President of the International Olympic Committee Games grew to become the most important sports event. De Coubertin created the modern pentathlon for the 1912 Summer Olympics. He subsequently stepped down from the IOC presidency after the 1924 Summer Olympics, which proved much more successful than the first attempt in Paris in 1900. He was succeeded as IOC President in 1925 by Belgian Henri de Baillet-Latour. De Coubertin remained Honorary President of the IOC until his death in 1937 in Geneva, Switzerland. Henri, Comte de Baillet-Latour was elected IOC President in 1925, after the founder of the modern Olympic Movement, Baron de Coubertin, stepped down from the
Slovak Olympic Committee Slovak Olympic Committee Slovak Olympic Committee () is the National Olympic Committee representing Slovakia in the International Olympic Committee. It is based in Bratislava, Slovakia The SOC was founded on 19 December 1992 and recognized on 20 January 1993. It was became one of two followers of the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee (ČSOV) who that finished on 27 March 1993. SOC approved as National Olympic Committee of Slovak Republic in Monte Carlo on 24 September 1993. The Slovak National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their