This illustration dates to the early 1900s and shows an American victory at the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 in Greece. The track-and-field program in Athens was dominated by athletes from the USA, who would go on to win nine of the 12 events. And on April 6, 1896, American James Connolly earned the distinction of becoming the very first Olympic champion of the modern era, as he clinched the triple jump title. Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (died 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin was a French educator and historian. He was also the founder of
This illustration dates to the early 1900s and shows an American victory at the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 in Greece. The track-and-field program in Athens was dominated by athletes from the USA, who would go on to win nine of the 12 events. And on April 6, 1896, American James Connolly earned the distinction of becoming the very first Olympic champion of the modern era, as he clinched the triple jump title. Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (died 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin was a French educator and historian. He was also the founder of the International Olympic Committee and its second President. He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games.
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