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Chris de Broglio, the Glossary

Chris de Broglio (14 May 1930 – 12 July 2014) was a Mauritian-born South African weightlifter and anti-Apartheid activist.^[1]

29 relations: Accounting, Apartheid, Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics, Association football, Austria, Corsica, Dennis Brutus, Frederick John Harris, Internal resistance to apartheid, International Olympic Committee, Johannesburg Park station, London, Marble Arch, Mauritius, Mexico City, Nelson Mandela, Olympic Charter, Olympic Order, Racism, South Africa, Strength training, Sweden, The Guardian, Twickenham, Union de Transports Aériens, Vienna, Weightlifting, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics.
Mauritian emigrants to South Africa
People from Corsica
South African exiles
South African expatriates in France
South African male weightlifters
South African people of Mauritian descent
Sport and apartheid in South Africa
Sportspeople from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Accounting

Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entities, such as businesses and corporations.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics

South Africa did not compete at Olympic Games from 1964 to 1988, as a part of the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era. Chris de Broglio and apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics are sport and apartheid in South Africa.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Corsica

Corsica (Corse; Còrsega) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France.

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Dennis Brutus

Dennis Vincent Brutus (28 November 1924 – 26 December 2009) was a South African activist, educator, journalist and poet best known for his campaign to have South Africa banned from the Olympic Games due to its racial policy of apartheid.

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Frederick John Harris

Frederick John Harris (4 July 1937 – 1 April 1965) (known as John Harris) was a South African schoolteacher and anti-apartheid campaigner who turned to terrorism and was executed after a bomb attack on a railway station. Chris de Broglio and Frederick John Harris are white South African anti-apartheid activists.

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Internal resistance to apartheid

Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa originated from several independent sectors of South African society and took forms ranging from social movements and passive resistance to guerrilla warfare.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Johannesburg Park station

Johannesburg Park Station is the central railway station in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and the largest railway station in Africa.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Marble Arch

The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England.

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Mauritius

Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar.

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Mexico City

Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Olympic Charter

The Olympic Charter is a set of rules and guidelines for the organisation of the Olympic Games, and for governing the Olympic movement.

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Olympic Order

The Olympic Order, established in 1975, is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. Chris de Broglio and Olympic Order are Recipients of the Olympic Order.

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Racism

Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Strength training

Strength training, also known as weight training or resistance training, involves the performance of physical exercises that are designed to improve strength and endurance.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Twickenham

Twickenham is a suburban district in London, England.

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Union de Transports Aériens

Union de Transports Aériens (abbreviated as UTA and sometimes known as UTA French Airlines), was a private independent airline in France that operated from 1963 until it merged with Air France in 1992.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.

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Weightlifting

Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells.

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1964 Summer Olympics

The, officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan.

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1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics (Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad (Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (México 1968), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_de_Broglio