1999年12月17日，获得由《奥林匹克杂志》评选的“世纪体育领导人”称号。
2000年8月2日，国际排联向他颁发了“国际排联金质奖章”，以奖励他为排球运动在世界各地的普及、沙滩排球成为奥运会项目以及越来越多的女性参与排球运动所作出的贡献。
2001年7月13日，他在莫斯科向全世界宣布中国北京赢得了2008年奥运会举办权。
萨马兰奇一直是中国人民的好朋友。现在，已经从国际奥委会主席的职位上“退役”的萨马兰奇依然继续在为国际奥林匹克运动贡献自己的力量，担任国际奥委会终身名誉主席。
萨马兰奇的英文简介：
President of the IOC from 1980 to 2001: Juan Antonio Samaranch Seventh President of the International Olympic Committee,
Juan Antonio Samaranch was born on 17 July 1920 in Barcelona.
An industrialist and President of the "Diputación" of his home province, his ascension to the zenith of the Olympic
Movement began by the unusual path of roller-skating: he led the Spanish team to the world title.
Elected as an IOC member in 1966, then Chief of Protocol in 1968, his qualities as an untiring worker were soon put
to use within various commissions. In 1970, he became a member of the Executive Board, and Vice-President of the IOC from 1974 to 1978. In 1977, Spain restored diplomatic relations with the USSR and Juan Antonio Samaranch was appointed Ambassador to Moscow (1977-1980). He returned to the Executive Board in 1979, as Chief of Protocol. Elected to the presidency of the IOC in the first ballot on 16 July 1980, he succeeded Lord Killanin whose career terminated with the extinction of the Olympic flame on 3 August 1980.
From the time he took up office, he tried to give a new direction to the Olympic Movement which was badly shaken by the political difficulties of the XXII Olympiad, and undertook a long voyage around the world to establish numerous contacts with Heads of State and sports leaders and to defend the Olympic cause. He secured the IOC’s status as an international non-
governmental organisation and restructured its finances (television rights, sponsorship programmes). He kept the Olympic flame alive during the crisis years of boycotts (Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984). It was through his efforts that the Olympic Museum was built in Lausanne (1993).
When the IOC found itself in crisis, because of abuses of trust by some of its members, he undertook major reforms
to the structure of the institution. Mr Samaranch’s mandate ended on the 16 July 2001, in Moscow, where he was elected
Honorary President for Life.
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最后，说说萨马兰奇的夫人、儿子和女儿：
萨马兰奇的夫人玛丽亚·特雷莎·比维斯·萨利萨其斯，１９５５年１２月１日同萨马兰奇结婚，２０００年９月１６日逝世。
女儿是一位经济学家，儿子胡安·安东尼奥是位工程师，是西班牙奥委会委员、国际现代五项全能运动联合会委员。