Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs

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Samaranch in 2018.

Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs (born 1 November 1959) is a sports administrator who is the member of the International Olympic Committee. He is the only son of former president of the IOC Juan Antonio Samaranch and his late wife, Maria Salisachs. He is married and has four children. He has a MBA degree from New York University and a degree in industrial engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain.

In 1986 he joined as an associate of The First Boston Corporation, in New York, until 1989. He was appointed that year to the vice-presidency, in the Corporate Finance area, at the English firm S.G. Warburg & Co. At the present, he is the CEO of , S.A. Before obtaining his MBA, he worked at International Flavors and Fragrances, as an accounting executive. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Catalan.

He is a member of the International Olympic Committee since 2001, representing Spain. He's also a member of the Spanish Olympic Committee^[1] and first vice-president of the International Modern Pentathlon Union since 1996.

Wrestling exclusion from the Olympics[]

In February 2013 the IOC voted to eliminate a single sport from the Olympics. Although many experts predicted that the pentathlon would be removed^[2] due to its low popularity, wrestling was voted to be removed instead, despite having a larger athlete and fan base. Many cited Samaranch-Salisachs's influence to explain the IOCs reasoning.^[3][4] On 8 September 2013, the IOC announced that wrestling would remain part of the Summer Olympics, reversing the February decision.^[5]

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External links[]

• Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch at the International Olympic Committee