ATLANTA 1996 :: The Legacy Institution of the Atlanta 1996 Centennial Olympic Games

Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA

1932-2015

ATLANTA 1996 Co-Chair & CEO Dr. Marc-Daniel GUTEKUNST with Mr. Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA during the ATLANTA 1996 PARSE Awards Ceremony during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Mexico (February 8, 2015)

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA and to his Executive Assistant Jimena SALDAÑA.

Mr. Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA was an IOC Member (2000-2012), President of the Mexican Olympic Committee (1974-2001), President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (1979-2012), President of the Pan American Sports Association (since 1979 and re-elected to serve until 2016), and President of the IOC OLYMPIC Solidarity (2002-2012)

Mr. Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA believed in the ATLANTA 1996, supported it and strongly encouraged the participation of the ATLANTA 1996 in the 2004 USOC led Athletes of the Americas to Athens (AAA) program under the patronage of the Pan American Sports Association (PASO).

On August 14, 2008, Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA was awarded during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games the ATLANTA 1996 PARSE Award. 

(L to R) ATLANTA 1996 Olympic Artist-In-Residency Steve R. ALLEN, Dr. Marc-Daniel GUTEKUNST and Mr. Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA.