| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1936 |
| Number: | 9 - 5 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Pierre de Coubertin (Baron) |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1863 |
| Year, Death: | 1937 |
| Profession: | Founder of the modern Olympic Games. Educator (physical education). |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| 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). |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Jigoro Kano |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Japanese Senate |
| Country: | JAPAN (JP) |
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