Born in Barcelona in 1920, Samaranch has been leading the IOC for 21 years, until his reassignment in 2001. Restlessly working in favour of the Olympic movement, he improved the quality of the Games and increased the number of participating countries, developing TV rights negotiation, and strengthening Olympic Solidarity and women’s participation.
Mr. Samaranch played a crucial role in supporting the Shooting Sport and the ISSF within the Olympic Family, along his 21-year long presidency of the International Olympic Committee.
The ISSF, its leadership and the shooting family express their deepest sympathy to Juan Antonio Samaranch’s family.