Who was the first person to start the modern day Olympics?

Answer 1

The modern Olympics is the brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France. He organised the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. A total of 245 athletes from 14 nations competed.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin stood on the ideas of both Dr Brookes and the foundations of Evangelis Zappas to found the International Olympic Committee. In a congress at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, France, held from June 16 to June 23, 1984 he presented his ideas to an international audience. On the last day of the congress, it was decided that the first IOC Olympic Games would take place in 1896 in Athens, in the country of their birth. To organise the Games, the International Olympic Committe (IOC) was established, with the Greek Demetrius Vikelas as its first president. The Panathenian stadium was refurbished and reused for the Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896.

Answer 2

William Penny Brookes

Answer 3

When did the modern Olympics start

When did the modern Olympics start

Answer 4

the greek god of chaos was the first and father of the other gods

Answer 5

The idea to start the olympic games was a brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin who was a frenchman!!

Answer 6

Pierre de Fredy, Baron de Coubertin was the founder of the International Olympic Committee, and is considered by many to be the father of the modern Olympic Games.