IOC President
" The end of an elite sporting career is difficult. The ACP helps athletes continue their success on the field as they move into the labour market."
Jacques Rogge is the eighth IOC President, elected on 16 July 2001 at the 112th IOC Session in Moscow.
Born on 2 May 1942 in Ghent, Belgium, Jacques Rogge is married and has two children. By profession, he is an orthopaedic surgeon. In the course of his sports career, he competed in the yachting competitions at the Games of the Olympiad in Mexico in 1968, Munich in 1972 and Montreal in 1976. After that, he was chef de mission at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976 and Calgary in 1988, as well as chef de mission at the Games of the Olympiad in Moscow in 1980, Los Angeles in 1984 and Seoul in 1988. He was also a member of the Belgian national rugby team.
Jacques Rogge served as President of the Belgian National Olympic Committee from 1989 to 1992. He became President of the European Olympic Committees in 1989, IOC member in 1991 and Executive Board member in 1998.