spiritual and physical qualities of the French people, Pierre de Coubertin turned to sport, not only as a means of physical development of individuals, but also as a factor of strengthening peace and understanding among nations. The closest and most similar to Coubertin's position on the role of sports in society proved to be the ideas of the old Greeks that were put into practice during the Olympic Games.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin launched his campaign to restore the Olympic Games in 1887. He managed to involve many outstanding people at that time, including our compatriot, General Oleksiy Butovskyi. These efforts of Pierre de Coubertin came to fruition in the triumphal Congress, which approved the decision to organize the Olympic Games.
Pierre de Coubertin and his dream For more than 100 years, the five-ring symbol of the Olympic Games encourages athletes throughout the world to push for new achievements in sport. Since 1896, when the first modern Olympic Games were restarted in Athens, Greece, the Olympics have been the most popular and most respectable competition on Earth. Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Games, sought for an active involvement of youth in sports. Together with his comrades-in-arms, he promoted sporting competitions on the basis of ideals that have now come to be recognized as Olympism. Laying the ground for the restoration of 22
General Oleksiy Dmytrovych Butovskyi