Welcome to Olympic Day! What is it? What is the theme? What do people do on Olympic Day?
What is Olympic Day? That is a tremendous question. Why don’t we take a look at the explainer handily provided by the International Olympic Committee. Let’s see what they say.
Ad/> Olympic Day is a celebration of sport, health, and being together. It invites everyone around the globe to be active and move together with purpose on 23 June every year. OlympicsIOC announces Refugee Team scholarships ahead of Paris 202416/06/2022 AT 14:51 Participants from all over the world will commemorate the day the International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, where Pierre de Coubertin rallied the revival of the Ancient Olympic Games on 23 June 1894.
What is the theme of the 2022 Olympic Day? Back to the explainer! In 2022, the theme for Olympic Day is Together, For a Peaceful World, and is accompanied by the social media hashtags #MoveForPeace and #OlympicDay. This Olympic Day celebrates the power of sport to bring people together in peace. Peace and sport in the Olympic Movement go back a long way, and is manifested in the Olympic Truce during each Olympic Games.
In more recent times, the International Olympic Committee also supports refugee athletes through the IOC Refugee Athlete Scholarship and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team. What do people do on Olympic Day? National Olympic Committees are getting creative worldwide with their Olympic Day events to engage everybody – regardless of age, gender, social background or sporting ability. Some countries have even incorporated the event into the school curriculum.
