Marc Márquez was accompanied by Freddie Spencer at the presentation of the book
Surrounded by his team, friends and family, Márquez answered questions from the media at the launch of the first authorised biography of the motorbike racer.
The Pink Panthers, to mark their 20th anniversary, awarded Maite Fandos, President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, the EuroGames 2008 flag.
Barcelona was the first city in Southern Europe to organise the EuroGames, an event staged under the supervision of the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation. The Pink Panthers rose to the challenge and successfully promoted the event, attracting more than 5,300 participants from 34 different countries.
‘CASCADA’ WINNER OF THE 5th EDITION OF THE BCN SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Maria Teresa Samaranch member of patronage of Fundació Barcelona Olímpica, was the person who gave the Àmfora Ciutat de Barcelona to the best film in the 5th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival to ‘CASCADA’, a documentary by Anson Fogel and Skip Armstrong, and a production by Shannon Ethridge. Collects the award Andrew Luwandaga, vicepresident of FICTS.
The BCN Sports FilmFestival has already begun. Maite Fandos, the president of “Fundació Barcelona Olímpica” has been the responsible to present the international sport film and television festival in Barcelona
The opening ceremony was attended by characters from the sport sector, politics and cinema. They could enjoy a short preview of the schedule. This schedule will be in the two official venues -Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch and Sala Àmbit Cultural of El Corte Inglés – Portal de l’Angel -, until Saturday. 72 audiovisual related to sport. All the sessions have free access.
Perspectives of Avelino Pi
“Sport is like life”, says Avelino Pi. It is for this reason that, throughout his extensive career as a photographer, he has afforded special attention to the wealth of emotions that sport evokes.
Joan Manel Surroca – Surro – and Juli Pernas presented the book “Periodisme amb empremta olímpica”. An initiative of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and the Fundació Esport i Ciutadania.
Maite Fandos, Chairwoman of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and Mario Romeo, Chairman of the Fundació Esport i Ciutadania presided over the event with the attendance of David Moner, Chairman of the UFEC; Pere Sust and Joan Antón Camuñas, former Secretaries of Sports and Olympic movement friends and family members
Jordi Pujol was the guest of honour at the formal opening of the exhibition “Memories of Miquel Poblet” at the Olympic Museum.
Maite Fandos, President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation; Ivan Tibau, Secretary-General for Sport; Josep Bochaca, President of the Catalan Cycling Federation; María Elena Pérez, Mayor of Montcada i Reixac and Josep Sahún, President of the Sprint Club and promoter of the exhibition and the tributes to Miquel Poblet, were given the task of contextualising the history and perspective of the years when Miquel Poblet was one of the leading sprinters in world cycling, and a key figure in the sport in Catalonia.
