Jacques Rogge
President of the International Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2013 · Belgium · Politicians · Lived 1942 to 2021 · aged 79
Jacques Rogge is read about 135 times a day, in 58 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 90 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?He ran the Olympics for twelve years, steering the IOC through doping scandals and the Beijing Games, then stepped back into a ceremonial role until Parkinson's took him at seventy-nine.
A life in dates
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About this person
Jacques Rogge was a Belgian physician and former athlete who became the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee in 2001. He held the post for twelve years, navigating the organization through a turbulent stretch that included the 2008 Beijing Olympics. When he stepped down in 2013, the IOC named him honorary president for life. He lived another eight years in that role before dying of Parkinson's disease on 29 August 2021.
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Dimitra GalaniAlso in Athens 2004: Olympic Closing Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)
Dionysis SavvopoulosAlso in Athens 2004: Olympic Closing Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)
Sakis RouvasAlso in Athens 2004: Olympic Closing Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)
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