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Demetrios Vikelas (also Demetrius Bikelas; Greek: Δημήτριος Βικέλας; 15 February 1835 – 20 July 1908) was a Greek businessman and writer; he was the co-founder and first President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), from 1894 to 1896.
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Demetrius Vikelas was the first IOC President (1894-1896) and, with a two-year mandate, the president who held the office for the shortest period of time. In 1893, Vikelas created the Institut Melas, which was formed to help with pre-school education in non-Athenian parts of Greece.
Overview. Demetrius Vikelas. (1805—1908) Quick Reference. (1805–1908) The Greek first president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), holding the position because early IOC rules specified the president should be a representative of the country at which the forthcoming Games was to be held.
Dimitrios Vikelas was the first IOC President (1894-1896), and with a two-year reign, the President who has held the office for the shortest period of time. It has been written that “of all the IOC Presidents, Vikelas was without question the most learned, the most international, the most cosmopolitan.”. Vikelas was born in 1835 on the ...
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Demetrios Vikelas (GRE) * 1835 † 1908. IOC-Member: 1894 - 1897. Mr. Vikelas had no particular connection with sport when he came from Greece, representing the Pan Hellenic Gymnastic Club, to the Congress in Paris in 1894, at which Baron de Coubertin suggested the revival of the Olympic Games.
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Feb 25, 2017 · Demetrius Vikelas is a poet and a novelist. His work Loukis Laras is considered to have played a major part in the development of neohellenic literature. He has also joined the organization of the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens and was the first President of the International Olympic Committee.
Dimitrios Vikélas. Greek author and Olympic Games enthusiast. Also known as: Demetrios Bikelas. Learn about this topic in these articles: Olympic Games. In Olympic Games: Revival of the Olympics.
