The inaugural Olympic Games kicked off in Athens, Greece on April 6, 1896, paving the way for modern sports competition as we know it. Most people recognise French baron Pierre de Coubertin as the “father of the modern Olympics” but the idea well predates him, going all the way back to 1830s Greece. Panagiotis Soutsos’ idea to make Greece great again Modern Greece emerged from the throes of revolution which lasted from 1821 to 1829. After centuries of foreign rule — most recently, four centuries of Ottoman control — the…