Juan Antonio Samaranch - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

  • Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1994)
  • Grand Gold Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (1994)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (1980, Spain)
  • Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya (1985)
  • Order of Friendship of Peoples (Soviet Union, 1994)
  • Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, First Class (2003, Estonia)
  • Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2000)
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Grand Order of King Tomislav ("Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, which included the Croatian Olympic sport in the great community of the Olympic movement worldwide, contributing to the international recognition of sovereign and independent Republic of Croatia. Its merit is that it has enabled the Croatian athletes for the first time in history to use their national symbols in the Olympics in Albertville and Barcelona, and are thus permanently incorporated in the global Olympic family. Another exception is the act have included the Republic of Croatia in the International Olympic Committee before it was invited as a member of the United Nations." – 26 August 1993)
  • Order of the Golden Fleece (Georgia) – 2001
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania, 4 April 1994)
  • Order of the Republic (Moldova) (14 May 1999)
  • Order of Honour (Russia, 25 June 2001)
  • Order of the White Double Cross, 1st Class (Slovakia, 2000)
  • Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise Third class (Ukraine, 21 May 2005)
  • Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, First Class (1981)
  • In 1982 he was awarded the Cup Stadium for the promotion of Spanish sport.
  • In 1985 he received the Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia
  • In 1988 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports and the Peace Prize awarded by South Korea.
  • Member of the Académie Française des Sports
  • In 1986 he was named president of the credit institution La Caixa, which was already a member advisor since 1984.
  • In 1991 he was awarded the noble title of Marquis of Samaranch
  • Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Alicante (1992), University of Huelva, Universidad Camilo José Cela (2002) and Universidad Europea de Madrid (2009)
  • Honorary Member of the Club de Santander Palomar

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