Book your free ticket now: 15th edition BCN Sports Film Festival
The wait is over! The links to book your ticket for the BCN Sports Film Festival are now available: all the sessions to see the 81 films of this 15th edition are free!!! Less than a month to go… from February 17th to 20th the fusion between cinema and sport will land in Barcelona and […]
Results of the International Fundació Barcelona Olímpica Art on Paper Competition
The international competition “Art on Paper,” organized by the Fundació Barcelona Olímpica, received a total of 45 artworks from 6 different countries. After a rigorous selection process, a jury composed of Raquel Medina, Romà Arranz, Roser Sales, and Francesc Terón selected 16 finalists: Miguel Nieto Simón with the artwork “Paraolímpicos1” Jesús Barbeito Rivas with the artwork “Mis […]
The Olympic and Sports Museum JA Samaranch hosts the launch of the book: “Barcelona, Paco Godia and Motor”
The Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum was the venue for the presentation of the book “Barcelona, Paco Godia and Motor. A city and a driver, united by a common passion.” The event, featuring a roundtable discussion and the inauguration of a traveling exhibition under the same name, paid tribute to the figure of […]
Luís Sánchez López Earns Doctorate in History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Luís Sánchez López, coordinator of the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic Studies Center, has been awarded a Doctorate in History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). His doctoral thesis, titled “Olympism and Archives: Preserving the Documentary Legacy of the Olympic Games. Case Studies: Los Angeles 1984, Barcelona 1992, and London 2012,” explores the preservation of […]
The 1924 Olympic Games in Paris
The event was welcomed by Olivier Ramadour, Consul General of France in Barcelona and Francesc Terrón, director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and with the presence of the former General Secretary of Sport: Gerard Figueras, Manel Ibern and Rafel Niubó; members of the board of trustees of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation: María Teresa Samaranch, Enric […]
The admission of the FBO International Art on Paper Award is opened
The Barcelona Olympic Foundation has launched the 12th edition of the FBO International Art on Paper Award. This biannual Award aims to foster the artistic expression of sport through the painting. Transmitting values is one of the objectives of the Olympic movement and the main instrument is sport. Nevertheless, it is not the only element […]
Puig Women’s America’s Cup 2024. Great events in the city of Barcelona
The conference “Puig Women’s America’s Cup 2024. Great events in the city of Barcelona” is part of the cycle of conferences “The value of sport in the 21st century” and has been held at the Olympic Museum of Barcelona. This event has been broadcast live on the youtube channel of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation – […]
Management of mental health in entities and teams in the field of sports
The second session of the Olympic Forum – Romà Cuyàs Memorial addressed sport and mental health from the perspective of entities and organisations. Eduard Inglés, director of the INEFC, the venue that hosted this second session, and Francesc Terrón, director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, the entity organising the Olympic Forum, were in charge […]
Sportspeople and Mental Health, first session of the 15th edition of the Olympic Forum – Romà Cuyàs Memorial.
The first edition of the Olympic Forum dedicated to Sport and Mental Health focused on sportspeople. David Escudé, President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and Barcelona City Councillor for Sports, was in charge of welcoming the audience to the auditorium of the Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport JA Samaranch where there were sports personalities, […]
Barcelona, Let’s Move!
Let’s Move” is a new Olympic campaign to encourage young people to move and lead active lifestyles, and we hope you will join the movement. “ Let’s Move” kick things off on 1 June via social and digital platforms, and on 13 June, we send the “Olympic Invite” calling people to block out time for […]
