Pierre de Coubertin

Japanese: クーベルタン - くーべるたん(英語表記)Pierre de Coubertin
Pierre de Coubertin

The founder of the modern Olympic Games. A Frenchman and baron. His ancestors were descended from Louis VI, Italian nobles, and courtiers of William the Conqueror. He entered the Saint-Cyr academy to become a soldier at his father's request, but rebelled against the education that was primarily aimed at revenge against Germany, and aspired to become a politician. By chance, he read "Tom Brown's Rugby School Diary" and was struck by the fact that sports were at the heart of education in British public schools, and studied the ideas of T. Arnold, who was also the principal of Rugby School. In 1886, he reported on a government-subsidized visit to the United States and recommended the importance of sports in education to the Minister of Education, but there was no concrete response and it only created opponents.

Around 1887, inspired by excavations at Olympia at that time, he came up with the idea of ​​reviving the Olympics, which he began in 1892, and succeeded in 1894, founding the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He served as the second president of the IOC from 1896 to 1925, and thereafter served as honorary president, guiding and advising on the modern Olympic movement until his death. The details of this period are described in detail in his book "Olympic Reminiscences." During World War I, he moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, where he died.

[Yoshinori Suzuki]

"Olympic Recollections," edited by K. Deem and translated by Oshima Kenkichi (1962, Baseball Magazine Co., Ltd.)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

近代オリンピック競技の創始者。フランス人で男爵。先祖はルイ6世の流れをくみ、イタリア貴族やウィリアム征服王の廷臣もいる。父の希望で軍人になるためサン・シールの幼年学校に入学したが、ドイツに対する報復を主目的とする教育に反発し、政治家を志した。たまたま『トム・ブラウンのラグビー在校日記』を読み、イギリスのパブリック・スクールの教育の中心にスポーツがあることに共鳴し、ラグビー校校長でもあったT・アーノルドの思想を研究した。1886年、彼は政府の補助を受けたアメリカ視察の報告を兼ねて、文部大臣に教育におけるスポーツの重要性を建議したが、具体的な反応はなく、反対者をつくりだしたにすぎなかった。

 1887年ころ、当時のオリンピア発掘などに触発されてオリンピック復活を着想し、92年から運動を始め、94年これに成功して国際オリンピック委員会(IOC)を創設した。1896年から1925年まで第2代IOC会長、以後死去するまで名誉会長として近代オリンピック運動を指導・助言した。この間の経緯は、彼の著である『オリンピックの回想』に詳しい。第一次世界大戦中スイスのローザンヌに移り、そこで死去した。

[鈴木良徳]

『K・ディーム編、大島鎌吉訳『オリンピックの回想』(1962・ベースボール・マガジン社)』

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