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The original Olympic motto is the hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger". [3] The motto was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin upon the creation of the International Olympic Committee. Coubertin borrowed it from his friend Henri Didon, a Dominican priest who was an athletics enthusiast. [4]
Citius, Altius, Fortius, an artwork by Jordi Bonet in a metro station in Montreal, Canada Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Citius, Altius, Fortius .
citius altius fortius: faster, higher, stronger: Motto of the modern Olympics. civis romanus sum: I am (a) Roman citizen: Is a phrase used in Cicero's In Verrem as a plea for the legal rights of a Roman citizen: clamea admittenda in itinere per atturnatum: a claim to be admitted to the eyre by an attorney
Citius, Altius, Fortius, a relief by Jordi Bonet. The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand station, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Designed by architect Marcel Raby, the station was built in open cut.
He coined the term Citius, Altius, Fortius for an 1891 youth sports competition he organized in Arcueil and that his friend Pierre de Coubertin was assisting. The latter proposed it as the official motto of the IOC in 1894. [1]
Premiering at the Opening Ceremony on February 8, 2002, it began with the call by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square of "Citius! Altius! Fortius!" (Faster, Higher, Stronger), which is the Olympic Motto chosen by the founder of the modern Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Williams added another Latin word as well: "Clarius," meaning "clearer."
The Olympic motto, Citius, Altius, Fortius, a Latin expression meaning "Faster, Higher, Stronger" was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 and has been official since 1924. The motto was coined by Coubertin's friend, the Dominican priest Henri Didon OP, for a Paris youth gathering of 1891. [146]
The Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger) was used for the first time at the Olympics. It had been used before by the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques , a French sporting federation whose founding members included Pierre de Coubertin . [ 5 ]