Jacques Rogge
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Image:Jaques rogge.jpg Count Jacques Rogge (born May 2, 1942) is a Belgian orthopedic surgeon and has been the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2001.
Born in Ghent, living in Deinze, Rogge competed in yachting in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, and played on the Belgian rugby team. Rogge served as president of the Belgian Olympic Committee from 1989 to 1992, and as president of the European Olympic Committees from 1989 to 2001. He became a member of the IOC in 1991 and joined the Executive Board in 1998. He was knighted and given the title of count by King Albert II of Belgium.
Rogge was elected as president of the IOC on July 16, 2001 at the IOC session in Moscow as the successor to Juan Antonio Samaranch, who had led the IOC since 1980.
One of the core points of his IOC policy has been to limit the number of participants in the Summer Olympics to its current size of about 10,000. He has said that he will show no tolerance toward corruption and doping. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Rogge became the first IOC President to stay in the Athlete's village, instead of the lavish 5-star hotels that many IOC members prefer. Rogge also acted decisively in handling the judging and doping scandals. As a result, the first Olympic games under Rogge's watch was hailed by many critics as a new era in the Olympics as it sent a message that the IOC would not tolerate corruption.
Under his term, baseball and softball have been removed from the Olympic Programme. Decision has been voted by the IOC Session in July 2005 in Singapore and will be in force for the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2005, Rogge drew attention when he called "exaggerated" allegations that young gymnasts at a Beijing sports hall were being routinely beaten, noting that "the things that have been reported (...) are not so different to what happened in British schools 30 years ago". Although he said that "regrettable isolated cases" would have to be "tackled", he noted that one had to "judge China in the true perspective" of their historical accomplishment. [1]
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