Pierre de Coubertin

Pierre de Coubertin s-a născut la Paris, la 1 ianuarie 1863, într-o familie aristocratică și a murit la Geneva. A fost al doilea președinte al Comitetului Internațional Olimpic în perioada 1889 - 1916 și 1919 - 1925.

• Pierre de Coubertin, Olympism: selected writings, edited by Norbert Muller, Lausanne, IOC, 2000
• John J Macaloon, This Great Symbol. Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1981, New Edition: Routledge 2007
• International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 23 Issue 3 & 4 2006 -This Great Symbol: Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games
• Michael Llewellyn Smith. Olympics in Athens 1896: The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. Profile Books Ltd, London: 2004
• Stephan Wassong, Pierre de Coubertin´s American studies and their importance for the analysis of his early educational campaign. Web publishing on LA84 Foundation. 2004.

• The International Pierre De Coubertin Committee (CIPC) – Lausanne
• Coubertin reader of Flaubert Arhivat în 28 noiembrie 2007, la Wayback Machine.
• The Wenlock Olympian Society Arhivat în 10 aprilie 2009, la Wayback Machine.
• Discourse of Pierre de Coubertin at Sorbonne announcing the restoring of the Olympic games (in french, audio) Arhivat în 17 august 2008, la Wayback Machine.
• Pierre de Coubertin la Find a Grave