2. Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Baron Pierre de Coubertin was from France and was
born January 1st 1863 and died 2nd september 1937.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin brought the ideas of the
ancient olympics and adapted them to the modern
world.He cared the idea of peaceful competion upon
nations.He also came up with the idea of the olympic
ring and Olympic torch as a symbol of the Olympics
with the peaceful competion.Also bring the idea of
modern sports to the competion.
He founded the Olympic committee which resulted in the 1st
Olympic games being held in 1896 in Athens, Greece
3. Olympic Mascots
Wenlock and Mandeville are the London Olympic
mascots designed by iris, a London-based creative
agency.The 2 mascots are able for rent at a price of
£850 in london for a day at an event.The mascots
were unveiled on 19 May 2010 this marks the second
time that both Olympic and Paralympic mascots were
unveiled at the same time.
4. In June 2012, Boyle showcased the London Olympic
opening ceremony preview, which promised a huge
set of rural Britain consisting of "A village cricket
team, 12 horses, 10 chickens, 70 sheep, a model of
Glastonbury Tor, two mosh pits, and the largest
harmonically-tuned bell in the world", as well as a
rain-producing cloud.
survival, a single released by the English band Muse,
will be the official song of the Olympics. It will be
5. Olympic flag
The 5 rings on the flag represents the 5 continents
that represent in the olympics
It was introduced in 1914
De Coubertin may have been inspired by an Dunlop
tires magazine ad depicting five bicycle tires, which
appeared at the time he invented his design,
according to historian Karl Lennantz.
6. Olympic Host Cities
There have been 28 summer olympics
London have 3 times
London has held it 3 times followed by athens, paris
and los angeles on 2.
De Coubertin may have been inspired by an Dunlop
tires magazine ad depicting five bicycle tires, which
appeared at the time he invented his design,
according to historian Karl Lennantz.
