Jacques Rogge

✶May 2, 1942

†August 29, 2021

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About their life

Jacques Jean Marie, Count Rogge was a Belgian sports administrator, former athlete, and physician, who served as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013. In 2013, Rogge became the IOC's honorary president, a lifetime position, which he held until his death from Parkinson's disease in August 2021.

President of the IOC from 2001 to 2013

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Biography from the article Jacques Rogge on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.