Jacques Rogge was the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013.During his youth, Rogge was an athlete in his home country of Belgium.
He was a national champion in rugby as well as a sailor, who represented Belgium in sailing the Summer Olympics of 1968, 1972, and 1976.
Later, he became an orthopedic surgeon. He began serving on Belgium’s Olympic committee and was named its president in 1989.
Rogge also became president of the European Olympic Committee in 1989, serving until he was named head of the IOC in 2001. He was the first IOC president to stay in the Olympic Village with the athletes, beginning at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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