Huang Antonio Samararanch died

Former president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samararanch, died in Barcelona at 89 years of life, reports the Air Force. The day before, he was taken to a hospital with acute heart failure and spent a day in intensive care. Recently, Samaranch has repeatedly addressed doctors in connection with heart disease.

On Tuesday, the son of the ex-president of the IOC Juan Antonio Samararanch Salisachs said that his father’s fortune is “difficult but stable, and he is under the close supervision of doctors.” Later, on Wednesday night in the Spanish media, disrepairing comments of doctors appeared, indicating that Samararanch is in a “very serious state”, and his advanced age and state of health do not allow to make positive forecasts regarding a possible recovery.

In 2001, he spent 11 days in the Swiss clinic after returning from the IOC session in Moscow, where Jacques Rogge were elected to the presidency of the International Olympic Committee. Samararancha is called one of the most influential figures in the latest sports history.

In the fall of 2009, Samaranch underwent an examination in Monaco. The Western media reported then that Samarancha had a heart attack, but his representative did not confirm this information and explained the appeal to the doctors "a small reaction to fatigue."

Samararanch headed the IOC from 1980 to 2001. After the addition of powers, the Spaniard was elected a life -long president of the International Olympic Committee.