Brad Baker, the American professional Flat Track rider, donates all his gear to the Olympic Museum
Baker has donated all the riding equipment in which he competed this Saturday at the Palau Sant Jordi. Baker came third behind Elías and Marc Márquez, who took the title, showing clear superiority.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
Frédéric Caudron wins the 18th Ciutat de Barcelona International Three- Cushion Billiards Trophy
David Escudé, Sports Commissioner and President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, presented the Barcelona Amphora trophy to the great Belgian master.
Li Xiao Lu and Sun Wen Yan, silver medallists in synchronised swimming at Rio 2016, visit the Olympic Museum
Li Xiao and Sun Wen, members of the Chinese synchronised swimming team, visited the Museum together with their coach Mayuko Fujiki, making an obligatory stop at the synchronised swimming area, where some of the most notable costumes of the medallists in the Spanish team are on display.
David Escudé, Sports Commissioner and President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, visits the COE
David Escudé held a meeting with Alejandro Blanco, President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), on an official visit.
16 pupils from the 36th General Training Course on Sports Science for Coaches visit the Olympic Museum
This 36th training course for coaches has been developed through the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Solidarity programme and organised by the High Performance Centre at Sant Cugat, in collaboration with the Catalan National Physical Education Institute, INEFC, in Barcelona.
INDESCAT presents the 4th Business and Sport Awards for Innovation, Internationalisation and Partnership
The Catalan sports industry cluster INDESCAT has presented the 2016 awards to the three most outstanding projects in the sports sector. The ceremony was attended by David Escudé, Barcelona City Council Sports Commissioner, Jordi Baiget, regional minister for Business and Knowledge in the Catalan Autonomous Government, Gerard Figueras, Secretary General for Sport, Gerard Esteva, President of the Sports Federation Union of Catalonia, and Anna Pruna, President of INDESCAT, among other dignitaries.
Brazilian businesspeople visit the Olympic Museum
SEBRAE, the Support Service for Brazilian Micro and Small Enterprises, together with a group of businesspeople from the tourism and events sector, attended the masterclass in managing facilities at the Barcelona Olympic Foundation given by Alberto Aragón, coordinator of the Joan Antonio Samaranch Centre for Olympic and Sports Studies.
Imam Nahrawi, Minister of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Indonesia, visits the Olympic Museum
Juli Pernas, Director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, welcomed a delegation from the Republic of Indonesia, comprising the Minister of Youth and Sport, Imam Nahrawi, the Ambassador to Madrid, Yuli Mumpuni, and her secretary Geovannie F. Palembangan.
The importance of technology in sport
If there is one thing that distinguishes one sports centre from another nowadays it is the services it offers its customers. The Fundación Vida Activa y Saludable (Active and Healthy Life Foundation), in collaboration with the Matrix company, has presented a project based on technology in sports centres.
