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It was revived by an Englishman - William Penny Brookes in attending his games it inspired Baron Pierre de Coubertin who would later develop Brookes' idea into the modern Olympic Games.

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The Olympics were started again in 1896 by a French man named Pierre de Coubertin.

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Piere De Freddy was a French educator and historian. He is considered as the father of modern Olympics and is the founder of International Olympic Committee.

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the finder of the modern olympics name is pierre de coubertin

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