6. Baron Pierre de Coubertin was born 1st January
1863 in Paris, France, and died on the 2nd of
September 1937aged 74 in Geneva Switzerland.
Coubertin, after 4 centuries, thought of reviving
the olympics, He didn’t get much help because
people thought it was silly and stupid. After 4
years 12 countries decided to help him, he
succeeded but there were still only men allowed
to compete. The first game was held in Athens,
Greece in 1896. Baron decided this to happen
every 4 years in another country around the
world.
7. Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Baron Pierre de Coubertin was born 1st January
1863 in Paris, France, and died on the 2nd of
September 1937aged 74 in Geneva Switzerland.
Coubertin, after 4 centuries, thought of reviving
the olympics, He didn’t get much help because
people thought it was silly and stupid. After 4
years 12 countries decided to help him, he
succeeded but there were still only men allowed
to compete. The first game was held in Athens,
Greece in 1896. Baron decided this to happen
every 4 years in another country around the
world.
13. Host Cities
There have been a lot of olympics, London 2012 will be the
30th. London has hosted the olympics on two occasions so
far, the first in 1908 and the second in 1948 and London
will be hosting a third in 2012.The 1944 summer olympics
(the Games of the XIII Olympiad) were scheduled to be
held in London. Awarded in 1939, they were, however,
cancelled due to world war II. These Games would have
celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Modern Olympiad (4
years).
14. As you may know in the olympics there are 5 rings that
represent the union of the five continents and the meeting
of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic
Games. These rings were introduced when people saw
them carved in Greece, Baron Pierre de Conbertin decided
to make them the olympic flag which shows in all the
olympic logos. But there were actually no colour on these
rings so Baron just put randomly chose colours for them.
15. As you may know in the olympics there are 5 rings that
represent the union of the five continents and the meeting
of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic
Games. These rings were introduced when people saw
them carved in Greece, Baron Pierre de Conbertin decided
to make them the olympic flag which shows in all the
olympic logos. But there were actually no colour on these
rings so Baron just put randomly chose colours for them.
16. As you may know in the olympics there are 5 rings that
represent the union of the five continents and the meeting
of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic
Games. These rings were introduced when people saw
them carved in Greece, Baron Pierre de Conbertin decided
to make them the olympic flag which shows in all the
olympic logos. But there were actually no colour on these
rings so Baron just put randomly chose colours for them.
17. Olympic flag
As you may know in the olympics there are 5 rings that
represent the union of the five continents and the meeting
of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic
Games. These rings were introduced when people saw
them carved in Greece, Baron Pierre de Conbertin decided
to make them the olympic flag which shows in all the
olympic logos. But there were actually no colour on these
rings so Baron just put randomly chose colours for them.
22. Mascot
◦ Mascot Definition.
◦ The Olympic mascot(s) is a character, usually an animal native to the area or
occasionally human figures, who represents the cultural heritage of the place where
the Olympic and Paralympic Games are taking place.
◦ The first Olympic mascot appeared at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Since
then, mascots have become a major element of the Olympic brand. Mascots
act as a vehicle for communicating the Olympic spirit to the general public,
especially children and youth. They have come in many shapes and sizes,
though they all convey the theme of the Olympic Games, and showcase the
distinctive geographical features, history and culture of the host cities.
Up until 1992, most Olympic mascots were created based on an animal unique to the host
country. Since then, human or invented figures have been used, and ten more than one
mascot - the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games had four mascots; the 2000 Sydney
Olympic Games had three and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games had two, and Beijing had five!
London has gone back to one, but one for each of the Olympic Games and Paralympics.
25. Torch relay & flame
The olympic flame is a symbol of the Olympic games.
Representing the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by
Promethus. The fire was reintroduced at the1928 summer
olympics in Amsterdam, and it has been part of the
modern Olympic Games ever since.
