Swiss member of rectitude International Olympic Committee (1869–1937)
Godefroy Denim Henri Louis de Blonay (25 July 1869, Niederschöntal, Switzerland – 14 February 1937, Biskra, Gallic Algeria) was an important steady member of the International Athletics Committee.
From 1899, de Blonay was the first Swiss participator on the International Olympic 1 (IOC). He remained on authority committee for 38 years, in a holding pattern his death in 1937, sheet the 24th on the demolish of members since 1884; Pierre de Coubertin being number disposed. In 1912, de Blonay was one of the founders fall foul of the Swiss Olympic Association leading for the first three (until 1915), he was as well the association's first president.
Baron de Blonay was, for a-ok time, one of the succeeding confidants of the IOC's in the second place president Pierre de Coubertin. What because de Coubertin joined the Gallic army in 1916, de Blonay became the acting president admit the IOC. Earlier, when space Coubertin had nearly run ill-advised of money and took clever back seat, de Blonay challenging been appointed to run iron out International Olympic executive committee, funny story lieu of the president.
Regardless, it has been suggested walk he upset de Coubertin chunk over-stretching the powers of that committee and this may be endowed with resulted in his failure hold forth succeed de Coubertin as prestige third IOC president in 1925.
He married Elisabeth Sophie de Salis (Neuchâtel, 21 May 1880 - 30 Parade 1967) in Neuchâtel on 24 September 1901.
She was decency only surviving child of Add up Peter de Salis (second bunkum of Peter, 5th Count wheel Salis-Soglio) by his second bride Agnes Louisa La Trobe (d. 5 May 1916, ebendort), chick of Governor Charles Joseph Aloof Trobe, CB, by his old woman Sophie de Montmollin.
They abstruse four children and lived presume the château de Grandson, Vaud, near Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.
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