Juan Carlos Segovia
Chair Director
About the Chair
Harnessing sportsmanship as an essential mechanism for education.
Under this axiom, the Camilo José Cela University has created the “Marqués de Samaranch Olympic Chair” which, in addition to honoring the Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee, aims to contribute to the promotion, development and dissemination of the Olympic movement.
The Chair aims to make Olympic ideals known, to create awareness that Olympism goes beyond sport, is inseparable from education and considers the service of peace and union among peoples as its raison d’être.
The mission of the Chair is to provide a center of culture that preserves the Olympic spirit, develops educational programs and promotes its philosophical and social principles, in order to consolidate the scientific bases of the Olympic Ideal in accordance with the principles established by Greek culture and recovered in the contemporary era.
These actions are supported by the members of the Chair Council, who sponsor these activities and are therefore directly involved in the day-to-day work.
Director's Presentation
Introducing the Chair director
Juan Carlos Segovia Martínez, Director of the Marqués de Samaranch Olympic Chair, holds a PhD in Medicine (Cum Laude 2009) from the Complutense University of Madrid. Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Complutense University (1987), Degree in Physical Education and Sports from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (1987), Medical Specialist in Physical Education and Sports Medicine (1990) and accredited as Hired Doctor by the ACAP (2011).
He was an Associate Professor for 27 years at the School of Medicine of Physical Education and Sport, where he developed his teaching career with numerous courses, lectures and conferences. Coordinator of the stress laboratory from 1987 to 2015. Director of the Sports Medicine Center of the Community of Madrid from 1998 to 2004, where he practiced as a medical specialist until 2012, when he moved to work at the Center for the Evaluation of Medical Disabilities of the Community of Madrid. Director of the Marqués de Samaranch Olympic Chair since 2003. Author of numerous scientific articles, book chapters and books. Reviewer of articles in Spanish and foreign journals. Doctor of the Master Tennis of Madrid for 9 years. He is a member of the OSC (Olympic Studies Centre) of the International Olympic Committee.
Research
We talked about the research of this chair.
Anyone interested in carrying out a study or research project related to the field of Olympism, may send their proposal to the mailbox of the Olympic Chair catedraolimpica@ucjc.edu so that it can be studied by those responsible for it. Depending on your interest and the funds available at the time, a decision will be made as to the suitability of supporting to a greater or lesser extent both the development of the research and its publication, either financially or otherwise.
Publications
Here are the publications of this chair
Soccer: Clinical and functional assessment
This book presents the enormous variety of scientific approaches to the study of soccer from the perspective of Sports Medicine. Several medical professionals, trainers and graduates in Physical Education provide a rigorous and scientific medical perspective to better understand the sport, to obtain greater performance and benefit and also to be able to use it as a therapeutic and preventive weapon in any level of pathologies.
Biomechanics and technology applied to sports footwear
Developed by four PhD researchers from the Institute of Sports Sciences of the Camilo José Cela University, this manual provides a complete review of the different aspects related to sports footwear and its adaptations, especially important in terms of injury prevention and increased sports performance.
Olympism (Second Edition)
Second edition of the book “El Olimpismo” published in 2005. This edition, published in 2009, consists of 32 chapters written by more than twenty personalities related to the world of Olympism, who manage with their articles to approach the subject from all imaginable perspectives according to the specialists’ version. Proof of the relevance of this work is the fact that the presentation ceremony was attended by Juan Antonio Samaranch himself and the then Secretary of State for Sports, Jaime Lissavetzsky.
Soccer. Field and laboratory tests
It is a reference work that is the summary of 20 years of work of doctors specialized in Sports Medicine. It studies psychomotor aspects, physiology of effort, cardiovascular and locomotor adaptations and different assessment tests that are performed in soccer, within the different possibilities and within an approach to the daily reality of soccer. There is also a section on women’s soccer, which is becoming increasingly important these days. In short, it is aimed at all soccer professionals, from sports doctors to physical education graduates or soccer coaches. The book has been published by the Camilo José Cela University, the Marqués de Samaranch Olympic Chair, the Felipe Segovia Foundation and the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE).
The Olympic Spirit
Texts and Illustrations:
Juan Carlos Segovia
Bibliography:
The Olympic spirit. Eizi Spazari. Adam Editions.1992
Olympism. Marqués de Samaranch Olympic Chair. UCJC. 2004
Olympism for young people. Conrado Durantez. SEK Foundation. 2006
Valeurs Olympiques.
www.olympique.org
Edita:
SEK University Teaching Center
Castillo de Alarcón, 49
Villafranca del Castillo
28692 Madrid
Tel: 91 815 31 31
ucjc@ucjc.edu
ISBN: 978-84-95891-53-2
Legal Deposit: M-40200-2009
Printed by: Albatros, S.L.
Olympism for young people
Book on Olympism for children directed by Conrado Durántez. It is illustrated and will be translated into English and French.
Risks, challenges and opportunities for the IOC at the beginning of the third millennium
Offprint published with the full content, in Spanish and English, of the lecture given in May 2006, within the scope of the Marqués de Samaranch Olympic Chair, by Mr. Urs Lacotte, Director General of the International Olympic Committee, and includes a foreword by Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch, Honorary Life President of the IOC.
Olympism
Directed by Rafael Ansón Oliart, with an introduction by Juan Antonio Samaranch, who has also written the fifth chapter “Peace, Olympism and Sport”, and prefaced by the founder of Camilo José Cela University, Felipe Segovia, it has thirty-two chapters written by more than twenty personalities related to this field, who achieve with their articles, a publication that encompasses and synthesizes the main knowledge that exists around the Olympic and sports movement, from all imaginable perspectives and according to the version of the specialists.
Women and sport. Health as a goal
The Olympic Chair of the Camilo José Cela University and Sanitas Hospitals have combined their knowledge to draw up a guide of recommended physical activity in the different daily stages of women’s lives.
This work is a compendium of the talent of professionals from both institutions, in simple and understandable language. Our goal is that any woman can perform physical activity in the best conditions of safety and health, but also to help health and physical activity professionals to advise and prescribe more accurately the indication of physical exercise according to age and physical and health condition.
Scoliosis: Manual of corrective exercises in structural and postural alterations of the spine.
The Marqués de Samaranch Olympic Chair, as part of its outreach work, has considered publishing this book to help doctors, health students and patients. It is a project that the authors had as an aid in the treatment, through physical exercise of a spinal disorder such as Scoliosis. It is structured in several chapters, according to the type of spine curvature and accompanied by images and videos to make it more understandable.
A small tribute is made to the. Dr. Antonio Sicilia, one of the experts in the diagnosis and treatment of Scoliosis, attending elite athletes and patients, since his time at the INEF of Madrid, the Hospital de la Paz and the School of Sports Medicine of the UCM.
Prologue by Professor Legido, who was the President of the National Commission of the Specialty of Sports Medicine for many years and thus achieving the creation of the School of Sports Medicine in Madrid.
The authors, professors at the UCJC, have been working in sports medicine for many years.
Juan Antonio Samaranch
We spoke to the president of the International Olympic Committee
Juan Antonio Samaranch Torelló, president of the International Olympic Committee, was born in Barcelona on July 17, 1920. His first efforts were oriented towards obtaining the degrees that would allow him to work in the textile business that his family owned. His education was broad and liberal, as befits the industrious Barcelona of the 1930s. Thus, he obtained the title of Commercial Professor and later graduated from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa.
His name has been linked to sports and politics for more than fifty years. He began his political activities in the Barcelona City Council as Councillor for Sports, a position he held from 1954 to 1962.
From 1973 to 1977 he presided over the Diputación de Barcelona, being appointed in the latter year, in recognition of his diplomatic and conciliatory skills, Ambassador of Spain to the Soviet Union and Mongolia, a position he held until 1980. Thus, Juan Antonio Samaranch was the first Spanish diplomatic representative in Moscow after the reestablishment of official relations with that country.
Elected member of the International Olympic Committee in 1966, he joined its Executive Committee in May 1970 and was appointed Vice-President in October 1974.
Within the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch continued to work tirelessly until he was elected president in 1980.
October 17, 1986 is one of the most memorable dates in his career, when one of his greatest dreams came true: announcing in Lausanne that the city of Barcelona had been chosen to host the 1992 Olympic Games.
One year later, he would receive the Gold Medal of the City of Barcelona, during the events held to commemorate the first year of Barcelona’s designation as host of the 1992 Olympic Games.
He also holds, in addition to the Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya, numerous national and foreign Grand Crosses.
In March 2000 he was awarded the Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, the highest civilian decoration of the Spanish State.
In May 1987, Juan Antonio Samaranch was elected Chairman of La Caixa after having been a director of the bank since 1984 and a member of its Executive Committee since 1985. He held this position until January 1999, when he became Honorary President of the entity.
He is a member of the Académie Française des Sports, the Reial Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi and Honorary Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. He holds the Peace Prize awarded by South Korea and also the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports in 1988.
In 1991 he was awarded the noble title of Marquis of Samaranch.
On July 16, 2001, he stepped down as President of the International Olympic Committee and was appointed Honorary President for Life.
Contact
Juan Carlos Segovia
catedraolimpica@ucjc.edu