The 2017 Olympic Forum will have a more international flavour than ever.
To mark the 25th anniversary of Barcelona’92 the Forum sessions are intended to show how Barcelona has marked a change in the world of the Olympic movement in this quarter-century. The Barcelona Olympic Games, recognised worldwide, were a success in terms of organisation, implementation, management and results. In these respects they are still a benchmark for Olympic organising committees today.
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, commemorated 25 years since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
As a result of the 25th anniversary of the Olympics, Bach visited Barcelona to relive, with its citizens, those magical moments which transformed the city.
2017 judges’ decision in the 8th Barcelona Olympic Foundation International Art on Paper Awards
The jury, consisting of Romà Arranz, teacher at the Escola Massana Centre for Art and Design, Raquel Medina, art critic and member of Catalan and International Associations of Art Critics (ACCA-AICA), Antoni Benages, visual artist, and Juli Pernas, director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, has decided, after profound deliberation, that the winners of these 8th Barcelona Olympic Foundation International Art on Paper Awards are as follows:
2,000 walkers turn out for the 8th Olympic Day Walk
The Barnatresc walks, an initiative of the Barcelona Sports Institute and the Association of Barcelona Hiking Organisations, are increasingly successful. As well as being a physical and social activity, these walks, held under the motto “Discover Barcelona on foot”, also have a cultural dimension, discovering the nooks and crannies of the city.
Personalities from the Barcelona’92 Olympic Games
The Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum was the setting for the meeting of institutional and federation leaders who played an active part in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games.
‘Olympic Day’
David Escudé, president of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, and María Teresa Samaranch, member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, received the members of the Barcelona Swimming Club (CNB) on this very special day. The delegation from the Club was led by its general director, Pere Carbó, and the Olympic competitors Eugeni Asencio, Toni Esteller and Sandra Azón.
The great contributions of Barcelona’92
The first session of the History Workshop this year, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona’92 Olympics, was held in the presence of Manel Vila, Andreu Clapés, Josep Roca and José Cuervo.
Sport as a source of inspiration
Miriam Rodergas, Pia Callís and Jordi Farrioll, first-year students at the EINA University Art and Design Centre in Barcelona, were the winners of the competition conducted as part of the course “Introduction to design projects”.
The Catalan Sport Foundation grants an award to the Barcelona Olympic Foundation for its work in disseminating the values of sport
Espai Endesa was the setting chosen by the Catalan Sport Foundation for this first ceremony to recognise the winners of the “Sport Awards”.
Members of the Official Catalan Professional Association of Librarians and Documentalists visit the Joan Antoni Samaranch Centre for Olympic and Sports Studies at the Font del Gat
In the Laribal Gardens at Montjuïc is the Font del Gat, a peaceful space containing a noucentista building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch dating from 1918. Since January 2017 this building has been the new site of the Joan Antoni Samaranch Centre for Olympic and Sports Studies.
