Olympic history of Monaco
The Olympic movement in Monaco began in the years before the First World War. Count Albert Gautier-Vignal , a great promoter of sport on the Côte d'Azur and close friend of Baron Pierre de Coubertin , actively promoted the admission of the principality into the Olympic family from 1907. In 1907 a National Olympic Committee was established, which was recognized the following year by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Gautier-Vignal was also appointed an IOC member.
Participation
But it took another twelve years before Monaco took part in the competitions for the first time at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp with its own delegation of athletes. Since then, the country has been represented at the summer games 18 times. Only in Los Angeles in 1932 and in Melbourne in 1956 were there no participation due to the enormous effort involved in getting there. In 1980, the Principality joined the boycott of the Games by a number of Western countries. It has regularly participated in winter games since 1984.
host
Monaco always played an active role in hosting the Olympic family. In 1973 and 2001, Monte Carlo was the site of the plenary assembly of the Association of European Olympic Committees, and the annual IOC sessions were held there in 1927 and 1993. For the perfect organization of the 101st Session in 1993, the Comité Olympique Monégasque was awarded the Coupe Olympique Pierre de Coubertin the following year.
IOC members
So far, four representatives of Monaco have been members of the IOC. At first, Count Albert Gautier-Vignal was a member of the IOC from 1908 to 1939. Particularly since the end of the Second World War, there has been a close connection between the IOC and the Monegasque dynasty. 1949 Prince Rainier III. Member. His father, Prince Pierre de Polignac , took this place a year later until his death in November 1964 . Since 1985, the reigning Prince Albert II , himself a multiple active participant in the Olympic Winter Games, has been a member of the IOC.
successes
Despite the regular participation, the Monegasque athletes have so far failed to win medals in sporting competitions. The only bronze medal for Monaco was won by the architect Julien Médecin in 1924 for his design of a stadium for Monte Carlo as part of the Olympic arts competitions .
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Web links
- Comité Olympique Monégasque
- Monaco in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Monaco on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
