GET UP, GET ACTIVE AND JOIN THE MOVEMENT BEING ACTIVE IN CONNECTION WITH OLYMPIC DAY! #OLYMPICDAY – Such is the invitation by the IOC to everyone, everywhere, regardless of age and ability, to animate a little the daily program and move and take advantage of the many benefits of sport .

The European NOCs for their part, from Albania to Ukraine, are these days putting in place a multitude of varied initiatives for young and old, with a prominent place for the traditional Olympic Race.

About history

The World Olympic Day is a day celebrated officially since 1948 by the Olympic movement. It was decided in January of that year at the 42nd IOC session, in St. Moritz (Switzerland).
The date of 23 June was chosen with reference to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who on 23 June 1894 brought together delegates from 12 countries at the Sorbonne in Paris to revive the Olympic Games.

On 23 June 1948, only 9 Olympic Committees took part in the launch of this day: those of Austria, Belgium, Canada, Portugal, Great Britain, Greece, Switzerland, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Olympic Day is more than a “simple” sporting event. It is a day organized to promote the Olympic values, based on the three pillars ‘move, learn and discover’.

Move, Learn, Discover

A distant echo of the Latin maxim of the Olympic movement “Citius – Altius – Fortius” (Faster – Higher – Stronger), the three pillars of the World Olympic Day set the tone for a day full of events that is every 23rd June celebrated in many countries.