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The American Brundage, and perhaps the Belgian Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, would have profited handsomely from the choice of Berlin if World War II had not intervened. The Olympics' most celebrated figure, its founder, the French Baron Pierre de Coubertin, came out of retirement to lend his blessing to those Berlin Games.
Apr 11, 2018 · Henri de Baillet-Latour was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the IOC’s Executive Board in 1921. Pierre de Coubertin had been at the head of the IOC for more than 20 years, during which time the success of Olympic Games grew with each edition. Nevertheless, his autocratic management style faced growing criticism from the ...
Brundage was confirmed as a Member of the IOC at the 35th IOC Session in Berlin in July 1936. Within one year, he was named to the Executive Board. When IOC President Henri de Baillet-Latour died in 1942, Swede J. Sigfrid Edström stood in as de facto President until the end of World War II. One of his first actions was to appoint Brundage as ...
Theodor Franz Baillet von Latour gróf ( Linz, 1780. június 15. – Bécs, 1848. október 6.) császári és királyi táborszernagy, 1848 márciusától, az első bécsi forradalom kitörésétől kezdve osztrák császári hadügyminiszter. A harmadik bécsi forradalom kezdetén meglincselték.
Feb 28, 2007 · Count Baillet-Latour was born on 1 March 1879 in Brussels. In 1903, he was elected as an IOC member. In 1906, he played a part in founding the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (today's NOC). In 1919, the city of Antwerp was elected as host city for the Games of the VII Olympiad.
Apr 29, 2022 · Bruxelles. 1941. September 1, 1941. Age 36. Death of Guy Comte de Baillet-Latour at Isle of Arran. Isle of Arran. Genealogy for Guy Marie Siegfried Ferdinand Ghislain de Baillet-Latour (1905 - 1941) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
The bid was supported by the IOC president, Avery Brundage, who had succeeded Baillet-Latour and who had been, like him, an enthusiastic supporter of the 1940 Tokyo games (p. 182). The 1964 Tokyo Olympiad was an astonishing success, showing the whole world how successfully Japan had modernised and democratised.
