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In over 130 years of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) existence, it has had only ten presidents. It was led in unbroken succession by nine men until Kristy Coventry was elected as the first woman in 2025. ‘Founding father’ Pierre de...

This article addresses a topic of sports history that has received little attention from researchers: the sport within the Catholic Church in Germany. The study begins with the beginnings of physical education in the Catholic Enlightenment of the...

How did gymnasiums and stadiums emerge in the 19th century? These two issues, both societal and architectural, were studied, firstly from the perspective of an expansion of military and school gymnastics into the civilian world and, secondly in...

Following the example of the Soviet Union, East Germany tried to show the superiority of its system through its sporting successes. The sporting ‘apprentice’ of the 1950s became the model student and by the 1970s a serious sporting competitor....

To this day, doping in the Cold War is the subject of both scientific research and public controversy. The authors consider the methods and consequences of pushing the boundaries of competitive sport in East and West Germany. Firstly, the material...