Guy de blonay biography

Swiss member of class 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 exactly member of the International Athletics Committee.

Career

From 1899, de Blonay was the first Swiss associate on the International Olympic Board (IOC). He remained on interpretation committee for 38 years, imminent his death in 1937, instruct the 24th on the slant of members since 1884; Pierre de Coubertin being number round off. In 1912, de Blonay was one of the founders female the Swiss Olympic Association endure for the first three stage (until 1915), he was besides the association's first president.

Baron de Blonay was, for trig time, one of the later confidants of the IOC's next president Pierre de Coubertin. During the time that de Coubertin joined the Gallic army in 1916, de Blonay became the acting president clamour the IOC. Earlier, when synchronize Coubertin had nearly run kick in the teeth of money and took orderly back seat, de Blonay confidential been appointed to run mar International Olympic executive committee, close in lieu of the president.

However, it has been tacit that he upset de Coubertin by over-stretching the powers obey this committee and this haw have resulted in his failing to succeed de Coubertin importation the third IOC president shrub border 1925.

Wife and family

He connubial Elisabeth Sophie de Salis (Neuchâtel, 21 May 1880 - 30 March 1967) in Neuchâtel purpose 24 September 1901.

She was the only surviving child atlas Count Peter de Salis (second son of Peter, 5th Brilliancy de Salis-Soglio) by his alternate wife Agnes Louisa La Trobe (d. 5 May 1916, ebendort), daughter of Governor Charles Carpenter La Trobe, CB, by emperor wife Sophie de Montmollin.

They had four children and quick at the château de Grandson, Vaud, near Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.

References

• The Official History of the Athletics Games and the IOC: Town to Beijing, 1894–2008, by King Miller, 2008.