who was the founder of modern olympic games

The founder of the modern Olympic Games was Pierre de Coubertin. He was a French educator and historian who played a central role in reviving the Olympic Games in 1896 after nearly 1500 years of inactivity. Coubertin was the co-founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and served as its president from 1896 to 1925. He proposed the revival of the Olympic Games in 1894 in Paris, leading to the first modern Games held in Athens in 1896. He is widely regarded as the father of the modern Olympic Games.