The ISSF and the shooting family express their sincere condolences to Juan Antonio Samaranch’s family.
The International Shooting Sport Federation was deeply saddened to learn today of the death of former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch, who left us Wednesday in Barcelona. The ISSF expresses its sincere condolences in these painful circumstances.
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.