Background
Rogge, Jacques was born on May 2, 1942 in Ghent, Belgium.
President of the International Olympic Committee
Rogge, Jacques was born on May 2, 1942 in Ghent, Belgium.
Doctor of Medicine.
Orthopaedic surgeon; former sports medicine lecturer Université Libre, Brussels and University Ghent. President Belgian National Olympic Committee, 1989—1992, European Olympic Committee, 1989—2001. Became member International Olympic Committee, 1991, member executive board, since 1998, president, since 2001.
Player Belgian National Rugby Team. Member Belgian sailing team Summer Olympic Games, Mexico City, 1968, Munich, 72, Montreal, 76, chef-de-mission, Moscow, 80, Los Angeles, 84, Seoul, 88, chairman of Coordinator Communications, Sydney, 2000, Athens, 04. Chef-de-mission Winter Olympic Games, Innsbruck, 1976, Calgary, 88.
Married Anne Bovjin; 2 children.