Spanish Olympic Committee
Encyclopedia
The Spanish Olympic Committee is responsible for Spain
's participation in the Olympic Games
. It was formed on January 11, 1924 in Barcelona
.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
's participation in the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
. It was formed on January 11, 1924 in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
Presidents
- 1912-1921 Gonzalo de Figueroa y Torres, Marqués de Villamejor
- 1924-1926 Santiago Güell y López, Barón de Güell
- 1926-1931 Eusebio López y Díaz de Quijano, Marqués de Lamadrid
- 1933-1936 Augusto Pi Suñer
- 1941-1956 José Moscardó ItuarteJosé Moscardó ItuarteJosé Moscardó e Ituarte, 1st Count of the Alcázar of Toledo, Grandee of Spain was the military Governor of Toledo Province during the Spanish Civil War...
, Conde del Alcázar de Toledo - 1956-1967 José Antonio Elola-Olaso
- 1967-1970 Juan Antonio Samaranch TorellóJuan Antonio SamaranchDon Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquis of Samaranch, Grandee of Spain , known in Catalan as Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló , was a Catalan Spanish sports administrator who served as the seventh President of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001...
, Marqués de Samaranch - 1970-1975 Juan Gich Bech de Careda
- 1975-1976 Tomás Pelayo Ros
- 1976-1980 Benito Castejón Paz
- 1980-1983 Jesús Hermida Cebreiro
- 1983-1984 Romá Cuyás Sol
- 1984-1987 Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre, Duque de Cádiz
- 1987-1998 Carlos Ferrer Salat
- 1998-2002 Alfredo Goyeneche Moreno, Conde de Guaqui
- 2002-2005 José María Echevarría y Arteche
- 2005-present Alejandro Blanco BravoAlejandro BlancoAlejandro Blanco is the current President of the Spanish Olympic Committee.On September 8, 2011 it was announced that he will be President of the Madrid bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.-References:...