
Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1936 |
Number: | 9 - 4 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Baron Pierre de Coubertin |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1863 |
Year, Death: | 1937 |
Profession: | Founder of the modern Olympic Games. Educator (physical education). |
City: | Paris |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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: |
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Name: | Jules de Muzsa |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Hungarian Senate |
Country: | HUNGARY (HU) |