Avery Brundage was an American track athlete who became the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972 as the only American and the first non-European in that office. Born in Detroit on 28 September 1887 and raised largely in Chicago, he studied engineering at the University of Illinois and became a track star. He competed in the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics without winning a medal, both events being won by his teammate Jim Thorpe, and won three national track championships between 1914 and 1918. He later became a sports administrator, fought a US boycott of the 1936 Games, and was elected to the IOC that year. A zealous advocate of amateurism, he is also remembered for the 1972 Munich Games, where he declared that the Games must go on, a decision since harshly criticized. He died in 1975 at age 87.
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Avery Brundage (; September 28, 1887 - May 8, 1975) was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and first non-European to attain that position.
Competed In: 1912 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, where he participated in the pentathlon and decathlon, but did not win any medals; both events were won by teammate Jim Thorpe.
Competed In: 1972 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of amateurism and for his involvement with the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, both held in Germany.
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