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The Boxing gloves of Pierre de
Coubertin

Throughout his life, the founder of the modern Olympic Games did more than extol to others the virtues associated with the practice of sport.

He himself was a keen sportsman, notably in the disciplines of boxing, fencing, horse riding and rowing.

In 1928 he published a brochure entitled "La cure d'aviron" (health through rowing), and at 72 was still an active oarsman.

On 10th April 1915, the acts ensuring the establishment in Lausanne of the international administrative centre and archives of the modern Olympic Movement, were signed in Lausanne's Town Hall.

We can relive that historic moment as we have before us the reproduction of his study, during the 46-year period from 1922 to 1968 that the Villa Mon-Repos, in Lausanne, housed the seat of the IOC.

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