The Major League Baseball programme arrives in Barcelona
Major League Baseball has joined the Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation in presenting the details of the first MLB Coach Development Program in the country at a press conference.
Catalan referees and judges take centre stage at a session of the History Seminar
The round table, moderated by Jordi Alcover, was made up of Santiago Deo, Hortènsia Graupera, Josep Manuel Cortés and Montserrat Ubia. The journalist Joan Manel Surroca, for his part, presented his book “Àrbitres i Jutges Olímpics Catalans” (“Catalan Olympic Referees and Judges”), which includes the men and women, over 40 of them in all, who have contributed to ensuring fair play at the Olympic Games.
A Chinese delegation, interested in management of facilities and in the legacy of Barcelona 92, meets various organisations and companies in the Anella Olímpica (Olympic Park)
Grant of documentary material by the Royal Spanish Winter Sports Federation (RFEDI) to the archives of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation (FBO)
Photos from the mid-twentieth century, magazines, dossiers, films and old cuttings have been incorporated into the FBO’s documentary holdings. All this material will be managed by the Joan Antoni Samaranch Centre for Olympic and Sports Studies, and once it has been catalogued it will be made available to the general public for consultation and use.
Presentation and establishment of the Roller Sport Council
David Escudé, Barcelona City Council Sports Commissioner, Carlos Feriche, representative of the Royal Spanish Skating Federation, Ramón Basiana, President of the Catalan Skating Federation, and Quim Pastor, General Secretary of the Catalan Skating Federation, took part in the ceremony.
COPLEFC and the Barcelona Olympic Foundation sign a collaboration agreement to promote the Olympic spirit
Pere Manuel, President of COPLEFC (The Professional Association of Graduates in Physical Education and in Physical Activity and Sports Studies in Catalonia) and Juli Pernas, Director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, have signed a collaboration agreement between the two organisations to foster and disseminate the values of the Olympic movement and of sport.
Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic movement, now has a commemorative stamp in Barcelona
David Escudé, President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, officiated at the ceremony. Also present were Maria Teresa Samaranch, member of the Board of Trustees of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, Conrado Durántez, President of the Spanish Olympic Academy, Javier Cuesta, President of Correos (the Spanish postal service), Mario Garcés, Undersecretary for Development, Emilio Ablanedo, Government Sub-Delegate in Barcelona, and Juli Pernas, Director of the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum.
The J. A. Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum plays host to the International Meeting of Young Sport Historians
These sessions are an initiative by the University of Lausanne, and this year they have been supported by the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, the managing body of the Joan Antoni Samaranch Centre for Olympic and Sports Studies.
Over 3000 walkers take part in the 7th Olympic Day Walk
The walks organised by Barnatresc, an initiative of the Barcelona Sports Institute and the Barcelona Association of Hiking Clubs, are becoming more and more successful. These walks, held under the slogan “healthy habits”, are not just a physical and social activity but have a cultural dimension, discovering the nooks and crannies of the Catalan capital.
Decision of the jury of the 7th Barcelona Olympic Foundation International Art on Paper Award for 2016
Having been convened, the jury, comprising Romà Arranz, teacher at the Escola Massana Arts and Design School, Raquel Medina, art critic and member of ACCA-AICA (Catalan Association of Art Critics); Miriam Alcaraz, Director of the La Casa Elizalde Cultural Centre, Antoni Benages, artist, and Juli Pernas, Director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, has decided, after careful deliberation, that the winners of these 7th Barcelona Olympic Foundation International Art on Paper Awards are:
