M.A. Olympic Studies

Visiting scholar at the Institute of Sport History from Ethiopia

Endale Ayele Balcha is a senior lecturer at Arsi University and a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sport Sciences at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Currently, he is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Sport History.

Endale specializes in researching the sports partnership between the International Olympic Committee and...

Publication: Pierre de Coubertin – Life, Vision, Influences and Achievements of the Founder of the Modern Olympic Games

The IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) published the OSC Reference Document “Pierre de Coubertin – Life, Vision, Influences and Achievements of the Founder of the Modern Olympic Games”.

Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong, in his role as President of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (IPCC), was the main editor of the...

Pyeongchang International Conference for Olympic Studies and Research Centres

The Pyeongchang International Conference for Olympic Studies and Research Centres took place from 27th - 30th November 2023 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It was organized by the PyeongChang 2018 Legacy foundation in cooperatuion with Pyeongchang County and acknowledged by The IOC Olympic Studies Centre (IOC OSC). It hosted...

Aziza Sbaity among 100 most influential and inspirational women

Aziza Sbaity, participant of the 8th intake of the M.A. Olympic Studies, has been selected among BBC’s 100 most influential and inspirational women worldwide for 2023. The Olympic Studies Centre at the German Sports University congratulates Aziza on this well-deserved honour!

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Annual Meeting of the IOC Olympic Education Commission

Prof. Wassong has been member of the IOC Olympic Education Commission since 2015. As to Mr. Wassong`s opinion this year’s meeting has been very impressive and successful.  A lot of international projects and initiatives have been presented and discussed intensively. This has been appreciated by IOC President Thomas Bach. Mr....

M.A. Olympic Studies presented at IOC´s OSRC Network Conference

Stephan Wassong was one of the keynote speakers at the first Online Session of the Olympic Studies and Research Centres` network that was organized by the The Olympic Studies Centre of the IOC chaired by Nuria Puig. The topic of the Online Session focused on teaching activities in Olympic Studies. 

In his presentation, Stephan...

Prof. Stephan Wassong has received a distinguished academic Olympic award from the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH).

The Dimitrios Vikelas Plaque was named after the first President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The plaque has been awarded to Stephan Wassong at the US Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs on October 7th. The Vikelas Plaque was introduced in 2007 and is intended to be given to scholars who have made...

M.A. Olympic Studies Opening Ceremony endorsed by officials of the IOC, DOSB, and ASOIF

On September 3rd the Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) of the German Sport University Cologne (GSU) held its Opening Ceremony of the 9^th intake of the M.A. Olympic Studies Programme.

A notable highlight of the event was a video message from Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski (Executive Board Member of the International Olympic Committee...

International Olympic Academy (IOA) Revisited

Prof. Wassong was invited as a keynote speaker for the 14^th International Session for Educators of Higher Institutes of Physical Education, which took placefrom July 8 to July 12at the International Olympic Academy at Ancient Olympia, Greece. In an interview with the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Prof. Wassong remarked that it...

Summer Olympic Sports Federations support the M.A. Olympic Studies

During the celebration of the traditional Olympic Day on June 23 in Lausanne, Prof. Stephan Wassong had the opportunity to meet Francesco Ricci Bitti, President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). ASOIF is the umbrella organization of all international sports federations represented in the...