Category:Juan Antonio Samaranch

Juan Antonio Samaranch
	IOC president 1980–2001
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Date of birth	17 July 1920; Barcelona
Date of death	21 April 2010; Barcelona; heart failure;
Place of burial	Montjuïc Cemetery;
Country of citizenship	Spain;
Residence	Barcelona;
Educated at	IESE Business School;
Occupation	diplomat; politician; rink hockey player; businessperson; coach; journalist; sports official;
Member of	International Olympic Committee; National Council of the Movement;
Position held	President of the International Olympic Committee (1980, 16 July 2001, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Jacques Rogge, 7); member of the Cortes franquistas (1967, 1977); Q43852848 (1973, 1977, Josep Maria de Muller i d'Abadal, Josep Tarradellas i Joan); Q44438270 (26 December 1966, 9 September 1970, José Antonio Elola-Olaso, Joan Gich Bech de Careda, 8); ambassador of Spain to the Soviet Union (Luis Guillermo de Perinat y Elío); ambassador of Spain to Mongolia;
Noble title	Margrave;
Child	Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs;
Work location	Madrid;
Award received	Order of Honour; Grand Order of King Tomislav; collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎; Olympic Order; Princess of Asturias Award for Sports (1988); Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III; Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia; Order of Friendship of Peoples; Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"; Order of the Republic; Order of Freedom; Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit; Q28870378; Great Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit; honorary doctor of the University of Alicante (27 March 1992); Q51527076;
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