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Czechs contributed to the foundation of the International Olympic Committee and to the creation of Olympism as we know it today. One of the co-authors of the Olympic Charter was Czech Jiří Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský.
The origins of Olympism in the Czech lands date back to the last years of the 19th century. They are mainly associated with the Czech professor Jiří Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský. He was appointed one of the first 12 members of the International Olympic Committee at its Constituent Congress in Paris in June 1894.
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