How to Pronounce Henri Didon
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Mar 17, 1840 Le Touvet, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France Died on 13 Mar 1900 (aged 59)
French preacher
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About Henri Didon
- Henri Didon (17 March 1840, Le Touvet – 13 March 1900, Toulouse) was a famous French Dominican preacher.
- He was also a writer, educator, and a promoter of youth sports.
- His outsize personality often put him in conflict with his religious hierarchy. He is also the inventor of the Olympic motto Citius altius fortius.
- He coined the term 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.
