New Translations of De Coubertin Memoirs

This week, new translations of de Coubertin’s Olympic memoirs are being published in Swahili and Hindi by the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (IPCC). This was a group founded in January 1975 to “perpetuate the entire intellectual work of Pierre de Coubertin and “spread his […]

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Olympic Museum in Lausanne Celebrates 30 Years

The Olympic Museum in Lausanne has celebrated the 30th anniversary of its opening with a special exhibition and other events held in the museum precincts. Visitors were invited to hit an anniversary piñata in the presence of Olympians, […]

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Olympic Day is Celebrated

Olympic Day has been celebrated for the 75th year. It was in 1948 that the International Olympic Committee decided to formally adopt a “World Olympic Day at their session in St Moritz. It was decided that it should take place as close as possible to June 23, the day on which Baron Pierre de Coubertin proposed the revival […]

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Ben Helfgott Obituary

On 16 June 2023, Ben Helfgott, a two-time Olympic weightlifter. died at the age of 93. Jewish, he was born in Poland 22 November 1929. Between 1942, when Ben was 12 years old, and 1945, Germans and Poles killed 24 of 28 members of his extended family, including both his parents and one of his two sisters. […]

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Much Wenlock remembers Harold Langley

The Wenlock Olympian Society (WOS) is to honour Harold Langley who won the pentathlon at the 1923 Wenlock Games and finished fourth in the triple jump at the Paris 1924 Olympics. The medals presented to competitors at the Games this year are replicas of those awarded in 1923 when […]

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The Journal of Olympic History is now accessible to all

For more than 30 years, the Journal of Olympic History (JOH) has been publishing insights into Olympic history, curiosities about Olympic sport, its athletes, and organisers. Counting on the contribution of our valued members and Olympic historians from all corners […]

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Scorton Arrow Archery Tournament continues 350 year tradition

The oldest documented tournament in an Olympic sport has celebrated 350 years. Richard Allan of York Archers was the first to hit the black spot on the target in the contest for the “Antient” Silver Scorton Arrow to become 2023 winner. The event […]

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The Olympic Rings return to Athens

The Olympic Rings have finally returned to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens after an absence of almost twelve years. They have once again been positioned beneath the trees at the far end of the stadium from the main entrance. “It is a great moment for the Hellenic Olympic […]

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Olympians at the Coronation

Two Olympians have played an important part in the Ceremonial at the Coronation of King Charles III in London. The Princess Royal took the role of “Gold Stick in Waiting” and rode behind the King’s carriage in the procession returning to Buckingham Palace after the Ceremony. […]

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The Olympic Museum at departure gate number 8

An exhibition promoting Estonia’s Olympic history has opened at Tallinn Airport to mark 100 years since the foundation of the Estonian Olympic Committee. It has been placed at departure gate number eight and has been created in association with the Estonian Sports and Olympic Museum. […]

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