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Éric Monnin (born February 21, 1968, in Besançon (Doubs)) is a French sports historian and sociologist, specializing in the International Olympic Movement. [1] He holds a senior secondary school teaching degree in Physical Education and Sports.
The first World Sports Values Summit for Peace was held in London under the theme of “Olympic Values: London and Beyond” from June 29 through July 1, 2012. The event highlighted the three overarching themes discussed at the two-day symposium: the meaning of Olympic values in the twenty-first century; how to realize them more effectively in sport, at the Games, and beyond; and how to ...
For Education through Sports, the IOC created the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) to teach its participants about the advantages of being physically active and playing sports. [4] IOC President Thomas Bach has shown his support for Peace through Sport by stating "The Olympic athletes show the whole world that it is possible to compete ...
Simone Biles’s Olympic medals: Biles has a total of 11 Olympic medals, including seven gold medals. She won four gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and three at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The athlete—who has seven Olympic medals under her belt—was honored not only for her talent in gymnastics, but her advocacy for athletes' "mental health and safety, children in the foster care ...
The 2024 team becomes the fourth group of U.S. gymnasts to win the Olympic gold medal, following 1996’s “Magnificent Seven,” 2012’s “Fierce Five” and 2016’s “Final Five” (of ...
Art of the Olympians was founded in 2006 by American Olympic gold medalist discus thrower and artist Al Oerter, who died in 2007. [5] [6] In 2006, the organization put on a touring exhibition of Art by Olympians. [7] Art of the Olympians put on an exhibition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. [8]
Simone Biles is giving fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse of her road back to the Olympics in the new docuseries, Simone Biles Rising. The official Netflix synopsis recalled the gymnast — who has ...