The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1936
Number:	9-5
Nominee:
Name:	Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1863
Year, death:	1937
Profession/Category:	Founder of the modern Olympic Games. Educator (physical education).
City:	Paris
Country:	FR (FRANCE)
Motivation:	Coubertin was nominated for his efforts to diminish world tensions by reviving and arranging international Olympic Games for amateur athletes in 1894 onwards. He initiated the founding of the International Olympic Committee, and he was its second president (1896-1925).
Nominator:
Name:	Jigoro Kano
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Member of the Japanese Senate
Country:	JP (JAPAN)
Evaluation:	No