Less than a year to go before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games begin and governmental institutions are showing their interest in preserving the Olympic Legacy.
Juli Pernas, director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation has received a visit from Hiran Gonçalves and Fábio Mitidieri, Federal representatives of Brazil and José Augusto Lindgren, the Consul-General in Brazil, in Barcelona.
Juli Pernas, director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and Paco Medina, director of Open Camp Europe, sign a collaboration agreement
With the aim of optimising resources for both entities, the facilities of the Olympic and Sport Museum Joan Antoni Samaranch will become a part of Open Camp – the first park in the world dedicated to sport, an innovative and technological project for sports lovers.
Rio 2016 arrives at the Olympic and Sports Study Center Joan Antoni Samaranch
The Documentation Department of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has sent the candidature file for Rio 2016, the reports issued by the IOC on the progress of the works and facilities, the publications about the Olympic villages and competition areas and the documentation about Brazil’s preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games. All this material will be available from September in the Olympic and Sports Study Center Joan Antoni Samaranch, at the Barcelona Olympic Foundation.
Winners for the 6TH BARCELONA OLYMPIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ART ON PAPER AWARD, organised by the Barcelona Olympic Foundation (FBO)
The winners of this 6TH OLYMPIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ART ON PAPER AWARD has been:
The executive committee of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) visits the Barcelona Olympic Foundation (FBO)
Juli Pernas, director of the FBO, received the delegation of ISOH members headed by American David Wallechinsky and German Christian Wacker, president and vicepresident respectively of the ISOH. The remaining members of the executive committee were Dr. Kostas Georgiadis (Greece), Anthony Th. Bijkerk (Holland), Volker Kluge (Germany), Leif Yttergren (Sweden) and Philip Barker (Great Britain).
The commemorative arrow for the 20th anniversary of Barcelona’92 is already at the Olympic Museum
The arrow used during the Piromusical show of the 2012 Mercè, held at the Montjuïc Magic Fountains, was donated to the Museum by Jordi Falgueras González, president of the Montjuïc Archery Club. This event was part of the club’s 30th anniversary celebrations.
Friday, 29th of May at 6.30 p.m Olympic Museum close the door
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Official presentation of the Waterpolo Final Six
I Skating Gala at the Olympic Museum
The most important awards were the Gold badges for Carlos Feriche, national roller skate hockey coach between 2005 and 2014, and Mª Carmen Izquierdo, a journalist with a lengthy and prominent career.
VALLEY UPRISING’ WINNER OF THE 6th EDITION OF THE BCN SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Xavier Amador, Esports Internacionals Relationships director, and Franco Ascani, president of the FICTS, were the persons who gave the Àmfora Ciutat de Barcelona to the best film in the 6th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival to ‘VALLEY UPRISING’, a documentary by Nick Rosen and Peter Mortimer. A production by Zachary Barr. The greatest untold story of American counter-culture is that of the Yosemite Valley rock climbers. For fifty years, Yosemite’s massive cliffs have drawn explorers and madmen to leave materialism behind and venture into the high, lonesome granite.
