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

“Periodisme amb empremta Olímpica”

This book links together three different generations of journalists united by their shared commitment to sports and their Olympic vocation. The former could be considered the true apostles of sports and the Olympic movement in our house. They were tireless sportsmen who participated in the creation of clubs and federations, who organized competitions and dedicated their bodies and spirits to spreading awareness for the virtues of sport and the Olympic movement. They created Barcelona’s Olympic vocation and two of them even experienced the feeling of being involved in an Olympics. Another generation took over which from the shadows actively participated in the reactivation of the sport dynamics and with their knowledge, initiatives and experience, converted the Olympic movement into a true sports journalism school with their apostolate. Finally, with the ’92 Barcelona games on the horizon, a third generation took over which maintained the Olympic commitment and offered new approaches to significantly boost the renewal of journalism criteria in the sporting world.

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