Alejandro Blanco, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee and Juan Antonio Samaranch have opened with their presentations the first day of the “14th Olympic Forum: The impact of COVID in sport”
The official welcome was given by David Escudé, president of the Fundació Barcelona Olímpica, councillor for Sports of the Ajuntament de Barcelona and Barcelona provincial deputy, and Aleix Villatoro, director of the Catalan Sports of the Generalitat de Catalunya. The event was also attended by representatives of different institutions and patrons of the Fundació Barcelona […]
Sport as a health tool – The city, a space for sports practice
In this edition, we continue to reflect on the sports environment as a health tool, but we will focus on the city as an important setting for sports practice. The pandemic that we have experienced has caused a larger number of people to take the streets to practice sport. Has this trend come to stay? […]
Juli Pernas, patron of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, has been appointed a Merit Member of the Spanish Olympic Committee.
The conference “Sport as a health tool”
The conference “Sport as a health tool. Sport is essential for people’s health” of the conference cycle “The value of sport in the 21st century” has been carried out via Streaming in the facilities of the Olympic Museum and has been broadcast through the website www.museuolimpicbcn.cat and the YouTube channel of the Fundació Barcelona Olímpica, […]
2020 decision of the jury of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation International Art on Paper Award
The jury assembled formed by: Juli Pernas, director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation; Romà Arranz, ex-professor of Fine Arts; Raquel Medina, a critic of the Catalan association of critics ACCA and international AICA; and Anna Comellas, a doctor of Fine Arts with a great artistic career, has decided, after a close final, that the winners […]
Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló (17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010)
On July 17, 2020, commemorative events will be held to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the most international sports leader our country has ever had: Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló (17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010). Samaranch was a businessman, politician and, above all, a sports leader who became president of […]
I International Congress of Sports Science, Olympism and the Olympic Movement
The 1st International Congress of Sports Science, Olympism and the Olympic Movement: ‘Challenges to the Olympic Movement and Sport Post Covid-19’ was held on 22, 23 and 24 June. In order to identify the future challenges of the Olympic Movement, members of study centres from different —mostly Spanish-speaking— countries have come together to share their […]
The admission of the FBO International Art on Paper Award is opened
The Barcelona Olympic Foundation has launched the 10th 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 […]
“En Acción” wins the 2020 SpotSport
The ninth edition of the SpotSport contest, organized by Fundació Barcelona Olímpica in collaboration with the newspaper Sport, has a winner. The spot “En Acción”, produced by Alexander Giménez from Venezuela, based in Catalonia, has won this edition of SpotSport 2020. Alexander Giménez, freelance of the audiovisuals, since 2017 is developing his project […]
Sports journalist Enric Bañeres’ personal book collection is now part of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation’s Documentary Fund.
Irene Bañeres, on behalf of her family, donated the sports-related library of her father, sportswriter and journalist Enric Bañeres, to the Joan Antoni Samaranch Centre for Olympic and Sports Studies. Enric Bañeres, deceased in 2017, was the sports director of La Vanguardia and Mundo Deportivo. After retiring from journalism in 2015, he dedicated his last […]
