‘Del segle XIX al segle XXI l’Esport a Barcelona’ (Sport in Barcelona from the 19th to the 21st centuries) now in bookstores
The evolution of the city of Barcelona from the nineteenth century to the new millennium can be found in the work ‘Del segle XIX al segle XXI l’Esport a Barcelona’, a project developed by the CEO Samaranch and co-edited by publishing firm Àmbit and the Barcelona Olympic Foundation. This publication was created with the aim of condensing all the richness of the city’s sporting tradition.
The Barcelona Magic Line comes to the Olympic Museum
The Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch (Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sport Museum) was one of the facilities that 10,000 participants in the third edition of the Barcelona Magic Line, a charity walk for the most vulnerable people, could visit for free on Sunday 28 February.
Presentation by the FASTTRIATLON Club for 2016, introducing its new sections to mark its 5th anniversary
Triathlete Albert Parreño, founder of the Fasttriatlon Club, was responsible for revealing this year’s new developments, featuring Tri Kids, the triathlon group for younger children.
Sports personalities Gervasio Deferr, Jessica Vall and Álex Abrines interviewed by pupils from Miquel Bleach School
Under the auspices of the Tàndem project (partnered by the National Art Museum of Catalonia, MNAC, and promoted by the Catalonia-La Pedrera Foundation) and with the participation of presenter Jordi Gil and Tv3, we had a great day devoted to sport at the Olympic Museum.
Snowscape, the new refurbished museum space of the Olympic and Sports Museum
In recent years winter sports have been all the rage. Easy access to pistes, the attractions of the sport and its constant development are resulting in a big increase in the number of enthusiasts every year.
Juli Pernas, as Director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, receives the Olympic Plaque for Sporting Merit at the annual Gala of the Spanish National Olympic Committee (COE)
32 award-winners, including administrators, federations, sportspersons, coaches, clubs, sponsors… and among them, the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, for its work spreading sporting and Olympic values, and Pere Miró, who received the Olympic Order for his service as a member of the IOC.
Open Camp, Kaptiva Sports, Mat Group, and a partnership comprising Top Consulting Esportiu, Xavier Alsina and Sport Services, winners of the Empresa i Esport (Business and Sport) Prizes for 2015
INDESCAT has awarded the Empresa i Esport Prizes for Internationalisation, Partnership and Innovation in Products and Business Models, being held this year for the third time.
Skater Javier Fernández presented Marta Carranza, President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, the outfit from the ‘Peter Gunn’ programme which one fourth place in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
On a lightning trip to Barcelona, Javier Fernández, current world skating champion and three times European champion, went to the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sport Museum to present the outfit in person, which was made by Canadian designer Denis Pizzacalla, who participated in the Sochi Olympic Games.
Marta Carranza, president of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and Commissioner for Sport for the Barcelona City Council, head of the Board of Trustees that includes Pere Miró, deputy director general of the CIO and director of the Olympic Charity.
The Barcelona Olympic Foundation Board is made up of the Barcelona City Council, the Spanish Olympic Committee, the State Administration (through the Higher Sports Council), the Catalonia Regional Government (through the Secretary General for Sport) and five individual members: His Excellency Mr Josep Miquel Abad, His Excellency Mr Romà Cuyàs, His Excellency Mr Josep Lluís Vilaseca, Ms Teresa Samaranch and Mr Pere Miró.
María Teresa Samaranch and David Moner special guests of the Historical Class about ‘Joan Antoni Samaranch, sports governor for the Barcelona City Council 1955-1961’.
Juli Pernas, director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, presented a brief summary of J.A. Samaranch’s role as sports governor. He spoke of Samaranch’s drive and interest in launching Barcelona as a pioneering city in sport by hosting major sporting events such as the 1955 Mediterranean Games.
