Olympic Games - Baron Pierre de Coubertin
"The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well." -- Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) was a French pedagogue and historian, but is best known as the principal promoter of the Olympic Games, restored, for the first time in Greece in 1894. He was the president of the International Olympic Committee from 1894 to 1925. Postmark: PARIS, First Day Cancellation, 23-06-94, 100 years of the International Olympic Committee. Card published by CASTELET, Boulogne, G.863, 'Les Maximaphiles Français'.
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