ANOC MOURNS JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH’S DEATH

Panorama.am
22/04/2010

Panorama.am has already reported that the former International Olympic
Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch died Wednesday at the age
of 89 at a Barcelona hospital from a cardiorespiratory arrest.

In 1966 Juan Antonio Samaranch became IOC member and in 1980, 3 days
before the Olympic in Moscow, he became IOC President.

In 1994 IOC delegation chaired by Juan Antonio Samaranch arrived
in Armenia. They visited Tsaghkadzor’s Olympic sport complex, got
acquainted with the sport buildings. Samaranch was deeply inspired by
what he had seen as he declared that he understood what the secret
of Armenian and Soviet sportsmen was. Samaranch granted financial
support for the reconstruction of Tsaghkadzor’s sport complex.

ANOC will pay tribute to Juan Antonio Samaranch and will always
remember him.