Carl Diem
German sports administrator (1882ā1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carl Diem (24 June 1882 ā 17 December 1962) was a German sports administrator, and as Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the Berlin Olympic Games, the chief organizer of the 1936 Olympic Summer Games.
He created the tradition of the Olympic torch relay when he organised the 1936 build-up event, and was an influential historian of sport, particularly the Olympic games.