It has been a long time since I got to know Samaranch. When I was in middle school.I had heard of Samaranch, and I only knew that he was the newly elected president of the International Olympic Committee.Witnessed him a few more times, from the opening and closing ceremonies of the televised Los Angeles and Seoul Olympics, the overall impression was that of an affable and personable aristocrat. At the opening ceremony of the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, it was the only time in his life that he personally met the distinguished President of the International Olympic Committee, and he was even more humorous.Since then, I have had the desire to know Samaranch.

From Beijing's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games, to the Barcelona Olympic Games, to the Atlanta Centennial Ceremony, Samaranch has become a hot topic in the global press time and time again, which gave me the opportunity to gradually get to know the whole picture of Samaranch: when he was young, he was suave and beautiful. Surrounded; shortly after entering the business world at the age of 22, he became the general manager of a famous textile company in Barcelona; he was a banker and a member of the board of directors of many well-known companies in the world; The speaker of the parliament, the director of the Spanish Sports Commission and the Spanish ambassador to Sudan and other important positions; during his tenure as chairman.The International Olympic Committee has become the international organization with the largest number of members in the world. The Olympic Games have also come out of the trough, and the flames are booming. Professionalization and so on are his first creations...

Samaranch has been in the position of IOC President for 17 years, during which he has experienced countless twists and turns and tribulations, but he has always been an unstoppable banner in the international sports world, and no one can replace him.Samaranch is now seventy years old, but his position in the International Olympic Committee is still rock solid. On March 5, 1997, Samaranch readily accepted the request of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee and re-elected as the President of the International Olympic Committee for another term.For this reason, the International Olympic Committee also revised the retirement age of the chairman again, from 75 to 80 years old...

Samaranch is indeed an extraordinary character. I admire an extraordinary figure like him. So I decided to write about Samaranch, his legendary experience, and his brilliant achievements. The biggest difficulty in writing this book is the limited resources.From the old bookshelves of the library to the fashionable Internet, I spent several months collecting information.Then, after nearly three months of burning nights, this 240,000-word biography was completed. In the process of writing, my friend Shen Ming gave me many kinds of help, and I would like to express my sincere thanks. Due to limited information, there are inevitably omissions in this book, and readers are welcome to correct them.

Liu Ping'an January 20, 1997 in Beijing