Jacques Rogge
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8th President of the International Olympic Committee | |
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In office 16 July 2001 – 10 September 2013 | |
Preceded by | Juan Antonio Samaranch |
Succeeded by | Thomas Bach |
Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee | |
In office 10 September 2013 – 29 August 2021 | |
President | Thomas Bach |
Preceded by | vacant, last held by Juan Antonio Samaranch (2010) |
Succeeded by | vacant, expected to be Thomas Bach in 2025 |
Personal details | |
Born | Jacques Jean Marie Rogge 2 May 1942 administrator |
Jacques Jean Marie Rogge, Count Rogge (French: [ʒɑk ʁɔɡ], Dutch: [ˈrɔɣə] ⓘ; 2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator 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 in 2021.
Life and career
Rogge was born in
Rogge was a noted athlete in his home country. He was a 16-time Belgian national champion in rugby and a one-time yachting world champion. He also competed in the
Rogge served as president of the
On 28 April 2014, Rogge was appointed Special Envoy for Youth Refugees and Sport by
In his free time, Rogge was known to admire modern art and was an avid reader of historical and scientific literature.[8]
On 14 October 2016, The British School of Brussels[9] opened its new sports center in Tervuren, Belgium. The building was opened and named after Rogge, titled "The Jacques Rogge Sports Centre".
In 2017 the
Rogge died on 29 August 2021, at the age of 79. The IOC did not say what the cause of death was, but Rogge had been suffering from Parkinson's disease.[14][15][1]
President of the IOC
Rogge was elected as President of the IOC on 16 July 2001 at the 112th
At the
In October 2009 he was re-elected for a new term as President of the IOC. In September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, German Thomas Bach (who had won a gold medal in fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal) was elected as his successor.
In 2011, a Forbes magazine list of the 68 most powerful people in the world listed Rogge at no. 67.[18]
On 27 July 2011, one year prior to
In December 2011, Rogge was invested as an
Jacques Rogge's IOC Presidency came to an end at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires. German Thomas Bach was elected as the new IOC President at the session on 10 September 2013.[20] Rogge was then made Lifetime Honorary President of the IOC, a position which he held until his death in 2021.[21]
Controversies
- PRC internet censorship
For the
The play Dear Mr. Rogge, written by Dinah Lee Küng in 2012, depicts an imprisoned PRC dissident who wrote a letter challenging Rogge to walk from the Birds Nest stadium to Beijing Prison No. 2 in order to check the truth of Rogge's claim that hosting the Olympics would serve as a catalyst only for good in the country.[24]
- Criticism of Bolt's jubilation
Rogge commented that
- Munich Massacre moment of silence
Rogge rejected calls for a
Honours and titles
Rogge received these honours and titles in Belgium and abroad for his work:
- 1992: Creation of Knight Rogge, by Royal decree of King Baudouin
- 2002: Creation of Count Rogge, by Royal decree of King Albert II
- 2006: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 2006: Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (Ukraine)
- 2006: Grand Cross in the Order for Merits to Lithuania
- 2008: Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2010: Order of Merit of Ukraine
- 2010: Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo (South Africa)
- 2011: Member of the Order of Friendship (Russian Federation)
- 2011: Grand Order of Queen Jelena (Croatia)
- 2011: Officer of the Legion of Honour, by President Sarkozy[29]
- 2012: Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
- 2013: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), by Royal decree of 19 September 2013
- 2012: Knight Commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau, by Royal decree of Queen Beatrix[30]
- 2014: Honorary Knight Commander in the Order of St. Michael and St. George (UK), 2014[31]
- 2015: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Adolphe of Nassau.[32]
- 2013: Gold Olympic Order
- 2013: Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee
- 2017: Paralympic Order[10]
Academic degrees
Rogge received several honorary degrees (honoris causa) :
- Baku State University, Azerbaijan
- Semmelweis University, Hungary
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland[33]
- University of Southern Denmark[34]
- Lithuanian Sports University[35]
- Ghent University, Belgium in 2001
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, in October 2006[36]
- Beijing Sport University, China, on 24 October 2006[37]
- Galileo University, Guatemala, on 30 June 2007[38]
- University of Porto, Portugal, in November 2009[39]
- National Sports Academy of Bulgaria, in January 2009[40]
- University of Oradea, Romania, in September 2010[41]
- Royal Military Academy (Belgium) on 28 October 2010[42]
- KU Leuven, Belgium in 2012
- National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport, in May 2018[43]
References
- ^ a b Genzlinger, Neil (30 August 2021). "Jacques Rogge, Who Led Olympic Committee, Dies at 79". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Viner, Brian (27 July 2012). "Jacques Rogge: The quiet Olympian". Independent. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "BSB's New Sports Centre will be named after Dr. Jacques Rogge". The British School of Brussels. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "College of Arms Foundation - Activities". Coaf.us. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Germany's Bach elected new IOC president". 10 September 2013.
- ^ "HRH The Princess Royal honours Jacques Rogge at Buckingham Palace - News articles". GOV.UK. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Jacques Rogge of Belgium Special Envoy for Youth Refugees and Sport". Press release. United Nations. 28 April 2014.
- ^ "2007 impressions," Het Laatste Nieuws, 31 December 2007
- ^ "Sports Centre". www.britishschool.be. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Paralympic Order presented to former IOC President Rogge". Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Former IOC President Rogge awarded Paralympic Order". 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Former IOC President receives lifetime achievement award in Belgium". 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Jacques Rogge receives lifetime achievement award at World Fair Play Awards".
- ^ "Olympic leaders remember Jacques Rogge as a man of his word".
- ^ "IOC announces passing of former IOC President Jacques Rogge - Olympic News". 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Rogge secures Olympic presidency". 16 July 2001.
- ^ "Olympics; Rogge Given Authority To Cancel the Olympics". The New York Times. 21 September 2001. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
- ^ "Forbes Powerful People". Forbes.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Rogge Awarded Legion of Honor; Arab Games End; Pin Points". Aroundtherings.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (10 September 2013). "Thomas Bach elected as ninth IOC president". NBC OlympicTalk. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "GamesBids.com - Coates Becomes Vice President, DeFrantz Joins Executive Board and Rogge is Honorary President". Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "IOC admits internet censorship deal with China – Radio Netherlands Worldwide – English". Radionetherlands.nl. 30 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ Gosper, Kevan (1 August 2008). "IOC lies on web access have hurt my reputation". The Australian. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ^ Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Rogge-about-Olympics-Power-Truth-ebook/dp/B006UT0HSK
- ^ a b "One powerful man who does seem to be on top of things". Irish Times. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
- ^ Wetzel, Dan (24 August 2008). "Beijing Olympics' winners and losers". Yahoo! Sports!.
- ^ James Montague (5 September 2012). "The Munich massacre: A survivor's story". CNN. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Wilson, Stephen (21 July 2012). "1972 Olympics Munich Massacre Anniversary: IOC President Jacques Rogge Rules Out Minute Of Silence". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Ook Jacques Rogge krijgt Franse eretitel van Sarkozy". HLN.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Jacques Rogge Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau". Pers.nocnsf.nl. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "A lifetime dedicated to sport, Jacques Rogge passes away". International Table Tennis Federation. September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Henri reikt Jacques Rogge Grootkruis uit - Vorsten". Vorsten.nl. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Doctors Honoris Causa".
- ^ "Jacques Rogge æresdoktor på SDU | Andre nyheder | Nyheder". Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ (in Lithuanian) http://docplayer.net/64867338-Jacques-rogge-doctor-honoris-causa-of-lithuanian-academy-of-physical-education-lietuvos-kuno-kulturos-akademijos-garbes-daktaras.html
- ^ "Dr Jacques ROGGE – "Doctor Honoris Causa" of the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport".
- ^ (in French) http://french.peopledaily.com.cn/Sports/4950487.html Archived 30 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in French) https://www.olympic.org/fr/news/le-president-du-cio-fait-docteur-honoris-causa
- ^ (in Portuguese) https://www.dn.pt/desporto/outras-modalidades/interior/jacques-rogge-recebe-honoris-causa-no-porto-1419193.html
- ^ (in Spanish)https://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/2009-01-20/bulgaria-otorga-a-jacques-rogge-el-titulo-de-doctor-honoris-causa_1068407/
- ^ "Jacques Rogge welcomed by Young Judoka in Oradea - Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee".
- ^ (in French) http://www.rma.ac.be/fr/rma-dhc(fr).html Archived 17 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "EUSA President receives honorary doctorate | EUSA".
External links
- Media related to Jacques Rogge at Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Rogge at World Sailing
- Jacques Rogge at Olympics.com
- Jacques Rogge at Olympedia