Wednesday marked the 89th anniversary of the death of Baron Pierre de CoubertinThe reviver of the modern Olympic Games, president of the International Olympic Committee from 1896 to 1925, died on September 2, 1937, of a heart attack in Geneva, at the age of 74. IOC President Kirsty Coventry and Honorary President Thomas Bach paid tribute to him on this occasion.
Today, 89 years ago, on 2 September 1937, Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the IOC who revived the Olympic Games, passed away. IOC President Coventry and IOC Honorary President Bach paid tribute to him and laid a wreath at his grave in Lausanne. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/qcjxUv6TDx
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The two leaders filed a bouquet of flowers in Lausanne, on his grave, where the Olympic rings are engraved. His name remains very frequently cited during meetings or events of the Olympic Movement, proof of his immense legacy.
