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A solemn ceremony at the Palauet Alb\u00e9niz gardens has brought together Spain’s highest authorities, the Samaranch family and representatives of the Olympic movement \u2014 including members of the Board of Trustees of the Fundaci\u00f3 Barcelona Ol\u00edmpica, the managing body of the Museu Ol\u00edmpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch.
\nBarcelona has held an emotional posthumous tribute to Joan Antoni Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001 and the driving force behind the 1992 Olympic Games. King Felipe VI has presided over the ceremony at the Joan Maragall Gardens of the Palauet Alb\u00e9niz, joined by the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Salvador Illa, the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, and the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee and first vice-president of the Fundaci\u00f3 Barcelona Ol\u00edmpica Board of Trustees, Alejandro Blanco. Representing the central government have been the Minister of Transport, \u00d3scar Puente, and the Government Delegate in Catalonia, Carlos Prieto.
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Also present have been the Sports Councillor of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Berni \u00c1lvarez, and the Sports Councillor of Barcelona City Council, David Escud\u00e9. The following members of the Fundaci\u00f3 Barcelona Ol\u00edmpica Board of Trustees have also attended: M\u00aa Teresa Samaranch, Julio Pernas, Enric Tru\u00f1\u00f3 and Josep Miquel Abad, as well as honorary trustee Pere Mir\u00f3.
\nSamaranch’s children, Mar\u00eda Teresa Samaranch and Juan Antonio Samaranch \u2014 the latter a vice-president of the IOC \u2014 have joined the stage accompanied by their families and a group of Olympic athletes: tennis player Manuel Orantes, swimmers Miguel Torres and Maria Colominas, sailor Natalia Via-Dufresne, and taekwondo athlete Javier Argudo.
\n“My father always shared himself with the athletes.” \u2014 Mar\u00eda Teresa Samaranch
\nJoan Antoni Samaranch (Barcelona, 1920\u20132010) served as IOC president from 1980 to 2001. Since 2010, the Olympic and Sports Museum on Montju\u00efc has borne his name and is managed by the Fundaci\u00f3 Barcelona Ol\u00edmpica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A solemn ceremony at the Palauet Alb\u00e9niz gardens has brought together Spain’s highest authorities, the Samaranch family and representatives of the Olympic movement \u2014 including members of the Board of Trustees of the Fundaci\u00f3 Barcelona Ol\u00edmpica, the managing body of the Museu Ol\u00edmpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch. 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