Juan Antonio Samaranch
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquis of Samaranch, was a Spanish sports administrator and minister of sports under the Franco-regimewho served as the seventh president of the International Olympic Committeefrom 1980 to 2001. Samaranch served the second longest term as the head of the IOC, the longest being that of Pierre de Coubertin...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth17 July 1920
CountrySpain
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